gh0strat | 21f7d65c9327e770ae99da19172825fa9bf0e14ade424ee5add195a2e712d24d

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, 19:24

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General

Target

JaffaCakes118_4f348a3ff618e2e44067585afca56ae8.exe
Size

96KB
MD5

4f348a3ff618e2e44067585afca56ae8
SHA1

258ccbe2ca55898879f85741dcc93910e688e7b6
SHA256

21f7d65c9327e770ae99da19172825fa9bf0e14ade424ee5add195a2e712d24d
SHA512

a8987364908eaed7ed4bbb9d48d49df704bad7c97ff2c1f4220e247dfd7b8d6382ba3598b6c3ef3e289caf5c676396031b5a8aafa62d4d79f2e0c24f3f9a6cdf
SSDEEP

3072:R1daymoehOjaJX7ZRAOrjG/uIcrhmJnxH7/sHL:RHaymoeYjaV0R/raAJnd/s

Score

10^/10

gh0strat discovery persistence rat

Malware Config

Signatures

Gh0st RAT payload 5 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/memory/2788-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000419000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/files/0x00080000000161f6-2.dat	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/2788-4-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000419000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/2712-5-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010017000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/2712-6-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010017000-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\\fil.toc"	JaffaCakes118_4f348a3ff618e2e44067585afca56ae8.exe

Deletes itself 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2712	svchost.exe

Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2712	svchost.exe

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 3 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_4f348a3ff618e2e44067585afca56ae8.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	taskkill.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	svchost.exe

Kills process with taskkill 1 IoCs

defense_evasion

pid	Process
2696	taskkill.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2696	taskkill.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2788 wrote to memory of 2696	2788	JaffaCakes118_4f348a3ff618e2e44067585afca56ae8.exe	30
PID 2788 wrote to memory of 2696	2788	JaffaCakes118_4f348a3ff618e2e44067585afca56ae8.exe	30
PID 2788 wrote to memory of 2696	2788	JaffaCakes118_4f348a3ff618e2e44067585afca56ae8.exe	30
PID 2788 wrote to memory of 2696	2788	JaffaCakes118_4f348a3ff618e2e44067585afca56ae8.exe	30

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_4f348a3ff618e2e44067585afca56ae8.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_4f348a3ff618e2e44067585afca56ae8.exe"
1⤵
- Server Software Component: Terminal Services DLL
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2788
- 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:2696

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:2712

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\fil.toc

Filesize
83KB

MD5
be4c8c9326371d1ff05ec9f102e73b61

SHA1
28586b180c497b302c75f5e0aceee1cbae93ad0e

SHA256
ea6aa2454db46f982807e4ab83902a742a5be544af6b3b3b740b6ac2fb283f27

SHA512
2aad412e8419a6c1c3590d7511f46f758433240b677bf0ff6fac1cbc1f6fb1578732848a947c10ce3175668792b70f3a1636e0ccece34875d3d07a307f4aec8d

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memory/2712-5-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010017000-memory.dmp

Filesize
92KB

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memory/2712-6-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010017000-memory.dmp

Filesize
92KB

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memory/2788-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000419000-memory.dmp

Filesize
100KB

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memory/2788-4-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000419000-memory.dmp

Filesize
100KB

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