gh0strat | 337d3263ba9b34b5ea51adcb4fefac204b21fd9cf70190bca17818c3aa4aa06c

General

Target

JaffaCakes118_4cab1acf71ca08a134f82179bcbf181d.exe
Size

94KB
MD5

4cab1acf71ca08a134f82179bcbf181d
SHA1

856d9c0d5e59bb13ba0a22ccd52ca417010fb423
SHA256

337d3263ba9b34b5ea51adcb4fefac204b21fd9cf70190bca17818c3aa4aa06c
SHA512

69dc6e300e73375a7ecdb11050678e054550b6e5fbb74a229dc262de410474fd42c52c6454d96bb574e12d3bf1d2a538d386ec1e852309b5adc4f3f11c2170f3
SSDEEP

1536:BFQwQsiEoa2BhmUB4I+yuDg1uUO2mntP2qZNKHuNMaSJETxmIGykRZhcMePmrOa:BFQwQhEOLfuDg0PtOqzKONqsEykRLSeP

Score

10^/10

Malware Config

Signatures

Gh0st RAT payload 4 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/1548-2-0x0000000010000000-0x000000001003B000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral2/memory/1548-4-0x0000000010000000-0x000000001003B000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral2/memory/1548-3-0x0000000010000000-0x000000001003B000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral2/memory/1548-5-0x0000000010000000-0x000000001003B000-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

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\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\AAD25406 = "C:\\Windows\\AAD25406\\svchsot.exe"	JaffaCakes118_4cab1acf71ca08a134f82179bcbf181d.exe

UPX packed file 5 IoCs

Detects executables packed with UPX/modified UPX open source packer.

upx

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/1548-0-0x0000000010000000-0x000000001003B000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/1548-2-0x0000000010000000-0x000000001003B000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/1548-4-0x0000000010000000-0x000000001003B000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/1548-3-0x0000000010000000-0x000000001003B000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/1548-5-0x0000000010000000-0x000000001003B000-memory.dmp	upx

Drops file in Windows directory 2 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Windows\AAD25406\svchsot.exe	JaffaCakes118_4cab1acf71ca08a134f82179bcbf181d.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\AAD25406\svchsot.exe	JaffaCakes118_4cab1acf71ca08a134f82179bcbf181d.exe

Program crash 2 IoCs

pid	pid_target	Process	procid_target
4140	1548	WerFault.exe	84
4528	1548	WerFault.exe	84

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_4cab1acf71ca08a134f82179bcbf181d.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	net.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	net1.exe

System Service Discovery 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

Adversaries may try to gather information about registered local system services.

discovery

System Service Discovery

T1007

pid	Process
1540	net.exe
2612	net1.exe

Runs net.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 6 IoCs

pid	Process
1548	JaffaCakes118_4cab1acf71ca08a134f82179bcbf181d.exe
1548	JaffaCakes118_4cab1acf71ca08a134f82179bcbf181d.exe
1548	JaffaCakes118_4cab1acf71ca08a134f82179bcbf181d.exe
1548	JaffaCakes118_4cab1acf71ca08a134f82179bcbf181d.exe
1548	JaffaCakes118_4cab1acf71ca08a134f82179bcbf181d.exe
1548	JaffaCakes118_4cab1acf71ca08a134f82179bcbf181d.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1548	JaffaCakes118_4cab1acf71ca08a134f82179bcbf181d.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1548	JaffaCakes118_4cab1acf71ca08a134f82179bcbf181d.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 6 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 1548 wrote to memory of 1540	1548	JaffaCakes118_4cab1acf71ca08a134f82179bcbf181d.exe	87
PID 1548 wrote to memory of 1540	1548	JaffaCakes118_4cab1acf71ca08a134f82179bcbf181d.exe	87
PID 1548 wrote to memory of 1540	1548	JaffaCakes118_4cab1acf71ca08a134f82179bcbf181d.exe	87
PID 1540 wrote to memory of 2612	1540	net.exe	89
PID 1540 wrote to memory of 2612	1540	net.exe	89
PID 1540 wrote to memory of 2612	1540	net.exe	89

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_4cab1acf71ca08a134f82179bcbf181d.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_4cab1acf71ca08a134f82179bcbf181d.exe"
1⤵
- Adds Run key to start application
- Drops file in Windows directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1548
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net.exe
  net start "Task Scheduler"
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - System Service Discovery
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:1540
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net1.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\net1 start "Task Scheduler"
    3⤵
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    - System Service Discovery
    PID:2612
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
  C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 1548 -s 604
  2⤵
  - Program crash
  PID:4140
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
  C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 1548 -s 724
  2⤵
  - Program crash
  PID:4528

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 408 -p 1548 -ip 1548
1⤵
PID:3252

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 532 -p 1548 -ip 1548
1⤵
PID:2272

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

System Service Discovery

1

T1007

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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memory/1548-0-0x0000000010000000-0x000000001003B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
236KB

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memory/1548-2-0x0000000010000000-0x000000001003B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
236KB

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memory/1548-4-0x0000000010000000-0x000000001003B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
236KB

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memory/1548-3-0x0000000010000000-0x000000001003B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
236KB

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memory/1548-5-0x0000000010000000-0x000000001003B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
236KB

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memory/1548-8-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
108KB

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Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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