gh0strat | 742b089daa07e50d958bce3a45ca3244f30315276ae662c1dc84aece0d098f17

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, 03:02

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General

Target

JaffaCakes118_54b296adf6d73b04120e1926eb4c204e.exe
Size

172KB
MD5

54b296adf6d73b04120e1926eb4c204e
SHA1

fab27ec1340df44db93802dcb63ea76b59c41361
SHA256

742b089daa07e50d958bce3a45ca3244f30315276ae662c1dc84aece0d098f17
SHA512

44c79954082f2c5c926479717f170b824d780e788dbb6419c4c37816522d5f5ba007b4916264e22d3c3bda2deb02eb272bb2275d380df2029c1322092913d448
SSDEEP

3072:DiFteIZP9993rganIsWlDNiSuEgzhqr2NBG:SL9VrfCNFhgzhqr2vG

Score

10^/10

gh0strat discovery rat

Malware Config

Signatures

Gh0st RAT payload 3 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/files/0x0007000000015f96-5.dat	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/2788-14-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000042B000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/2788-17-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000042B000-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

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2728	scrss.exe

Loads dropped DLL 2 IoCs

pid	Process
2788	JaffaCakes118_54b296adf6d73b04120e1926eb4c204e.exe
2728	scrss.exe

Drops file in Program Files directory 6 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Program Files\632.tmp	JaffaCakes118_54b296adf6d73b04120e1926eb4c204e.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Program Files\632.tmp	JaffaCakes118_54b296adf6d73b04120e1926eb4c204e.exe
File created	C:\Program Files\XX.ini	JaffaCakes118_54b296adf6d73b04120e1926eb4c204e.exe
File created	C:\Program Files\LL.ini	JaffaCakes118_54b296adf6d73b04120e1926eb4c204e.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Program Files\LL.ini	JaffaCakes118_54b296adf6d73b04120e1926eb4c204e.exe
File created	C:\Program Files\scrss.exe	JaffaCakes118_54b296adf6d73b04120e1926eb4c204e.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_54b296adf6d73b04120e1926eb4c204e.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	scrss.exe

Suspicious behavior: RenamesItself 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2788	JaffaCakes118_54b296adf6d73b04120e1926eb4c204e.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2788 wrote to memory of 2728	2788	JaffaCakes118_54b296adf6d73b04120e1926eb4c204e.exe	31
PID 2788 wrote to memory of 2728	2788	JaffaCakes118_54b296adf6d73b04120e1926eb4c204e.exe	31
PID 2788 wrote to memory of 2728	2788	JaffaCakes118_54b296adf6d73b04120e1926eb4c204e.exe	31
PID 2788 wrote to memory of 2728	2788	JaffaCakes118_54b296adf6d73b04120e1926eb4c204e.exe	31

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_54b296adf6d73b04120e1926eb4c204e.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_54b296adf6d73b04120e1926eb4c204e.exe"
1⤵
- Loads dropped DLL
- Drops file in Program Files directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: RenamesItself
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2788
- C:\Program Files\scrss.exe
  "C:\Program Files\scrss.exe" "C:\Program Files\LL.ini" main
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Loads dropped DLL
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:2728

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:\Program Files\LL.ini

Filesize
264KB

MD5
d24d4d0cd807b045f820f22196c2b88d

SHA1
b0a17a273986a0857983263ffd44e0bbbb0a74f5

SHA256
554f98f1b3bcaf94b381b160db06e7080e3a265fa1cb42ce2504f34c4388a6eb

SHA512
9830cc6d6520b9c82dd6bcded9fe358d9f25897191e3322794b21c0b5460e14e2ff15a848c4195a550a4be4d1eb9e42bee01ba478ee30d729718c6603911833c

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C:\Program Files\scrss.exe

Filesize
43KB

MD5
51138beea3e2c21ec44d0932c71762a8

SHA1
8939cf35447b22dd2c6e6f443446acc1bf986d58

SHA256
5ad3c37e6f2b9db3ee8b5aeedc474645de90c66e3d95f8620c48102f1eba4124

SHA512
794f30fe452117ff2a26dc9d7086aaf82b639c2632ac2e381a81f5239caaec7c96922ba5d2d90bfd8d74f0a6cd4f79fbda63e14c6b779e5cf6834c13e4e45e7d

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memory/2788-14-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000042B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
172KB

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memory/2788-17-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000042B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
172KB

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