gh0strat | 0b872a5ce527097f24437069625b7fbea3a0d8a21623cf4742e383d15e0ed9b9

Analysis

max time kernel
140s
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, 08:00

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General

Target

JaffaCakes118_55916083403fb556a6e68ab2da4f12a7.exe
Size

1.6MB
MD5

55916083403fb556a6e68ab2da4f12a7
SHA1

7ae9ffd8f0a24aeb01c65289d47d9ac3550494be
SHA256

0b872a5ce527097f24437069625b7fbea3a0d8a21623cf4742e383d15e0ed9b9
SHA512

3ba41ed82a0c8c383a59a79f3fce559e2a437b89e797e6e08e1e7c4f9c87384fed09103ed2139e099a186a8c62e4bb83dfb66c20547378cfa1a452cd5953be14
SSDEEP

24576:QSjHgW/7g2bDNeZseWITQwFPveC07ROSNo/+OD0W8:QSl/dpeuTITGsFDI

Score

10^/10

gh0strat discovery persistence rat

Malware Config

Signatures

Gh0st RAT payload 4 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/memory/2312-8-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010121000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/2312-10-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010121000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/2312-13-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010121000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/2312-15-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010121000-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
2312	ste.exe

Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs

pid	Process
1624	JaffaCakes118_55916083403fb556a6e68ab2da4f12a7.exe

Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Modify Registry

T1112

description	ioc	Process
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\XXXXXXF18151FB = "C:\\Windows\\XXXXXXF18151FB\\svchsot.exe"	ste.exe

Drops file in Windows directory 1 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\WINDOWS\system\ste.exe	JaffaCakes118_55916083403fb556a6e68ab2da4f12a7.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_55916083403fb556a6e68ab2da4f12a7.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	ste.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 3 IoCs

pid	Process
2312	ste.exe
2312	ste.exe
2312	ste.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs

pid	Process
1624	JaffaCakes118_55916083403fb556a6e68ab2da4f12a7.exe
1624	JaffaCakes118_55916083403fb556a6e68ab2da4f12a7.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 1624 wrote to memory of 2312	1624	JaffaCakes118_55916083403fb556a6e68ab2da4f12a7.exe	30
PID 1624 wrote to memory of 2312	1624	JaffaCakes118_55916083403fb556a6e68ab2da4f12a7.exe	30
PID 1624 wrote to memory of 2312	1624	JaffaCakes118_55916083403fb556a6e68ab2da4f12a7.exe	30
PID 1624 wrote to memory of 2312	1624	JaffaCakes118_55916083403fb556a6e68ab2da4f12a7.exe	30

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_55916083403fb556a6e68ab2da4f12a7.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_55916083403fb556a6e68ab2da4f12a7.exe"
1⤵
- Loads dropped DLL
- Drops file in Windows directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1624
- C:\WINDOWS\system\ste.exe
  C:\WINDOWS\system\ste.exe
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Adds Run key to start application
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
  PID:2312

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Privilege Escalation

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

T1112

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

\Windows\system\ste.exe

Filesize
236KB

MD5
4653494ef634606c13f80c7f0febc0af

SHA1
01f3127489b64bb6ec6ac86d8c81a480b3ab5f62

SHA256
c74215bc0162e971f26fd8ad179359a3b7ee3c275bfc88626c2a6761f0acf6c5

SHA512
51694a4a8b5174a9e230d48353c1214bc37d3232b5099a496460736eb8dc0347e765631f2a08f5d8eec4e65027bdce1505a902cc9abefa4581c917bb77aa340b

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memory/2312-6-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010121000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.1MB

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memory/2312-9-0x0000000000440000-0x0000000000441000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2312-8-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010121000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.1MB

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memory/2312-10-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010121000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.1MB

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memory/2312-13-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010121000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.1MB

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memory/2312-15-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010121000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.1MB

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memory/2312-18-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043C000-memory.dmp

Filesize
240KB

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