gh0strat | f51c60aaf0496ff120adcc841d67202659124abf0f06f5a3c9bc9efda4db6243

Analysis

max time kernel
145s
max time network
130s
platform
windows7_x64
resource
win7-20250207-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20250207-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
submitted
05/03/2025, 03:26

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General

Target

JaffaCakes118_504d7067071384b3ae5986e06ed6e5af.exe
Size

265KB
MD5

504d7067071384b3ae5986e06ed6e5af
SHA1

480f7f19f21b65153f2d0ccd24395a23ad1178b9
SHA256

f51c60aaf0496ff120adcc841d67202659124abf0f06f5a3c9bc9efda4db6243
SHA512

7146016e7e745917c8f262285e2d5448c52c2e8399bf84e603c581d6d729a1d56a59c859e1b274eb633b44f530fa7bc00c48a04bb9a68bb53f95ad7a5c181c7f
SSDEEP

6144:xHAge/rGpjZL02vIM4IHaQlJLsHaKMsHleE8wUVLEdqdBTLh:xHAge/SZOA9DrDQHZHCwauqd1h

Score

10^/10

gh0strat bootkit defense_evasion discovery persistence rat

Malware Config

Signatures

Gh0st RAT payload 4 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/memory/2336-20-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000047B000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/300-27-0x0000000020000000-0x0000000020027000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/300-31-0x0000000020000000-0x0000000020027000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/2336-50-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000047B000-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

Deletes itself 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2612	cmd.exe

Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs

pid	Process
300	ossscfjgsokl.exe
2816	ssscfjgsokln.exe

Loads dropped DLL 8 IoCs

pid	Process
2336	JaffaCakes118_504d7067071384b3ae5986e06ed6e5af.exe
2336	JaffaCakes118_504d7067071384b3ae5986e06ed6e5af.exe
300	ossscfjgsokl.exe
300	ossscfjgsokl.exe
300	ossscfjgsokl.exe
300	ossscfjgsokl.exe
2336	JaffaCakes118_504d7067071384b3ae5986e06ed6e5af.exe
2336	JaffaCakes118_504d7067071384b3ae5986e06ed6e5af.exe

Indicator Removal: File Deletion 1 TTPs
Adversaries may delete files left behind by the actions of their intrusion activity.
defense_evasion

File Deletion
T1070.004

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.

bootkit persistence

Bootkit

T1542.003

description	ioc	Process
File opened for modification	\??\PhysicalDrive0	ossscfjgsokl.exe

Drops file in Program Files directory 6 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Program Files\Common Files\loveuu.bat	JaffaCakes118_504d7067071384b3ae5986e06ed6e5af.exe
File created	C:\Program Files\bkgchjvlhltnl\ossscfjgsokl.dll	JaffaCakes118_504d7067071384b3ae5986e06ed6e5af.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Program Files\Common Files\qiuqiu.cpp	JaffaCakes118_504d7067071384b3ae5986e06ed6e5af.exe
File created	C:\Program Files\Common Files\qiuqiu.cpp	JaffaCakes118_504d7067071384b3ae5986e06ed6e5af.exe
File created	C:\Program Files\bkgchjvlhltnl\ssscfjgsokln.exe	JaffaCakes118_504d7067071384b3ae5986e06ed6e5af.exe
File created	C:\Program Files\bkgchjvlhltnl\ossscfjgsokl.exe	JaffaCakes118_504d7067071384b3ae5986e06ed6e5af.exe

Launches sc.exe 2 IoCs

Sc.exe is a Windows utlilty to control services on the system.

pid	Process
2868	sc.exe
2644	sc.exe

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 5 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_504d7067071384b3ae5986e06ed6e5af.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	ossscfjgsokl.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	cmd.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	sc.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	sc.exe

