gh0strat | 9fcbcf805569114aac3fa61cd6e19e51fb7abb4c8eaabc335969a3ff8127e940

Analysis

max time kernel
150s
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
submitted
05/03/2025, 08:01

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General

Target

JaffaCakes118_513c615166679a5285ca67ea46f3a0ad.exe
Size

130KB
MD5

513c615166679a5285ca67ea46f3a0ad
SHA1

1ca4d7b9d50cc78c633a716b5e7826a98cbfc831
SHA256

9fcbcf805569114aac3fa61cd6e19e51fb7abb4c8eaabc335969a3ff8127e940
SHA512

5a4267b815089e03776087cf0fb4d034e7fdfaab66c272ef60e7f3c82e41a41c4b5c01dfce288915bd2a166d6ee2faacaf5a1d0e675115e14d113dcf1b540235
SSDEEP

3072:n2kiTz6S/cO614R51OfUTiWUmdsONtAqGEefz:nLiTz6S/x6c17NUmKoCqJQz

Score

10^/10

gh0strat discovery rat

Malware Config

Signatures

Gh0st RAT payload 2 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/4076-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000422000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral2/memory/4076-9-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000422000-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

Drops file in Windows directory 1 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\MyInformations.ini	JaffaCakes118_513c615166679a5285ca67ea46f3a0ad.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	taskkill.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	JaffaCakes118_513c615166679a5285ca67ea46f3a0ad.exe

Kills process with taskkill 1 IoCs

defense_evasion

pid	Process
4020	taskkill.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4020	taskkill.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 4076 wrote to memory of 4020	4076	JaffaCakes118_513c615166679a5285ca67ea46f3a0ad.exe	84
PID 4076 wrote to memory of 4020	4076	JaffaCakes118_513c615166679a5285ca67ea46f3a0ad.exe	84
PID 4076 wrote to memory of 4020	4076	JaffaCakes118_513c615166679a5285ca67ea46f3a0ad.exe	84

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_513c615166679a5285ca67ea46f3a0ad.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_513c615166679a5285ca67ea46f3a0ad.exe"
1⤵
- Drops file in Windows directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4076
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\taskkill.exe
  taskkill /f /t /im ZhuDongFangYu.exe
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Kills process with taskkill
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  PID:4020

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:\Windows\MyInformations.ini

Filesize
398B

MD5
a3394b5a650ae439be600668e073151e

SHA1
ced640318e92b543e0317eb22e3131df7359811b

SHA256
1f43975bbd11b5ce32debd89ff23ac8f28fab85bb47bf5f8f152337c30ccab41

SHA512
340d10c4fb6232d5dced2ab7d5f675f438d49ded939e46dd2389b7427f82b023fb4cdf55e144e5b025f5e3b4b64bd8b0fc786e53c04f8d7b08b788407a2bdd58

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memory/4076-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000422000-memory.dmp

Filesize
136KB

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memory/4076-9-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000422000-memory.dmp

Filesize
136KB

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