gh0strat | 3958a74d0c0e1c8856f5169dc05a05eacc8ffdec61a4e66e7bf97a0662991f71

Analysis

max time kernel
150s
max time network
120s
platform
windows7_x64
resource
win7-20250207-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20250207-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
submitted
05/03/2025, 19:01

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General

Target

JaffaCakes118_533cb07ae1f8699cc99d5ae3d09a99b5.exe
Size

122KB
MD5

533cb07ae1f8699cc99d5ae3d09a99b5
SHA1

87712f7837673bc70290a491d9598276d6f4788f
SHA256

3958a74d0c0e1c8856f5169dc05a05eacc8ffdec61a4e66e7bf97a0662991f71
SHA512

fa33be3c7ef675bd27a5f7b503ecebc7836d65a8dfa472d41b7081fefd7c2f31e5d286c3d1e492b35cc30db748a1691f3e0f79c9e59b13c1210a0b7dd8046ae7
SSDEEP

3072:f84YHOaH2a9TSnGbxihd27OLHY5ctcFoU/UJvBHkZ:fFYHOcTSGb8hb05QAoUsJvO

Score

10^/10

gh0strat discovery persistence rat

Malware Config

Signatures

Gh0st RAT payload 5 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/memory/2164-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000421000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/2164-3-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000421000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/files/0x000800000001567c-2.dat	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/1744-5-0x0000000010000000-0x000000001001E000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/1744-6-0x0000000010000000-0x000000001001E000-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\\localuser.dll"	JaffaCakes118_533cb07ae1f8699cc99d5ae3d09a99b5.exe

Deletes itself 1 IoCs

pid	Process
1744	svchost.exe

Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs

pid	Process
1744	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_533cb07ae1f8699cc99d5ae3d09a99b5.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	svchost.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2164	JaffaCakes118_533cb07ae1f8699cc99d5ae3d09a99b5.exe

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_533cb07ae1f8699cc99d5ae3d09a99b5.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_533cb07ae1f8699cc99d5ae3d09a99b5.exe"
1⤵
- Server Software Component: Terminal Services DLL
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
PID:2164

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:1744

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\localuser.dll

Filesize
105KB

MD5
df8ece396e9a2300c8f623b4cc8880d1

SHA1
4bef9c879120b0bd8f1a124d877d2e69a52eac2d

SHA256
6fe743865c9cb1b38c2889c53ef498be27d448dff252157e7de1c2eb577ba520

SHA512
5677edcecc308a5aebd6271202f062ad466ded092eccc3d699df11012493040bb7bcbe7a453848ff221455aa9f307b9cd81fc2cc9354bdb3549408c376f306df

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memory/1744-5-0x0000000010000000-0x000000001001E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
120KB

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memory/1744-6-0x0000000010000000-0x000000001001E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
120KB

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memory/2164-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000421000-memory.dmp

Filesize
132KB

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memory/2164-3-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000421000-memory.dmp

Filesize
132KB

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