gh0strat | 3a0ca4768db5f534506585983f0deab409842756806479e976a06590a3766466

Analysis

max time kernel
150s
max time network
150s
platform
windows10-2004_x64
resource
win10v2004-20250217-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20250217-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
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04/03/2025, 04:08

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General

Target

JaffaCakes118_4b0764166185753a0aca1663da221db0.exe
Size

116KB
MD5

4b0764166185753a0aca1663da221db0
SHA1

7739a9d8b2ff89df74d9938ad6e1f85743deca5e
SHA256

3a0ca4768db5f534506585983f0deab409842756806479e976a06590a3766466
SHA512

ececcebf3a96d69019c2b858a20be5cd483a887246f143c331c8d2b92b22113c10f29ccfda77d1d81a63373d6377bde229e280c3374136856bca77d54059e108
SSDEEP

3072:mIKicaxDGSoIFrICPGcmeOLMii7s5otn8+tmlfnsinKbznbDD:mXHa0IFrIVcmeOg85UtUfsjznD

Score

10^/10

gh0strat discovery persistence rat

Malware Config

Signatures

Gh0st RAT payload 5 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/2700-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041E000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral2/files/0x000a000000023bc4-2.dat	family_gh0strat
behavioral2/memory/2700-3-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041E000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral2/memory/2976-5-0x0000000010000000-0x000000001001C000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral2/memory/2976-6-0x0000000010000000-0x000000001001C000-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:\\WINDOWS\\system32\\dllcache\\ntser.dll"	JaffaCakes118_4b0764166185753a0aca1663da221db0.exe

Deletes itself 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2976	svchost.exe

Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2976	svchost.exe

Drops file in System32 directory 2 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File opened for modification	C:\WINDOWS\SysWOW64\dllcache	JaffaCakes118_4b0764166185753a0aca1663da221db0.exe
File created	C:\WINDOWS\SysWOW64\dllcache\ntser.dll	JaffaCakes118_4b0764166185753a0aca1663da221db0.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_4b0764166185753a0aca1663da221db0.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	svchost.exe

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_4b0764166185753a0aca1663da221db0.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_4b0764166185753a0aca1663da221db0.exe"
1⤵
- Server Software Component: Terminal Services DLL
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:2700

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:2976

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:\windows\SysWOW64\dllcache\ntser.dll

Filesize
103KB

MD5
70b633288759bf70dd19f161e9285801

SHA1
f9bf42cd22014a629bba1fa54c42476edf861b64

SHA256
6d37b7774769bc0d339f2acd85d4df240ad5e904df5d63b14b5c54fb64354f3e

SHA512
77694d4f0765d45063303a32a1d0f3da66459c49ce1df7a6345b5d58d29f4711845ed13454a0ca10dd492ea28839299cb76ac7721d5fe4dcd3a87a8ead3f8369

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memory/2700-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
120KB

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memory/2700-3-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
120KB

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memory/2976-5-0x0000000010000000-0x000000001001C000-memory.dmp

Filesize
112KB

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memory/2976-6-0x0000000010000000-0x000000001001C000-memory.dmp

Filesize
112KB

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