gh0strat | 347e930e9d57150498c437863576aa8d35deb8f216141322be4eae360cb7a74a

Analysis

max time kernel
149s
max time network
150s
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, 16:48

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General

Target

JaffaCakes118_4e865ec9aaebd90346c56deb8d3475b6.exe
Size

2.4MB
MD5

4e865ec9aaebd90346c56deb8d3475b6
SHA1

b534c80ef7a5eddc1e341483dad1db1ad15c99db
SHA256

347e930e9d57150498c437863576aa8d35deb8f216141322be4eae360cb7a74a
SHA512

55797ab20d21ee36d543eb88f106d8dfbb48c60fb7fc7311819721b03015fd84825a07c76fd6d88d6e45b72b0794af116992b841932671ab38583d6cc2a0649e
SSDEEP

49152:lepBbEDeKu0cXeYDGvsOCiIkuXUCKUsxd6rsdaOBhgR:5D07XeYDGkOCiDuXBXOBhgR

Score

10^/10

gh0strat defense_evasion discovery rat

Malware Config

Signatures

Gh0st RAT payload 2 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/1248-4-0x0000000000401000-0x0000000000469000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral2/memory/1248-5-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000008C2000-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

Identifies VirtualBox via ACPI registry values (likely anti-VM) 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

defense_evasion

Query Registry

T1012

Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion

T1497

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\ACPI\DSDT\VBOX__	JaffaCakes118_4e865ec9aaebd90346c56deb8d3475b6.exe

Identifies Wine through registry keys 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

Wine is a compatibility layer capable of running Windows applications, which can be used as sandboxing environment.

defense_evasion

Query Registry

T1012

Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion

T1497

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3181990009-820930284-137514597-1000\Software\Wine	JaffaCakes118_4e865ec9aaebd90346c56deb8d3475b6.exe

Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger 1 IoCs

pid	Process
1248	JaffaCakes118_4e865ec9aaebd90346c56deb8d3475b6.exe

Program crash 1 IoCs

pid	pid_target	Process	procid_target
1876	1248	WerFault.exe	87

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 1 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_4e865ec9aaebd90346c56deb8d3475b6.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs

pid	Process
1248	JaffaCakes118_4e865ec9aaebd90346c56deb8d3475b6.exe
1248	JaffaCakes118_4e865ec9aaebd90346c56deb8d3475b6.exe

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_4e865ec9aaebd90346c56deb8d3475b6.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_4e865ec9aaebd90346c56deb8d3475b6.exe"
1⤵
- Identifies VirtualBox via ACPI registry values (likely anti-VM)
- Identifies Wine through registry keys
- Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
PID:1248
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
  C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 1248 -s 432
  2⤵
  - Program crash
  PID:1876

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 408 -p 1248 -ip 1248
1⤵
PID:4804

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Privilege Escalation

Defense Evasion

Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion

T1497

Credential Access

Discovery

Query Registry

T1012

System Location Discovery

T1614

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion

T1497

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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Downloads

memory/1248-0-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000008C2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4.8MB

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memory/1248-1-0x0000000077714000-0x0000000077716000-memory.dmp

Filesize
8KB

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memory/1248-3-0x0000000002A60000-0x0000000002A61000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/1248-2-0x0000000002A80000-0x0000000002A81000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/1248-4-0x0000000000401000-0x0000000000469000-memory.dmp

Filesize
416KB

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memory/1248-5-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000008C2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4.8MB

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