gh0strat | 88cc1f2d0743500d0194092a1da17c0e0c8bbd3d81eb219d2401c411563a7bab

Analysis

max time kernel
135s
max time network
139s
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, 17:39

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General

Target

JaffaCakes118_4ec1d1a2b95f574f8331d40a08c37b87.exe
Size

173KB
MD5

4ec1d1a2b95f574f8331d40a08c37b87
SHA1

b438fa26f1609a92f5564516db3c9536a247d53f
SHA256

88cc1f2d0743500d0194092a1da17c0e0c8bbd3d81eb219d2401c411563a7bab
SHA512

a2b7691f3719c243c642f5899c571a1380289dcadd6bed083a492565e4a10f8cef97273f6d05ca04709d412ac6e2c1cc128de23a3f852ab4e5e23677f0a08ea5
SSDEEP

3072:dM7MqKqra33OGctg9gqQhCy6tip5+PDMKWJLxqsG0rY6Ew3SS0SI:d1qKqra3cXCyZH+7M/TqTL6Ew3SS+

Score

10^/10

gh0strat discovery rat

Malware Config

Signatures

Gh0st RAT payload 2 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/5100-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000430000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral2/memory/5100-4-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000430000-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

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 4 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	SVCHOST.EXE
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	taskkill.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	cmd.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	JaffaCakes118_4ec1d1a2b95f574f8331d40a08c37b87.exe

Kills process with taskkill 1 IoCs

defense_evasion

pid	Process
4672	taskkill.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs

pid	Process
5100	JaffaCakes118_4ec1d1a2b95f574f8331d40a08c37b87.exe
5100	JaffaCakes118_4ec1d1a2b95f574f8331d40a08c37b87.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	5100	JaffaCakes118_4ec1d1a2b95f574f8331d40a08c37b87.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4672	taskkill.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 6 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 5100 wrote to memory of 4672	5100	JaffaCakes118_4ec1d1a2b95f574f8331d40a08c37b87.exe	88
PID 5100 wrote to memory of 4672	5100	JaffaCakes118_4ec1d1a2b95f574f8331d40a08c37b87.exe	88
PID 5100 wrote to memory of 4672	5100	JaffaCakes118_4ec1d1a2b95f574f8331d40a08c37b87.exe	88
PID 5100 wrote to memory of 4956	5100	JaffaCakes118_4ec1d1a2b95f574f8331d40a08c37b87.exe	91
PID 5100 wrote to memory of 4956	5100	JaffaCakes118_4ec1d1a2b95f574f8331d40a08c37b87.exe	91
PID 5100 wrote to memory of 4956	5100	JaffaCakes118_4ec1d1a2b95f574f8331d40a08c37b87.exe	91

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_4ec1d1a2b95f574f8331d40a08c37b87.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_4ec1d1a2b95f574f8331d40a08c37b87.exe"
1⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:5100
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\taskkill.exe
  taskkill /f /t /im RSTray.exe
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Kills process with taskkill
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  PID:4672
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c del C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JAFFAC~1.EXE > nul
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:4956

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\SVCHOST.EXE
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\SVCHOST.EXE -K NETSVCS
1⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:2824

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

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/5100-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000430000-memory.dmp

Filesize
192KB

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memory/5100-4-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000430000-memory.dmp

Filesize
192KB

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