gh0strat | 37b76067ee36e8ef22a508da713b60a3c4c964e88f516e9e86484bae93115df5

Analysis

max time kernel
150s
max time network
149s
platform
windows10-2004_x64
resource
win10v2004-20250217-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20250217-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
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06/03/2025, 01:27

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General

Target

JaffaCakes118_5463590d7a51e2611b2ba14ffbdb1399.exe
Size

130KB
MD5

5463590d7a51e2611b2ba14ffbdb1399
SHA1

3e70b2b7817b5eb5f9742b00209389d606ca52e1
SHA256

37b76067ee36e8ef22a508da713b60a3c4c964e88f516e9e86484bae93115df5
SHA512

932a7932d655703a280bf65b9a79b94af2338d253a72de2a8e0a29924edbc1a2c9c388c748ca1b999b412d0fadc39c71acc0f0e93f143a1976759f114c0603e4
SSDEEP

3072:BcrdyFf06FhraBEFNuw6dGVVmgJ/8pbxwvykz0eE4heiDLu8p:BcrdyFc6FhrAESw6EVVX0Dwa80eEEDL3

Score

10^/10

gh0strat discovery persistence rat

Malware Config

Signatures

Gh0st RAT payload 5 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/4464-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000423000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral2/files/0x0005000000022b2f-2.dat	family_gh0strat
behavioral2/memory/4464-3-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000423000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral2/memory/4440-5-0x0000000010000000-0x000000001001F000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral2/memory/4440-6-0x0000000010000000-0x000000001001F000-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\360svcs\Parameters\ServiceDll = "C:\\Documents and Settings\\Local User\\userdata.dll"	JaffaCakes118_5463590d7a51e2611b2ba14ffbdb1399.exe

Deletes itself 1 IoCs

pid	Process
4440	SVCHOST.EXE

Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs

pid	Process
4440	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	SVCHOST.EXE
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	JaffaCakes118_5463590d7a51e2611b2ba14ffbdb1399.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs

pid	Process
4464	JaffaCakes118_5463590d7a51e2611b2ba14ffbdb1399.exe
4464	JaffaCakes118_5463590d7a51e2611b2ba14ffbdb1399.exe

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_5463590d7a51e2611b2ba14ffbdb1399.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_5463590d7a51e2611b2ba14ffbdb1399.exe"
1⤵
- Server Software Component: Terminal Services DLL
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
PID:4464

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:4440

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\userdata.dll

Filesize
114KB

MD5
968435ed4b4832107a8b08931de707f9

SHA1
4215055d7b22d49d5a44c23c2d969ca4b59bea3c

SHA256
d587b7aaec5d2222a4c49d935fd5b05b111901a655f4dbb80acfd15dcde5ce65

SHA512
e9bf3c8349c4e5576850f83c7250c493bf6aee7bdf3384cd63c668e00689bcc115070dad9175007f2be958a7b8545648d1d254c0b5590a1d20079677ddb8f2e7

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memory/4440-5-0x0000000010000000-0x000000001001F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
124KB

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memory/4440-6-0x0000000010000000-0x000000001001F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
124KB

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memory/4464-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000423000-memory.dmp

Filesize
140KB

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memory/4464-3-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000423000-memory.dmp

Filesize
140KB

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