gh0strat | 89f12255d1435fc152cb06b01c7200c936c702da94c987deae2e49d8af467d31

General

Target

JaffaCakes118_4bedf89fe9c8d86ee516380a372baee0.exe
Size

204KB
MD5

4bedf89fe9c8d86ee516380a372baee0
SHA1

695404f21d8f7f2a3a496aba73aa83ff68c2d2b8
SHA256

89f12255d1435fc152cb06b01c7200c936c702da94c987deae2e49d8af467d31
SHA512

036e79e30ce02ccb4d7218288dbf4a72027e432db941a1de36c39d3240f93d62962807efdcae862051e6d7bfb45b744c29859ccdf0a4325712c651de2dcc381b
SSDEEP

3072:MqVYtrjsN9NhlcOweT4WWDQ8AKwirAHVd8R9ttsHXu:JKtnsN9NvcKDWEEwyyX8R9kXu

Score

10^/10

Malware Config

Signatures

Gh0st RAT payload 1 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/files/0x0008000000016c73-2.dat	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

Deletes itself 1 IoCs

pid	Process
3052	cmd.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2388	svchost.exe

Loads dropped DLL 2 IoCs

pid	Process
1956	JaffaCakes118_4bedf89fe9c8d86ee516380a372baee0.exe
1956	JaffaCakes118_4bedf89fe9c8d86ee516380a372baee0.exe

Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Modify Registry

T1112

description	ioc	Process
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4177215427-74451935-3209572229-1000\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\V2011 = "C:\\WINDOWS\\V2011.exe"	svchost.exe

Drops file in Windows directory 2 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\WINDOWS\V2011.exe	svchost.exe
File opened for modification	C:\WINDOWS\V2011.exe	svchost.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	JaffaCakes118_4bedf89fe9c8d86ee516380a372baee0.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	svchost.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	cmd.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 7 IoCs

pid	Process
1956	JaffaCakes118_4bedf89fe9c8d86ee516380a372baee0.exe
2388	svchost.exe
2388	svchost.exe
2388	svchost.exe
2388	svchost.exe
2388	svchost.exe
2388	svchost.exe

Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2388	svchost.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2388	svchost.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 8 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 1956 wrote to memory of 2388	1956	JaffaCakes118_4bedf89fe9c8d86ee516380a372baee0.exe	30
PID 1956 wrote to memory of 2388	1956	JaffaCakes118_4bedf89fe9c8d86ee516380a372baee0.exe	30
PID 1956 wrote to memory of 2388	1956	JaffaCakes118_4bedf89fe9c8d86ee516380a372baee0.exe	30
PID 1956 wrote to memory of 2388	1956	JaffaCakes118_4bedf89fe9c8d86ee516380a372baee0.exe	30
PID 1956 wrote to memory of 3052	1956	JaffaCakes118_4bedf89fe9c8d86ee516380a372baee0.exe	32
PID 1956 wrote to memory of 3052	1956	JaffaCakes118_4bedf89fe9c8d86ee516380a372baee0.exe	32
PID 1956 wrote to memory of 3052	1956	JaffaCakes118_4bedf89fe9c8d86ee516380a372baee0.exe	32
PID 1956 wrote to memory of 3052	1956	JaffaCakes118_4bedf89fe9c8d86ee516380a372baee0.exe	32

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_4bedf89fe9c8d86ee516380a372baee0.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_4bedf89fe9c8d86ee516380a372baee0.exe"
1⤵
- Loads dropped DLL
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1956
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\V2011\svchost.exe
  C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\V2011\svchost.exe
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Adds Run key to start application
  - Drops file in Windows directory
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
  - Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  PID:2388
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  cmd /c afc9fe2f418b00a0.bat
  2⤵
  - Deletes itself
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:3052

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

1

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

1

T1547.001

Privilege Escalation

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

1

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

1

T1547.001

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

1

T1112

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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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\afc9fe2f418b00a0.bat

Filesize
2KB

MD5
4dc24da8a0f9b5d5ff4d87e89a45ec35

SHA1
13d496d7caec28c49cc67e8a5c83f6a7251d245a

SHA256
687e4da9f6ddeb9d223c84caec4267a1bd0dc3adb03d3bdee5e0d4cebce65604

SHA512
9a08ba9c81f31382baef6430ef1290a20a6083edce1a9f54b2d6493b2dd4487b7bf504d40393aaf7ccd0b775ed8d9b4b98141eed9e0df968c831411dd48018fc

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\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\V2011\svchost.exe

Filesize
204KB

MD5
4bedf89fe9c8d86ee516380a372baee0

SHA1
695404f21d8f7f2a3a496aba73aa83ff68c2d2b8

SHA256
89f12255d1435fc152cb06b01c7200c936c702da94c987deae2e49d8af467d31

SHA512
036e79e30ce02ccb4d7218288dbf4a72027e432db941a1de36c39d3240f93d62962807efdcae862051e6d7bfb45b744c29859ccdf0a4325712c651de2dcc381b

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memory/1956-0-0x0000000000330000-0x00000000003DC000-memory.dmp

Filesize
688KB

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memory/2388-9-0x0000000000220000-0x00000000002CC000-memory.dmp

Filesize
688KB

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Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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