gh0strat | 256382c52f0eaca4399c7877e9ee2133e71aea63ef1948d23533237298af39b3

General

Target

JaffaCakes118_4a66da9ec9dc9efaad28530e80c6b662.dll
Size

53KB
MD5

4a66da9ec9dc9efaad28530e80c6b662
SHA1

6486e525ad8f33a0ba2057b0aa4d0afe8f3aff54
SHA256

256382c52f0eaca4399c7877e9ee2133e71aea63ef1948d23533237298af39b3
SHA512

3fa4bfe3c09eb4c7042145b1e41ebf97f17da0ab38e239707cbcc673e3f5cf4ac4da8e03ebc4c54ed46867dad3c770042d653d2881dc0948b77bddc9cc9102bc
SSDEEP

1536:1Gy0NTeh8mPKjm0oqflGdOJhUINsmZWwF:D+qh86cRHWaUIemZWwF

Score

10^/10

Malware Config

Signatures

Gh0st RAT payload 7 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/memory/2640-4-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010028000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/2688-6-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010028000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/2748-10-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010028000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/2688-11-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010028000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/2748-12-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010028000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/2688-17-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010028000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/2748-18-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010028000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat

Gh0strat
Gh0st RAT is a remote access tool (RAT) with its source code public and it has been used by multiple Chinese groups.
rat gh0strat
Gh0strat family
gh0strat

Server Software Component: Terminal Services DLL 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

persistence

Terminal Services DLL

T1505.005

description	ioc	Process
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\FastUserSwitchingCompatibility\Parameters\ServiceDll = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\JaffaCakes118_4a66da9ec9dc9efaad28530e80c6b662.dll"	rundll32.exe

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 3 IoCs

Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.

discovery

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	rundll32.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	svchost.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	rundll32.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 3 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2688	svchost.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2748	rundll32.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2748	rundll32.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 14 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2232 wrote to memory of 2640	2232	rundll32.exe	31
PID 2232 wrote to memory of 2640	2232	rundll32.exe	31
PID 2232 wrote to memory of 2640	2232	rundll32.exe	31
PID 2232 wrote to memory of 2640	2232	rundll32.exe	31
PID 2232 wrote to memory of 2640	2232	rundll32.exe	31
PID 2232 wrote to memory of 2640	2232	rundll32.exe	31
PID 2232 wrote to memory of 2640	2232	rundll32.exe	31
PID 2688 wrote to memory of 2748	2688	svchost.exe	33
PID 2688 wrote to memory of 2748	2688	svchost.exe	33
PID 2688 wrote to memory of 2748	2688	svchost.exe	33
PID 2688 wrote to memory of 2748	2688	svchost.exe	33
PID 2688 wrote to memory of 2748	2688	svchost.exe	33
PID 2688 wrote to memory of 2748	2688	svchost.exe	33
PID 2688 wrote to memory of 2748	2688	svchost.exe	33

C:\Windows\system32\rundll32.exe
rundll32.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_4a66da9ec9dc9efaad28530e80c6b662.dll,#1
1⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2232
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
  rundll32.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_4a66da9ec9dc9efaad28530e80c6b662.dll,#1
  2⤵
  - Server Software Component: Terminal Services DLL
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:2640

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe -k netsvcs
1⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2688
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
  rundll32.exe c:\users\admin\appdata\local\temp\jaffacakes118_4a66da9ec9dc9efaad28530e80c6b662.dll wintest
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  PID:2748

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Server Software Component

1

T1505

Terminal Services DLL

1

T1505.005

Privilege Escalation

Defense Evasion

Credential Access

Discovery

System Location Discovery

1

T1614

System Language Discovery

1

T1614.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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memory/2640-0-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010028000-memory.dmp

Filesize
160KB

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memory/2640-2-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010028000-memory.dmp

Filesize
160KB

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memory/2640-1-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010028000-memory.dmp

Filesize
160KB

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memory/2640-3-0x0000000010024000-0x0000000010025000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2640-4-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010028000-memory.dmp

Filesize
160KB

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memory/2688-6-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010028000-memory.dmp

Filesize
160KB

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memory/2688-5-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010028000-memory.dmp

Filesize
160KB

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memory/2688-11-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010028000-memory.dmp

Filesize
160KB

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memory/2688-17-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010028000-memory.dmp

Filesize
160KB

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memory/2748-9-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010028000-memory.dmp

Filesize
160KB

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memory/2748-8-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010028000-memory.dmp

Filesize
160KB

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memory/2748-7-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010028000-memory.dmp

Filesize
160KB

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memory/2748-10-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010028000-memory.dmp

Filesize
160KB

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memory/2748-12-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010028000-memory.dmp

Filesize
160KB

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memory/2748-18-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010028000-memory.dmp

Filesize
160KB

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