gh0strat | 1166c12ac86374da24d4282e91d485dab79d841d1238cdace4880d71a84d5b71

Analysis

max time kernel
150s
max time network
129s
platform
windows10-2004_x64
resource
win10v2004-20250217-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20250217-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
submitted
04/03/2025, 09:56

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General

Target

JaffaCakes118_4ca9a881cc0acf8bd7e20a8399f61970.dll
Size

117KB
MD5

4ca9a881cc0acf8bd7e20a8399f61970
SHA1

428e8759f8cb4bfb58eb159d658524607378c18b
SHA256

1166c12ac86374da24d4282e91d485dab79d841d1238cdace4880d71a84d5b71
SHA512

048c322ff3b4949f1b6f4e0ab008a1171891e54c64654700dcbd4cdd1f7c6abd714cfee68ecfcab111258e756687f5d968cd2dc70358c815068659fe64ab2c9a
SSDEEP

1536:xNY14eZoAb++Eb8B9+WO9DceTyfDvqqSQz/EvgiVf/LcgyY6:M14eZZCZ8B9NO9DJTEDvq0/EI4f/og6

Score

10^/10

gh0strat discovery persistence rat

Malware Config

Signatures

Gh0st RAT payload 3 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/4496-0-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010024000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral2/memory/2320-1-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010024000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral2/memory/4536-2-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010024000-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\FastUserSwitchingCompatibility\Parameters\ServiceDll = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\JaffaCakes118_4ca9a881cc0acf8bd7e20a8399f61970.dll"	rundll32.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	rundll32.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	rundll32.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	svchost.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 3 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2320	svchost.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4536	rundll32.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4536	rundll32.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 6 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 1020 wrote to memory of 4496	1020	rundll32.exe	86
PID 1020 wrote to memory of 4496	1020	rundll32.exe	86
PID 1020 wrote to memory of 4496	1020	rundll32.exe	86
PID 2320 wrote to memory of 4536	2320	svchost.exe	88
PID 2320 wrote to memory of 4536	2320	svchost.exe	88
PID 2320 wrote to memory of 4536	2320	svchost.exe	88

C:\Windows\system32\rundll32.exe
rundll32.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_4ca9a881cc0acf8bd7e20a8399f61970.dll,#1
1⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1020
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
  rundll32.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_4ca9a881cc0acf8bd7e20a8399f61970.dll,#1
  2⤵
  - Server Software Component: Terminal Services DLL
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:4496

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe -k netsvcs -s FastUserSwitchingCompatibility
1⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2320
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
  rundll32.exe c:\users\admin\appdata\local\temp\jaffacakes118_4ca9a881cc0acf8bd7e20a8399f61970.dll wintest
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  PID:4536

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

memory/2320-1-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010024000-memory.dmp

Filesize
144KB

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memory/4496-0-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010024000-memory.dmp

Filesize
144KB

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memory/4536-2-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010024000-memory.dmp

Filesize
144KB

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