Analysis

  • max time kernel
    94s
  • max time network
    145s
  • 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, 20:48

General

  • Target

    JaffaCakes118_5392164e0cb5045847c4ee9cff4813f6.exe

  • Size

    5.0MB

  • MD5

    5392164e0cb5045847c4ee9cff4813f6

  • SHA1

    20f55805079a0c35ce493589335fce990c8e708a

  • SHA256

    bea5b55cdef955ac7b8a9fead52ddc7f659fa3470c470fd36e769d1b57c5234e

  • SHA512

    82f0cf0a85ec7164dbcd442c33e969186e8ddb179707b053fb0ac91f09891bd2196f9e8499cd3ab903a3262f7f334a82916b150b18dab29c84c7d04fd6c4987a

  • SSDEEP

    49152:smv3GY5fa22GFbn0iDenAPpv//e2zzoM/IFnLA5:s0W2SLGFD0i0UPe2N/YLA5

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Gh0st RAT payload 6 IoCs
  • Gh0strat

    Gh0st RAT is a remote access tool (RAT) with its source code public and it has been used by multiple Chinese groups.

  • Gh0strat family
  • Identifies VirtualBox via ACPI registry values (likely anti-VM) 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
  • Deletes itself 1 IoCs
  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Identifies Wine through registry keys 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Wine is a compatibility layer capable of running Windows applications, which can be used as sandboxing environment.

  • Loads dropped DLL 3 IoCs
  • Drops file in System32 directory 6 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger 2 IoCs
  • Program crash 3 IoCs
  • 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.

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 6 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 46 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_5392164e0cb5045847c4ee9cff4813f6.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_5392164e0cb5045847c4ee9cff4813f6.exe"
    1⤵
    • Identifies VirtualBox via ACPI registry values (likely anti-VM)
    • Identifies Wine through registry keys
    • Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3800
    • \??\c:\users\admin\appdata\local\hvmqnjpved
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_5392164e0cb5045847c4ee9cff4813f6.exe" a -sc:\users\admin\appdata\local\temp\jaffacakes118_5392164e0cb5045847c4ee9cff4813f6.exe
      2⤵
      • Identifies VirtualBox via ACPI registry values (likely anti-VM)
      • Deletes itself
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Identifies Wine through registry keys
      • Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:3624
  • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe
    C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe -k netsvcs -s fastuserswitchingcompatibility
    1⤵
    • Loads dropped DLL
    • Drops file in System32 directory
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    PID:4952
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
      C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 4952 -s 1040
      2⤵
      • Program crash
      PID:2492
  • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
    C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 432 -p 4952 -ip 4952
    1⤵
      PID:2080
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe
      C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe -k netsvcs -s fastuserswitchingcompatibility
      1⤵
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • Drops file in System32 directory
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:2944
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
        C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 2944 -s 1108
        2⤵
        • Program crash
        PID:4440
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
      C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 512 -p 2944 -ip 2944
      1⤵
        PID:2768
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe
        C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe -k netsvcs -s fastuserswitchingcompatibility
        1⤵
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • Drops file in System32 directory
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:608
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
          C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 608 -s 940
          2⤵
          • Program crash
          PID:1580
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
        C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 480 -p 608 -ip 608
        1⤵
          PID:1700

        Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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        Downloads

        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\hvmqnjpved

          Filesize

          22.2MB

          MD5

          f0342f77c8ca8f3e17aadd10045dff9d

          SHA1

          6c753bb90fdb77e8283ed4e0fb1a147b97482943

          SHA256

          59c5881cd81999aa6dbf6054fed9a1779a1c61f4558d33e034a981c2e701b48f

          SHA512

          b3664f268a9f1f820cfaf9e3e2054f3546bd920df20ab720476cb0722fa350763d5b0e8b73682b34a9fe5773317f47b6abbc4de052b15a7e2b75e6490f166b2e

        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe.txt

          Filesize

          202B

          MD5

          b075d66693df9ded937399c6e83fa23f

          SHA1

          c4eaf9d7129ea036217a988d80de56905fa720b3

          SHA256

          e9084b9e9d2951266158b55157bc2ccc1fa6c55822bf22e712e52916b027d516

          SHA512

          72024fec381a60eee13ba668a3d23fcf71eb830eba43371ad31da1b8cfc6196c1c0d03edd3e18910eb5bd7b6ce6612b58b7e599a14a0e0ce6de290d60ef31140

        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe.txt

          Filesize

          303B

          MD5

          1fdd5027a41f1e287fae8bca6bbd3168

          SHA1

          312f014c0d273a6f6d8ba44d69f2362b30f27c50

          SHA256

          df005033ac746ab38b62e94099a040964f28daa2f1a267045ee72c1bda588e66

          SHA512

          201ddf1c0a19929ff222581cd1993f2a8a13074ffd749e2aec4e4c35cd192a5686ac465838be287c739e0294765e2fbd5b6d25a8a46021bea4df079b3f9ae498

        • \??\c:\programdata\application data\storm\update\%sessionname%\qmrrr.cc3

          Filesize

          24.0MB

          MD5

          554547394eaf529cad721c7a43e6bb5e

          SHA1

          2fc9b5651a9c122581e9b8e0e8dc1eda8f2d1a91

          SHA256

          dc40bc5aa88d4e2a43abecadc208bd46e827c89beff529dac7a9681a0dccb925

          SHA512

          2d6d8e7ea1c2a8493749ce5083c458ce2753f1ce998075a2bc76ffaace433901efb3f23924ad2b7250955e41ed5120632755116253672eaadde063b252f80212

        • memory/608-46-0x0000000020000000-0x0000000020027000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          156KB

        • memory/608-43-0x0000000001BE0000-0x0000000001BE1000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          4KB

        • memory/2944-41-0x0000000020000000-0x0000000020027000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          156KB

        • memory/2944-38-0x0000000001B00000-0x0000000001B01000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          4KB

        • memory/3624-31-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000097D000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          5.5MB

        • memory/3624-26-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000097D000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          5.5MB

        • memory/3624-32-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000097D000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          5.5MB

        • memory/3624-25-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000097D000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          5.5MB

        • memory/3624-15-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000097D000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          5.5MB

        • memory/3624-24-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000097D000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          5.5MB

        • memory/3624-19-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000097D000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          5.5MB

        • memory/3624-20-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000097D000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          5.5MB

        • memory/3624-21-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000097D000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          5.5MB

        • memory/3624-22-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000097D000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          5.5MB

        • memory/3624-23-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000097D000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          5.5MB

        • memory/3800-6-0x0000000000401000-0x0000000000419000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          96KB

        • memory/3800-2-0x0000000000E10000-0x0000000000E11000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          4KB

        • memory/3800-9-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000097D000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          5.5MB

        • memory/3800-8-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000097D000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          5.5MB

        • memory/3800-7-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000097D000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          5.5MB

        • memory/3800-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000097D000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          5.5MB

        • memory/3800-5-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000097D000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          5.5MB

        • memory/3800-1-0x0000000000DD0000-0x0000000000DD1000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          4KB

        • memory/3800-16-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000097D000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          5.5MB

        • memory/3800-18-0x0000000000401000-0x0000000000419000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          96KB

        • memory/3800-4-0x0000000077E74000-0x0000000077E76000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          8KB

        • memory/3800-3-0x0000000002820000-0x0000000002980000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          1.4MB

        • memory/4952-36-0x0000000020000000-0x0000000020027000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          156KB

        • memory/4952-34-0x0000000000F60000-0x0000000000F61000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          4KB