gh0strat | a121eb6d3f5780a07d1457c80b7a759d76e301314346a2f148bd9ba3919c474b

Analysis

max time kernel
150s
max time network
135s
platform
windows7_x64
resource
win7-20240903-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20240903-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
submitted
04/03/2025, 14:04

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General

Target

JaffaCakes118_4dc778ab796935ea554a366642eb0f1f.exe
Size

254KB
MD5

4dc778ab796935ea554a366642eb0f1f
SHA1

066b9ff01ffb7fab52a8c114f8f92418a3efe6c2
SHA256

a121eb6d3f5780a07d1457c80b7a759d76e301314346a2f148bd9ba3919c474b
SHA512

89bdaf201bad7d8c252ec86c9aa724cfd68983c5347b5cc0fa13f501f30bcb5ed05a4c2011ab83de5436aeb905a180f3272d73447b5bbbd4560750002bc782a6
SSDEEP

6144:T9Z3mSZFP2mbDSwPpIzylwIqBcrWn4FKc:hrOmPpIATOUNEc

Score

10^/10

gh0strat discovery persistence rat

Malware Config

Signatures

Gh0st RAT payload 5 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/memory/2684-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000441000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/files/0x0008000000016d0e-4.dat	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/2684-5-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000441000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/1652-7-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010030000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/1652-8-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010030000-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\360svc\Parameters\ServiceDll = "C:\\Documents and Settings\\Local User\\ntuser.dll"	JaffaCakes118_4dc778ab796935ea554a366642eb0f1f.exe

Deletes itself 1 IoCs

pid	Process
1652	svCHoSt.exe

Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs

pid	Process
1652	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_4dc778ab796935ea554a366642eb0f1f.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	svCHoSt.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2684	JaffaCakes118_4dc778ab796935ea554a366642eb0f1f.exe

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_4dc778ab796935ea554a366642eb0f1f.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_4dc778ab796935ea554a366642eb0f1f.exe"
1⤵
- Server Software Component: Terminal Services DLL
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
PID:2684

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svCHoSt.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svCHoSt.exe -K nETSvCS
1⤵
- Deletes itself
- Loads dropped DLL
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:1652

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

\??\c:\documents and settings\local user\ntuser.dll

Filesize
186KB

MD5
c8b966c0e8010fe0fa831c7d870eef71

SHA1
82b78982684ef5766948b474515f5d43920cc8ce

SHA256
668888b27addb6a05f2d44fefa9754b510a3f2d27c81e4446569ee92fb7615a5

SHA512
c5b615a49b27107fe430263c3ffde26d419e1195ca4167be1137d364eb37483a8cd7317882b73c976a1e39384ba4f77cade94533408e95950e8502f6bef30353

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memory/1652-7-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010030000-memory.dmp

Filesize
192KB

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memory/1652-8-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010030000-memory.dmp

Filesize
192KB

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memory/2684-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000441000-memory.dmp

Filesize
260KB

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memory/2684-1-0x0000000000230000-0x0000000000271000-memory.dmp

Filesize
260KB

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memory/2684-2-0x0000000000401000-0x0000000000402000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2684-5-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000441000-memory.dmp

Filesize
260KB

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