Checks processor information in registry 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0	ossscfjgsokl.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0\~MHz	ossscfjgsokl.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 3 IoCs

pid	Process
300	ossscfjgsokl.exe
300	ossscfjgsokl.exe
300	ossscfjgsokl.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 35 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2336 wrote to memory of 300	2336	JaffaCakes118_504d7067071384b3ae5986e06ed6e5af.exe	31
PID 2336 wrote to memory of 300	2336	JaffaCakes118_504d7067071384b3ae5986e06ed6e5af.exe	31
PID 2336 wrote to memory of 300	2336	JaffaCakes118_504d7067071384b3ae5986e06ed6e5af.exe	31
PID 2336 wrote to memory of 300	2336	JaffaCakes118_504d7067071384b3ae5986e06ed6e5af.exe	31
PID 2336 wrote to memory of 300	2336	JaffaCakes118_504d7067071384b3ae5986e06ed6e5af.exe	31
PID 2336 wrote to memory of 300	2336	JaffaCakes118_504d7067071384b3ae5986e06ed6e5af.exe	31
PID 2336 wrote to memory of 300	2336	JaffaCakes118_504d7067071384b3ae5986e06ed6e5af.exe	31
PID 2336 wrote to memory of 2868	2336	JaffaCakes118_504d7067071384b3ae5986e06ed6e5af.exe	32
PID 2336 wrote to memory of 2868	2336	JaffaCakes118_504d7067071384b3ae5986e06ed6e5af.exe	32
PID 2336 wrote to memory of 2868	2336	JaffaCakes118_504d7067071384b3ae5986e06ed6e5af.exe	32
PID 2336 wrote to memory of 2868	2336	JaffaCakes118_504d7067071384b3ae5986e06ed6e5af.exe	32
PID 2336 wrote to memory of 2868	2336	JaffaCakes118_504d7067071384b3ae5986e06ed6e5af.exe	32
PID 2336 wrote to memory of 2868	2336	JaffaCakes118_504d7067071384b3ae5986e06ed6e5af.exe	32
PID 2336 wrote to memory of 2868	2336	JaffaCakes118_504d7067071384b3ae5986e06ed6e5af.exe	32
PID 2336 wrote to memory of 2644	2336	JaffaCakes118_504d7067071384b3ae5986e06ed6e5af.exe	33
PID 2336 wrote to memory of 2644	2336	JaffaCakes118_504d7067071384b3ae5986e06ed6e5af.exe	33
PID 2336 wrote to memory of 2644	2336	JaffaCakes118_504d7067071384b3ae5986e06ed6e5af.exe	33
PID 2336 wrote to memory of 2644	2336	JaffaCakes118_504d7067071384b3ae5986e06ed6e5af.exe	33
PID 2336 wrote to memory of 2644	2336	JaffaCakes118_504d7067071384b3ae5986e06ed6e5af.exe	33
PID 2336 wrote to memory of 2644	2336	JaffaCakes118_504d7067071384b3ae5986e06ed6e5af.exe	33
PID 2336 wrote to memory of 2644	2336	JaffaCakes118_504d7067071384b3ae5986e06ed6e5af.exe	33
PID 2336 wrote to memory of 2816	2336	JaffaCakes118_504d7067071384b3ae5986e06ed6e5af.exe	35
PID 2336 wrote to memory of 2816	2336	JaffaCakes118_504d7067071384b3ae5986e06ed6e5af.exe	35
PID 2336 wrote to memory of 2816	2336	JaffaCakes118_504d7067071384b3ae5986e06ed6e5af.exe	35
PID 2336 wrote to memory of 2816	2336	JaffaCakes118_504d7067071384b3ae5986e06ed6e5af.exe	35
PID 2336 wrote to memory of 2816	2336	JaffaCakes118_504d7067071384b3ae5986e06ed6e5af.exe	35
PID 2336 wrote to memory of 2816	2336	JaffaCakes118_504d7067071384b3ae5986e06ed6e5af.exe	35
PID 2336 wrote to memory of 2816	2336	JaffaCakes118_504d7067071384b3ae5986e06ed6e5af.exe	35
PID 2336 wrote to memory of 2612	2336	JaffaCakes118_504d7067071384b3ae5986e06ed6e5af.exe	37
PID 2336 wrote to memory of 2612	2336	JaffaCakes118_504d7067071384b3ae5986e06ed6e5af.exe	37
PID 2336 wrote to memory of 2612	2336	JaffaCakes118_504d7067071384b3ae5986e06ed6e5af.exe	37
PID 2336 wrote to memory of 2612	2336	JaffaCakes118_504d7067071384b3ae5986e06ed6e5af.exe	37
PID 2336 wrote to memory of 2612	2336	JaffaCakes118_504d7067071384b3ae5986e06ed6e5af.exe	37
PID 2336 wrote to memory of 2612	2336	JaffaCakes118_504d7067071384b3ae5986e06ed6e5af.exe	37
PID 2336 wrote to memory of 2612	2336	JaffaCakes118_504d7067071384b3ae5986e06ed6e5af.exe	37

