Analysis

  • max time kernel
    118s
  • max time network
    119s
  • platform
    windows7_x64
  • resource
    win7-20241023-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20241023-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
  • submitted
    04/03/2025, 09:17

General

  • Target

    JaffaCakes118_4c79f3ef767af60499725b3e907eb4dc.exe

  • Size

    150KB

  • MD5

    4c79f3ef767af60499725b3e907eb4dc

  • SHA1

    7d8c14773afe9a457edd728fad01ee377390cd06

  • SHA256

    722bad8d9fdc2fb40273177925a5ce9bde0ae194642134a4097893318bfee51b

  • SHA512

    43d73c0fcaf5705f5c1c65b400d0b293a1e89c62eadf27aa355b17bf6b98c3319533ff75ccf64204f4c7dd19760e7d1f643bf2a6a25ab60ebe5fb15f9b6892ed

  • SSDEEP

    3072:/VhUTNt0TSmLGkhjKXFvIGk6H0ydpZTr5iSTNL9cEVz3CiODcRwZ/:dkt0TSZkhWVvI+UupZTr5iSVrLmcq

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Gh0st RAT payload 1 IoCs
  • Gh0strat

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

  • Gh0strat family
  • Deletes itself 1 IoCs
  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 3 IoCs
  • Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 46 IoCs

    Attempts to read the root path of hard drives other than the default C: drive.

  • Indicator Removal: File Deletion 1 TTPs

    Adversaries may delete files left behind by the actions of their intrusion activity.

  • Drops file in Program Files directory 2 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 10 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

    Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 10 IoCs

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

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 45 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_4c79f3ef767af60499725b3e907eb4dc.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_4c79f3ef767af60499725b3e907eb4dc.exe"
    1⤵
    • Loads dropped DLL
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2128
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ind18CE.tmp
      C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ind18CE.tmp
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Drops file in Program Files directory
      • Drops file in Windows directory
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:2488
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\msiexec.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\msiexec.exe" /i C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\INS365~1.INI /quiet
      2⤵
      • Enumerates connected drives
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:1708
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      cmd /c ""C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\run_dws_file.bat" "
      2⤵
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2936
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\inl393B.tmp
        C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\inl393B.tmp cdf1912.tmp
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:2280
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
          "C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe" /c del C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\inl393B.tmp > nul
          4⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          PID:1800
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      cmd /c ""C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp_ext_favurl_cab.bat" "
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2888
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\expand.exe
        expand.exe "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\favorites_url.cab" -F:*.* "C:\Users\Admin\Favorites"
        3⤵
        • Drops file in Windows directory
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:1668
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      "C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe" /c del C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JAFFAC~1.EXE > nul
      2⤵
      • Deletes itself
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:648
  • C:\Windows\system32\msiexec.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\msiexec.exe /V
    1⤵
    • Enumerates connected drives
    • Drops file in Windows directory
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2848
    • C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe
      C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe -Embedding A58581742738BC24AEDF71DC2976B2C0
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:892

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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Downloads

  • C:\Config.Msi\f7739f8.rbs

    Filesize

    7KB

    MD5

    e74ae0b9b0382464f7597afaaee0da67

    SHA1

    537983fd83582a2c600abeb9004b3906e6fc739a

    SHA256

    e5e085dde4db69657bb8f68e9a96b0de683f1d0722df2e9b93c9fc62e82a15cc

    SHA512

    9d11a29114ddf37004009aebd6edb86ab92bf8e8a718ca635185be21ecdae3f287d8687c907f31e7adbb5d10db40197ad534495e5ac0840a0a8d2386a8ef89f8

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\INS365~1.INI

    Filesize

    66KB

    MD5

    d9b1b35151fb1469a7b0e298cab7dabc

    SHA1

    1776739fb99a8c9f877c46ee232d26ee37ff17a9

    SHA256

    11a4a9f8b2b4c6df9ce432669aa81392c617b2ed2c45b1fd40f99837cad35d66

    SHA512

    22eb47b772ddc4977feef1952bab9039f99d4d25cd4fe118059ffe536e74705cad352fd395c2d0329408a8e04652c5cf82e5e2a26c7adabf76b7da87548ec402

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\cdf1912.tmp

    Filesize

    765B

    MD5

    a4a4219ce5fdbaf2864b04ca4e453ac9

    SHA1

    98bf1383e8b2f4db0388ee139ae7fe06ff7a67a9

    SHA256

    7ce64a6d79d1772713cf59d6575aec39f9fa00690d4c84cd2f160081b0d412c6

    SHA512

    22f5668719a58a4c1692ceb8aae48af9d5a53527d96431410587fa1f3f67ec9b5f0660c87fa9d931343e1be9b0f56f03c3fcd431cc2d67b104450b2ef792baa8

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\run_dws_file.bat

    Filesize

    57B

    MD5

    35f65b8cb98daee49ad2ce010afc0a32

    SHA1

    89c145fd9198ca59e1922a9c3298bf9e9eb9310b

    SHA256

    1b3dd0c7b76ada2e6e57552ad24ba1ba04bf98ea8fc5ef676a1090a22f9651cb

    SHA512

    0fc2b785f482d753871086a595ea29ef0b2da5fbab98c0d4dcc2bfcc39726c6a04eae4c633a34270722ccdbc112bcfdfb8d02fd635076132717be4fcb7e155ad

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp_ext_favurl_cab.bat

    Filesize

    98B

    MD5

    8663de6fce9208b795dc913d1a6a3f5b

    SHA1

    882193f208cf012eaf22eeaa4fef3b67e7c67c15

    SHA256

    2909ea8555f2fc19097c1070a1da8fcfd6dc6886aa1d99d7e0c05e53feeb5b61

    SHA512

    9381063e0f85e874be54ae22675393b82c6ab54b223090148e4acbeff6f22393c96c90b83d6538461b695528af01d1f1231cf5dc719f07d6168386974b490688

  • \??\c:\users\admin\appdata\local\temp\favorites_url.cab

    Filesize

    425B

    MD5

    da68bc3b7c3525670a04366bc55629f5

    SHA1

    15fda47ecfead7db8f7aee6ca7570138ba7f1b71

    SHA256

    73f3605192b676c92649034768378909a19d13883a7ea6f8ba1b096c78ffadb5

    SHA512

    6fee416affcb6a74621479697bca6f14f5429b00de3aa595abe3c60c6b2e094877b59f8783bbe7bdd567fa565d0630bb02def5603f8f0ea92fe8f2c3ac5383c0

  • memory/2128-19-0x0000000004990000-0x00000000049A0000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    64KB

  • memory/2128-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043E000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    248KB

  • memory/2128-45-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043E000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    248KB

  • memory/2128-10-0x0000000000390000-0x00000000003C0000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    192KB

  • memory/2128-2-0x0000000000020000-0x0000000000023000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    12KB

  • memory/2280-92-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000408000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    32KB

  • memory/2488-17-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000430000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    192KB

  • memory/2488-13-0x0000000000260000-0x0000000000262000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    8KB

  • memory/2488-11-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000430000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    192KB