Analysis

  • max time kernel
    120s
  • max time network
    121s
  • platform
    windows7_x64
  • resource
    win7-20241010-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20241010-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
  • submitted
    06/03/2025, 07:04

General

  • Target

    JaffaCakes118_5566b352ca28f36930419aef3b549b06.exe

  • Size

    150KB

  • MD5

    5566b352ca28f36930419aef3b549b06

  • SHA1

    3b459962e6f3e02281d415ef3bd172f032d157fb

  • SHA256

    e111ff1e83c2fe4b793db98cecd8b2b349a22dada5c0c02d3c12c605a9387287

  • SHA512

    aa50a3ef289a7d31baab218339703d1391865967689aefcfc2fd1e4b241ef2493d95b55ae479065da3ad5dfe77722b62b3bf0a02740c495d7306c0d0e235e840

  • SSDEEP

    3072:xwFLsFwUlUvxbZvzJhpcaI9TPZWmU+AYjakjI:qFLsXuxbZvzPpcHTZnDY

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Gh0st RAT payload 1 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 2 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 3 IoCs
  • Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 46 IoCs

    Attempts to read the root path of hard drives other than the default C: drive.

  • Indicator Removal: File Deletion 1 TTPs

    Adversaries may delete files left behind by the actions of their intrusion activity.

  • Drops file in Program Files directory 2 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 10 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

    Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 10 IoCs

    Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 45 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_5566b352ca28f36930419aef3b549b06.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_5566b352ca28f36930419aef3b549b06.exe"
    1⤵
    • Loads dropped DLL
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2848
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\6CC7.tmp
      C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\6CC7.tmp
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Drops file in Program Files directory
      • Drops file in Windows directory
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:2116
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\msiexec.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\msiexec.exe" /i C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\INS88E~1.INI /quiet
      2⤵
      • Enumerates connected drives
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:2760
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      cmd /c ""C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\run_dws_file.bat" "
      2⤵
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:816
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\inl8CC7.tmp
        C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\inl8CC7.tmp cdf1912.tmp
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:2868
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
          "C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe" /c del C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\inl8CC7.tmp > nul
          4⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          PID:2256
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      cmd /c ""C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp_ext_favurl_cab.bat" "
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2164
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\expand.exe
        expand.exe "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\favorites_url.cab" -F:*.* "C:\Users\Admin\Favorites"
        3⤵
        • Drops file in Windows directory
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:2404
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      "C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe" /c del C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JAFFAC~1.EXE > nul
      2⤵
      • Deletes itself
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:2080
  • C:\Windows\system32\msiexec.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\msiexec.exe /V
    1⤵
    • Enumerates connected drives
    • Drops file in Windows directory
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2744
    • C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe
      C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe -Embedding ADA86EC1F12934CFBADCE9B8B6836EB2
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:2172

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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Downloads

  • C:\Config.Msi\f768e11.rbs

    Filesize

    7KB

    MD5

    2e5109de2c1a835e8894924c839a9803

    SHA1

    3f6e951816024cf7fd37dfdee2018901443b4531

    SHA256

    5ab6d0d3366d3207e03c83221d152655072e52b5c1b5313156999271f5a4d732

    SHA512

    0734d8a23fad643806c5e4143072043a3144408e26b89a803e68dc275783f199d2c4066f13a1b111d513d3f730bd1e278abd3d228f073f8edc18eea1aeeebd75

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\INS88E~1.INI

    Filesize

    66KB

    MD5

    90a233439e03067b2038a3f58bb4e2c6

    SHA1

    70a366a9bed70899d869fcd343a656b30fcb6483

    SHA256

    cac004bde25709fe86dce07879b4046b4217ed16f043f5ce74ed5e6b12a2f40c

    SHA512

    50d30bd81798dfd15901ff6632fdc09e2947fb12e348a40b4f397858cd2964592130050e6317ed8f8be58eb9c4474093aeeb8b50b56aa6cc9f6f2016adb6a309

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\cdf1912.tmp

    Filesize

    765B

    MD5

    a4a4219ce5fdbaf2864b04ca4e453ac9

    SHA1

    98bf1383e8b2f4db0388ee139ae7fe06ff7a67a9

    SHA256

    7ce64a6d79d1772713cf59d6575aec39f9fa00690d4c84cd2f160081b0d412c6

    SHA512

    22f5668719a58a4c1692ceb8aae48af9d5a53527d96431410587fa1f3f67ec9b5f0660c87fa9d931343e1be9b0f56f03c3fcd431cc2d67b104450b2ef792baa8

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\run_dws_file.bat

    Filesize

    57B

    MD5

    940e8e19199828cfad591bf34611e888

    SHA1

    264555fc8ffae0743c08932ea2f497221251052b

    SHA256

    38675c330c3e2e44473acadb4cc72dda03f3310a41ab522fdd85c76d54390d06

    SHA512

    add002f4b2165bc6726359727d8446b32e166a1cd2b70cc263e92164b4fa805dc4a9cd858039a654e92575bb0ee62cfdcaaaf59bcefb2b18977b81b345b45a20

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp_ext_favurl_cab.bat

    Filesize

    98B

    MD5

    8663de6fce9208b795dc913d1a6a3f5b

    SHA1

    882193f208cf012eaf22eeaa4fef3b67e7c67c15

    SHA256

    2909ea8555f2fc19097c1070a1da8fcfd6dc6886aa1d99d7e0c05e53feeb5b61

    SHA512

    9381063e0f85e874be54ae22675393b82c6ab54b223090148e4acbeff6f22393c96c90b83d6538461b695528af01d1f1231cf5dc719f07d6168386974b490688

  • \??\c:\users\admin\appdata\local\temp\favorites_url.cab

    Filesize

    425B

    MD5

    da68bc3b7c3525670a04366bc55629f5

    SHA1

    15fda47ecfead7db8f7aee6ca7570138ba7f1b71

    SHA256

    73f3605192b676c92649034768378909a19d13883a7ea6f8ba1b096c78ffadb5

    SHA512

    6fee416affcb6a74621479697bca6f14f5429b00de3aa595abe3c60c6b2e094877b59f8783bbe7bdd567fa565d0630bb02def5603f8f0ea92fe8f2c3ac5383c0

  • memory/2116-13-0x0000000000260000-0x0000000000262000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    8KB

  • memory/2116-18-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000430000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    192KB

  • memory/2116-12-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000430000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    192KB

  • memory/2848-21-0x0000000004BD0000-0x0000000004BE0000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    64KB

  • memory/2848-19-0x0000000000020000-0x0000000000023000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    12KB

  • memory/2848-1-0x0000000000020000-0x0000000000023000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    12KB

  • memory/2848-46-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043E000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    248KB

  • memory/2848-8-0x0000000000440000-0x0000000000470000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    192KB

  • memory/2848-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043E000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    248KB

  • memory/2868-92-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000408000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    32KB