Analysis

  • max time kernel
    147s
  • max time network
    118s
  • platform
    windows7_x64
  • resource
    win7-20250207-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20250207-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
  • submitted
    04/03/2025, 16:23

General

  • Target

    JaffaCakes118_4e68a2a9d5a9da39f109375c1aba46a1.exe

  • Size

    94KB

  • MD5

    4e68a2a9d5a9da39f109375c1aba46a1

  • SHA1

    b21d23bad0cf6bf7a6670ddcbc2cfdf82d9cb9cf

  • SHA256

    0ffcf362ba01ad54b1050a6524f8af5abbf509b070cea29e5cbcc2057a872453

  • SHA512

    b236a97fcab45b3b353444870b3f2094ab9708475f01569e46c6db3f20c656946ead8c0ff076eab6c84f606ac2f8f864ff5d91fac10882fecb67d6d6d4c80218

  • SSDEEP

    1536:f9/qFusSx9qYMhdFHS8qdydo3nTzhYxJA+CwNUtBZVY9v8prsTAIatN:f9/wS4jHS8q/3nTzePCwNUh4E9sK

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Gh0st RAT payload 4 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 1 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 3 IoCs
  • Writes to the Master Boot Record (MBR) 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Bootkits write to the MBR to gain persistence at a level below the operating system.

  • Drops file in System32 directory 1 IoCs
  • 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.

  • Checks processor information in registry 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Processor information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.

  • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS 6 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 18 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_4e68a2a9d5a9da39f109375c1aba46a1.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_4e68a2a9d5a9da39f109375c1aba46a1.exe"
    1⤵
    • Loads dropped DLL
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2384
    • \??\c:\users\admin\appdata\local\htwlllvclv
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_4e68a2a9d5a9da39f109375c1aba46a1.exe" a -sc:\users\admin\appdata\local\temp\jaffacakes118_4e68a2a9d5a9da39f109375c1aba46a1.exe
      2⤵
      • Deletes itself
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:2108
  • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe
    C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe -k netsvcs
    1⤵
    • Loads dropped DLL
    • Writes to the Master Boot Record (MBR)
    • Drops file in System32 directory
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Checks processor information in registry
    • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    PID:2612

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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Downloads

  • \??\c:\programdata\application data\storm\update\%sessionname%\hisqh.cc3

    Filesize

    22.1MB

    MD5

    d0a91838cfe3bbebe164732f4b2a3279

    SHA1

    b88b7f56d0936bf7fcaba6941d8a3949de3cf2bf

    SHA256

    4ad6345a26062fa2baa2b7c463dd50d0c74d39d679ca81608d2e066b8d1619ed

    SHA512

    0fa34c9c86d4f4ffc674729346d5d09f7933629715baa692bf72307e8301df2fc61a90ebebcdf67b7df10b2659559c10de62e6112c1b9c00a08ad53deede33b0

  • \Users\Admin\AppData\Local\htwlllvclv

    Filesize

    19.1MB

    MD5

    c70eab436bd9f05dd179e7f16a58386e

    SHA1

    4ec8611e5855117bce2a4b1277e6059a68cbf52a

    SHA256

    65f87ced77fcb891c7303a9294c45597f7eb0aaa8ad36608cb1341381dd4f213

    SHA512

    39c9116d5bd5da001ad044d174dead77bfc17855a8615c97681e2cc25ea5c728604e67933a2a64bcaf113708e21cd88f321d116cf902c5a2f4b3ca1fe1725967

  • memory/2108-16-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000044C610-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    305KB

  • memory/2108-23-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000044C610-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    305KB

  • memory/2108-17-0x0000000000030000-0x0000000000031000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/2384-12-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000044C610-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    305KB

  • memory/2384-13-0x0000000000230000-0x000000000027D000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    308KB

  • memory/2384-2-0x0000000000030000-0x0000000000031000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/2384-22-0x0000000000230000-0x000000000027D000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    308KB

  • memory/2384-1-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000044C610-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    305KB

  • memory/2612-24-0x00000000001C0000-0x00000000001C1000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/2612-26-0x0000000020000000-0x0000000020027000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    156KB

  • memory/2612-28-0x0000000020000000-0x0000000020027000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    156KB