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_504d7067071384b3ae5986e06ed6e5af.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_504d7067071384b3ae5986e06ed6e5af.exe"
1⤵
- Loads dropped DLL
- Drops file in Program Files directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2336
- C:\Program Files\bkgchjvlhltnl\ossscfjgsokl.exe
  "C:\Program Files\bkgchjvlhltnl\ossscfjgsokl.exe"
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Loads dropped DLL
  - Writes to the Master Boot Record (MBR)
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Checks processor information in registry
  - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
  PID:300
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
  sc config RasAuto start= auto
  2⤵
  - Launches sc.exe
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:2868
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
  sc config RasAuto start= auto
  2⤵
  - Launches sc.exe
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:2644
- C:\Program Files\bkgchjvlhltnl\ssscfjgsokln.exe
  "C:\Program Files\bkgchjvlhltnl\ssscfjgsokln.exe"
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  PID:2816
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  cmd /c del C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JAFFAC~1.EXE
  2⤵
  - Deletes itself
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:2612

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Pre-OS Boot

T1542

Bootkit

T1542.003

Privilege Escalation

Defense Evasion

Indicator Removal

T1070

File Deletion

T1070.004

Pre-OS Boot

T1542

Bootkit

T1542.003

Credential Access

Discovery

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

System Location Discovery

T1614

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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\Program Files\bkgchjvlhltnl\ossscfjgsokl.exe

Filesize
9.1MB

MD5
b009dd0a262d6a4214ca40eeebb1c11f

SHA1
86bbd2c79b4abdc235116f23c88c356510bc4bf2

SHA256
723b7453361de798e3d77c1a6105594731bb82d8534acf31aa47af450aef1c82

SHA512
47fe882bf1f0a5dd45f181d6d13dfe2d3e62b55e3a6cd7aa1fa2de484da2ee5c42b2579ac053ef3e3b85320fa3c78b0b125a572a8d13d02f70e869bd48f90854

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\Program Files\bkgchjvlhltnl\ssscfjgsokln.exe

Filesize
9.1MB

MD5
bc35ce96b252ffe34e01c51bdeda9222

SHA1
e5b204ac6f6003c2568a2d749b887de2323aaf03

SHA256
49f4d7b4005b59bc65988d8c0df9cc0e95d113312304d6caeb031f760ab41bfb

SHA512
8202ad57c43e522258ac654468ebf7817b3ff883ad967ea876eae4033010c92727ed45cd19c14abb6a069194eb1f1fbfd6358bc6b347b1d2f511ed85e7b5e557

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memory/300-31-0x0000000020000000-0x0000000020027000-memory.dmp

Filesize
156KB

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memory/300-30-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
44KB

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memory/300-27-0x0000000020000000-0x0000000020027000-memory.dmp

Filesize
156KB

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memory/2336-7-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000047B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
492KB

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memory/2336-3-0x0000000000260000-0x000000000029E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
248KB

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memory/2336-6-0x00000000002C0000-0x00000000002C2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
8KB

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memory/2336-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000047B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
492KB

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memory/2336-20-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000047B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
492KB

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memory/2336-5-0x00000000002B0000-0x00000000002B1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2336-28-0x0000000000260000-0x000000000029E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
248KB

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memory/2336-4-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000047B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
492KB

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memory/2336-2-0x0000000000260000-0x000000000029E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
248KB

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memory/2336-1-0x00000000002B0000-0x000000000032B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
492KB

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memory/2336-40-0x0000000000330000-0x0000000000334000-memory.dmp

Filesize
16KB

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memory/2336-50-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000047B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
492KB

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memory/2336-45-0x0000000000330000-0x0000000000334000-memory.dmp

Filesize
16KB

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memory/2336-48-0x0000000000260000-0x000000000029E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
248KB

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memory/2336-51-0x0000000000260000-0x000000000029E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
248KB

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memory/2816-47-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004030CC-memory.dmp

Filesize
12KB

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