gh0strat | 1abfe1e1eaa71a0f06b13817dc504acc48c45368556be9da4becafdcc9571445

Analysis

max time kernel
122s
max time network
123s
platform
windows7_x64
resource
win7-20240903-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20240903-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
submitted
04/03/2025, 01:27

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General

Target

JaffaCakes118_4a4edbac6158048069cb41ffeedc1828.exe
Size

132KB
MD5

4a4edbac6158048069cb41ffeedc1828
SHA1

a43745947bfbbaa9e9157b81a01f3bef92dba722
SHA256

1abfe1e1eaa71a0f06b13817dc504acc48c45368556be9da4becafdcc9571445
SHA512

fa79d38cf8bd04fe17cd821ed1ea4bd5e84a237ba42994569daf9ba0355fef0a8ba77cab68f59c3511f003767bfcccca8144716961151bf0cc97d7121ea41755
SSDEEP

1536:X9jkZ8kNwL6S/6f1xssLzO0ifLy25rKb+ycCCvfVcMisPJFVMbfz1oOH97W2:tk2kuL6S/6Fi3Kb+yBCXVcMtJF4PM2

Score

10^/10

gh0strat discovery rat

Malware Config

Signatures

Gh0st RAT payload 2 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/memory/1292-9-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000422000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/1292-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000422000-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

Drops file in Windows directory 1 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\MyInformations.ini	JaffaCakes118_4a4edbac6158048069cb41ffeedc1828.exe

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 2 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	JaffaCakes118_4a4edbac6158048069cb41ffeedc1828.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	taskkill.exe

Kills process with taskkill 1 IoCs

defense_evasion

pid	Process
1284	taskkill.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1284	taskkill.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 1292 wrote to memory of 1284	1292	JaffaCakes118_4a4edbac6158048069cb41ffeedc1828.exe	30
PID 1292 wrote to memory of 1284	1292	JaffaCakes118_4a4edbac6158048069cb41ffeedc1828.exe	30
PID 1292 wrote to memory of 1284	1292	JaffaCakes118_4a4edbac6158048069cb41ffeedc1828.exe	30
PID 1292 wrote to memory of 1284	1292	JaffaCakes118_4a4edbac6158048069cb41ffeedc1828.exe	30

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_4a4edbac6158048069cb41ffeedc1828.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_4a4edbac6158048069cb41ffeedc1828.exe"
1⤵
- Drops file in Windows directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1292
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\taskkill.exe
  taskkill /f /t /im ZhuDongFangYu.exe
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Kills process with taskkill
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  PID:1284

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Privilege Escalation

Defense Evasion

Credential Access

Discovery

System Location Discovery

T1614

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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Downloads

C:\Windows\MyInformations.ini

Filesize
353B

MD5
86cd952708b10428730cbc658d08a119

SHA1
fe491425de539eeb5ef9f3bf83883367e2deb197

SHA256
b7441e03ca5ed60e7eab4979970e0de3caa5ac64810a5a8e423cb2a56564f4ed

SHA512
fc0f13e728e570098b5bfa041f518c771b6a467b9d1ba904ab6380de41ca1754ad00945701078937215560a45f55a1568549de437f3cdfe37514b7487ef8bd5f

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memory/1292-9-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000422000-memory.dmp

Filesize
136KB

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memory/1292-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000422000-memory.dmp

Filesize
136KB

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