gh0strat | 726d0f704399e9084b6537dcbd1098ba5ba5aca5504627e6a600fee85f259d0f

Analysis

max time kernel
146s
max time network
17s
platform
windows7_x64
resource
win7-20240903-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20240903-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
submitted
05/03/2025, 03:55

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General

Target

JaffaCakes118_506201f7ce08505f064fca1d168248be.exe
Size

142KB
MD5

506201f7ce08505f064fca1d168248be
SHA1

595ba8a05661b51a0f686cd8612484d8fa140f18
SHA256

726d0f704399e9084b6537dcbd1098ba5ba5aca5504627e6a600fee85f259d0f
SHA512

746274d369f44b889dfdfff68359558f56dbe24139f10da039bd3472cd833de9b83f6a8b0006c764b34552225e66297a27c90803bcc069389f914be8f9b26df6
SSDEEP

3072:nNgpxj1yCtzLMQAXnawUxZ1s6AeLGEfNAs:nNgxj4CtzTAFW1HbNN

Score

10^/10

gh0strat discovery rat

Malware Config

Signatures

Gh0st RAT payload 5 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/memory/2172-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000425000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/files/0x000b00000001227d-6.dat	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/2732-14-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000422000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/2172-16-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000425000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/2732-17-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000422000-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
2560	cmd.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2732	WinUserMan.exe

Loads dropped DLL 2 IoCs

pid	Process
2172	JaffaCakes118_506201f7ce08505f064fca1d168248be.exe
2172	JaffaCakes118_506201f7ce08505f064fca1d168248be.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_506201f7ce08505f064fca1d168248be.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	WinUserMan.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	cmd.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2172	JaffaCakes118_506201f7ce08505f064fca1d168248be.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 8 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2172 wrote to memory of 2732	2172	JaffaCakes118_506201f7ce08505f064fca1d168248be.exe	30
PID 2172 wrote to memory of 2732	2172	JaffaCakes118_506201f7ce08505f064fca1d168248be.exe	30
PID 2172 wrote to memory of 2732	2172	JaffaCakes118_506201f7ce08505f064fca1d168248be.exe	30
PID 2172 wrote to memory of 2732	2172	JaffaCakes118_506201f7ce08505f064fca1d168248be.exe	30
PID 2172 wrote to memory of 2560	2172	JaffaCakes118_506201f7ce08505f064fca1d168248be.exe	31
PID 2172 wrote to memory of 2560	2172	JaffaCakes118_506201f7ce08505f064fca1d168248be.exe	31
PID 2172 wrote to memory of 2560	2172	JaffaCakes118_506201f7ce08505f064fca1d168248be.exe	31
PID 2172 wrote to memory of 2560	2172	JaffaCakes118_506201f7ce08505f064fca1d168248be.exe	31

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_506201f7ce08505f064fca1d168248be.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_506201f7ce08505f064fca1d168248be.exe"
1⤵
- Loads dropped DLL
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2172
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\WinUserMan.exe
  C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\WinUserMan.exe
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:2732
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c del C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JAFFAC~1.EXE > nul
  2⤵
  - Deletes itself
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:2560

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

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\WinUserMan.exe

Filesize
130KB

MD5
b3549eee40012755a888c8639c55d205

SHA1
a61efa5f71afb2e3843630fb0a759b504638523f

SHA256
7c49c3642d3740e1175d2f7deb5a66a60a4b713e597954fdf1b447709744f613

SHA512
1737a64939dfcac321f334e8be8c46f33ef76ef6a77cf48d233a3977be3691e353aa65d7e6a680c299114096d1ceedaebca5326df05846c8fb56c34aad6d8f74

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memory/2172-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000425000-memory.dmp

Filesize
148KB

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memory/2172-13-0x0000000000350000-0x0000000000372000-memory.dmp

Filesize
136KB

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memory/2172-12-0x0000000000350000-0x0000000000372000-memory.dmp

Filesize
136KB

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memory/2172-16-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000425000-memory.dmp

Filesize
148KB

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memory/2732-14-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000422000-memory.dmp

Filesize
136KB

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memory/2732-17-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000422000-memory.dmp

Filesize
136KB

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