gh0strat | 70adde8db316d8e62f0f04537083641d0d7a257c6b19e1fc9bae0c1a9635b8d1

Analysis

max time kernel
150s
max time network
118s
platform
windows7_x64
resource
win7-20240903-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20240903-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
submitted
05/03/2025, 05:22

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General

Target

JaffaCakes118_50ae7ef897a0f22391010450c33e5283.exe
Size

125KB
MD5

50ae7ef897a0f22391010450c33e5283
SHA1

213992af1eeea4361d9dbdded01faee3d0a30a7b
SHA256

70adde8db316d8e62f0f04537083641d0d7a257c6b19e1fc9bae0c1a9635b8d1
SHA512

994c70d3f3ec51851827b4cb1c3b103ef85c9835fa574ddbb5440c8329bf06972623c539a55d8a8616d36d97aa02820bcc7c17f417fbbc23eba912e81d0a9489
SSDEEP

3072:zS3i7bVEnOQ5UP6hKRXuS6S9L3e2ta2OMdj3Kx8o1:zSKVEnOQ5UyhZK973aodj6d

Score

10^/10

gh0strat discovery persistence rat

Malware Config

Signatures

Gh0st RAT payload 1 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/files/0x000e0000000193be-2.dat	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\\QQpinyin.dll"	JaffaCakes118_50ae7ef897a0f22391010450c33e5283.exe

Deletes itself 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2676	svchost.exe

Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2676	svchost.exe

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 2 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_50ae7ef897a0f22391010450c33e5283.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	svchost.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs

pid	Process
3068	JaffaCakes118_50ae7ef897a0f22391010450c33e5283.exe
3068	JaffaCakes118_50ae7ef897a0f22391010450c33e5283.exe

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_50ae7ef897a0f22391010450c33e5283.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_50ae7ef897a0f22391010450c33e5283.exe"
1⤵
- Server Software Component: Terminal Services DLL
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
PID:3068

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:2676

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

\Users\Local User\QQpinyin.dll

Filesize
111KB

MD5
ab8b3818c3fcbdde54d5ae2cf8d58340

SHA1
5e610903f2f9e6ce2c22e84dc578a237e42b81ca

SHA256
537d1e779763033ae35bd4ee535791b5f26230b2ff2a9dfa30fae56e463a9f36

SHA512
0948af4a28f8a7013bd6ef447d28e0675570ca0b7f13caf8f32b79f035aedc30e343ae4ee551f75cfe5bc94a2b403f0a47a7e270c8a77331042ca33a41c3d276

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