gh0strat | 49fbaa03db6ad3ba7f3399f70ce73cb2c7d34f9ea5cbdab332aec0adb0225ec6

Analysis

max time kernel
147s
max time network
149s
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, 12:26

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General

Target

JaffaCakes118_4d56220bb83c525c8257f244f5b31a61.exe
Size

159KB
MD5

4d56220bb83c525c8257f244f5b31a61
SHA1

19d0b84bda6daf852822a26aded4584e14c51f32
SHA256

49fbaa03db6ad3ba7f3399f70ce73cb2c7d34f9ea5cbdab332aec0adb0225ec6
SHA512

a1d2a8bd54b586e9729337fc1cc50c4c99a67264668cce0bb4a42971ac95c7141796c85baa465db0da9daea6ac9a273b682ae61084d8fe21adba764973d37bf9
SSDEEP

3072:5JuGnYhTbK80khbOff9xHwm1PXBmXZFeA28pM6EdePl9dehiv80P80Cnp8d6Z7IC:5JueTk1OddwaWB28edeP/deUv80P80AZ

Score

10^/10

gh0strat discovery persistence rat

Malware Config

Signatures

Gh0st RAT payload 1 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/files/0x000b000000023c4a-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

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution: Active Setup 2 TTPs 3 IoCs

Adversaries may achieve persistence by adding a Registry key to the Active Setup of the local machine.

persistence

Active Setup

T1547.014

Modify Registry

T1112

description	ioc	Process
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\Software\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Active Setup\Installed Components\{4F499773-178F-4897-9AAD-FB304310EC51}	svchost.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Active Setup\Installed Components\{4F499773-178F-4897-9AAD-FB304310EC51}\ = "ÏµÍ³ÉèÖÃ"	svchost.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Active Setup\Installed Components\{4F499773-178F-4897-9AAD-FB304310EC51}\stubpath	svchost.exe

Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs

pid	Process
6100	svchost.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_4d56220bb83c525c8257f244f5b31a61.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	svchost.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs

pid	Process
2716	JaffaCakes118_4d56220bb83c525c8257f244f5b31a61.exe
2716	JaffaCakes118_4d56220bb83c525c8257f244f5b31a61.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2716	JaffaCakes118_4d56220bb83c525c8257f244f5b31a61.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2716 wrote to memory of 6100	2716	JaffaCakes118_4d56220bb83c525c8257f244f5b31a61.exe	87
PID 2716 wrote to memory of 6100	2716	JaffaCakes118_4d56220bb83c525c8257f244f5b31a61.exe	87
PID 2716 wrote to memory of 6100	2716	JaffaCakes118_4d56220bb83c525c8257f244f5b31a61.exe	87
PID 2716 wrote to memory of 6100	2716	JaffaCakes118_4d56220bb83c525c8257f244f5b31a61.exe	87

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_4d56220bb83c525c8257f244f5b31a61.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_4d56220bb83c525c8257f244f5b31a61.exe"
1⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2716
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe
  svchost.exe
  2⤵
  - Boot or Logon Autostart Execution: Active Setup
  - Loads dropped DLL
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:6100

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

T1547

Active Setup

T1547.014

Privilege Escalation

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

T1547

Active Setup

T1547.014

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

T1112

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:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\240614890_lang.dll

Filesize
122KB

MD5
05029f8cb4c84d7a4bb14b73da502bf1

SHA1
ee803802eeaba8811330f2fd7ae83a4d02a34e26

SHA256
7d3b554df3ed9ebedfab321ac0bd5d90ecfee581126856f77c5c469d9d7bf7f9

SHA512
ddc272253f4a339b78d6e2562b3e822c580d81d0617a10a70ab94d456a3495eb9cac60a73701fe45462d188bea5014d534c8226f045d988c435e7f3317e2779e

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