Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    150s
  • platform
    windows7_x64
  • resource
    win7-20240903-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20240903-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
  • submitted
    06/03/2025, 22:58

General

  • Target

    JaffaCakes118_57da45c67b2ce89876a2180cb6f1828d.exe

  • Size

    95KB

  • MD5

    57da45c67b2ce89876a2180cb6f1828d

  • SHA1

    b56eca1e18bb2e2aec2a47f238c0973bd755d001

  • SHA256

    676cfd6a513b17e1bc667e688beac7f40455b586a643c5b97355c575b857dc5d

  • SHA512

    b6e3aa31c74a5a7cb9332536fc49162f1b2ae78c24c664ea6b0fa2448226ef7b97ec93ad02860d6d10f6bdce18faef9aef24392deccdc75d6deb639084ee9b96

  • SSDEEP

    1536:IHFusSx9qYMhdFHS8qdydo3nTzhYxJA+CwNUtBZVY9v8praiuXvd:IxS4jHS8q/3nTzePCwNUh4E9aiYvd

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Gh0st RAT payload 4 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
  • Deletes itself 1 IoCs
  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 3 IoCs
  • Writes to the Master Boot Record (MBR) 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Bootkits write to the MBR to gain persistence at a level below the operating system.

  • Drops file in System32 directory 1 IoCs
  • 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.

  • Checks processor information in registry 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Processor information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.

  • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS 6 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 18 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_57da45c67b2ce89876a2180cb6f1828d.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_57da45c67b2ce89876a2180cb6f1828d.exe"
    1⤵
    • Loads dropped DLL
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2136
    • \??\c:\users\admin\appdata\local\iplcsrnjti
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_57da45c67b2ce89876a2180cb6f1828d.exe" a -sc:\users\admin\appdata\local\temp\jaffacakes118_57da45c67b2ce89876a2180cb6f1828d.exe
      2⤵
      • Deletes itself
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:2424
  • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe
    C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe -k netsvcs
    1⤵
    • Loads dropped DLL
    • Writes to the Master Boot Record (MBR)
    • Drops file in System32 directory
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Checks processor information in registry
    • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    PID:2432

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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Downloads

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

    Filesize

    21.1MB

    MD5

    742f09dd80c67e979db1b52f9c691012

    SHA1

    64500e931d0e9edc1eeb9bd8a4799e5eb3565825

    SHA256

    2b57e11db1803a9461e026c283211d31eb1640ba680981f9ecd17224a7383f64

    SHA512

    f738a0adedd61c9677eb37cdf655d51102d2e1ce9732ab4fe05f5499cf7c225a442c372ec674982bb25a26590dd85e21fd394dfd321ad62fe3959b92091e6704

  • \Users\Admin\AppData\Local\iplcsrnjti

    Filesize

    24.2MB

    MD5

    29b59023a6fd5f32ad74995be4a0962e

    SHA1

    f9f3ad7e3ceb03ef262017509e3bc0bc78e9c9db

    SHA256

    4cdf4b79ed33c22cd310ced33692eb8a892daae5604864a8f8ce147b63071b47

    SHA512

    5ea236aaf42a9927a2598000fc534e44139156bd16df02e033cefb35f6c0770d8837f02e24817340cac8a1858c1d74a95f2e8b3632d258bf28b62f086ce76821

  • memory/2136-2-0x0000000000030000-0x0000000000031000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/2136-13-0x0000000000230000-0x000000000027F000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    316KB

  • memory/2136-12-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000044E308-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    312KB

  • memory/2136-24-0x0000000000230000-0x000000000027F000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    316KB

  • memory/2136-1-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000044E308-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    312KB

  • memory/2424-16-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000044E308-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    312KB

  • memory/2424-22-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000044E308-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    312KB

  • memory/2424-17-0x0000000000030000-0x0000000000031000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/2432-23-0x0000000000180000-0x0000000000181000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/2432-26-0x0000000020000000-0x0000000020027000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    156KB

  • memory/2432-28-0x0000000020000000-0x0000000020027000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    156KB