gh0strat | adc69f59d07120708f11728c1c4924571837b088e141ef0600f7307574456d21

Analysis

max time kernel
150s
max time network
124s
platform
windows7_x64
resource
win7-20240903-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20240903-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
submitted
04/03/2025, 03:44

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General

Target

JaffaCakes118_4ae7f77fbde7275251b12e59b233b5e6.exe
Size

123KB
MD5

4ae7f77fbde7275251b12e59b233b5e6
SHA1

93a08ca9323eb15f3cd64b3a39b86f6602b928e4
SHA256

adc69f59d07120708f11728c1c4924571837b088e141ef0600f7307574456d21
SHA512

db2225ed9c99773e0e883f5e31ca1d550007026070c89bfc1031b4f3cefb6b2ce70b3ef9ed5fe93cd4d196d5775548db54a0e5c1f0a7960a8123e3916d0fdb4d
SSDEEP

3072:M84YHOgHul9TSCqq6cJwnvOzyhFXXjcnidUJvIHC:MFYHORTSCCcJSDtjuHJvl

Score

10^/10

gh0strat discovery persistence rat

Malware Config

Signatures

Gh0st RAT payload 5 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/memory/3044-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000421000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/files/0x000700000001878c-2.dat	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/3044-5-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000421000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/2372-4-0x0000000010000000-0x000000001001D000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/2372-6-0x0000000010000000-0x000000001001D000-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\360svc\Parameters\ServiceDll = "C:\\Documents and Settings\\Local User\\ntuserd.dll"	JaffaCakes118_4ae7f77fbde7275251b12e59b233b5e6.exe

Deletes itself 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2372	svchost.exe

Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2372	svchost.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_4ae7f77fbde7275251b12e59b233b5e6.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	svchost.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 1 IoCs

pid	Process
3044	JaffaCakes118_4ae7f77fbde7275251b12e59b233b5e6.exe

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_4ae7f77fbde7275251b12e59b233b5e6.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_4ae7f77fbde7275251b12e59b233b5e6.exe"
1⤵
- Server Software Component: Terminal Services DLL
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
PID:3044

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe -k netsvcs
1⤵
- Deletes itself
- Loads dropped DLL
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:2372

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Server Software Component

T1505

Terminal Services DLL

T1505.005

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:\documents and settings\local user\ntuserd.dll

Filesize
106KB

MD5
6642f3d5733e5df5e056c5648d15bb77

SHA1
9e64894d8984924693678e1baacc73bb71e65a72

SHA256
1c7753b5fae008cd1a56c0ea17dcbc840ebf72e19ff20c5a7e99688e0d6aeaab

SHA512
9aa19505369336ad7aacc195538565e2c11ce69f5bf439ebdf3e40bc4874be86ed6dbfaeb439878686ce42095e1a4d919c60159767ca1a9bc754376b434421bf

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memory/2372-4-0x0000000010000000-0x000000001001D000-memory.dmp

Filesize
116KB

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memory/2372-6-0x0000000010000000-0x000000001001D000-memory.dmp

Filesize
116KB

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memory/3044-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000421000-memory.dmp

Filesize
132KB

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memory/3044-5-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000421000-memory.dmp

Filesize
132KB

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