gh0strat | c043e57f0221c1a253a682276d9cdf8b2f5214caebdb6c670b852638f72cfdba

Analysis

max time kernel
149s
max time network
141s
platform
windows10-2004_x64
resource
win10v2004-20250217-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20250217-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
submitted
06/03/2025, 08:27

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General

Target

JaffaCakes118_55a4e1b095e81a499ecec84c9d82a952.exe
Size

96KB
MD5

55a4e1b095e81a499ecec84c9d82a952
SHA1

b8e12a3498f6bf27fcfeb94f47ca066d3695af05
SHA256

c043e57f0221c1a253a682276d9cdf8b2f5214caebdb6c670b852638f72cfdba
SHA512

3226f255a3a65cf958130ae897478fdba262bb293f4fb41d335b3165ae89f49143cd6eea86b7d93adacabcb25ee4f6d668958a571585520faf89628873c4f665
SSDEEP

3072:dsbdTkkLVhQX8LC2/+USWmMm0YfF2cXpxmi:dsqWhQX8Lssm70yF7xd

Score

10^/10

gh0strat discovery persistence rat

Malware Config

Signatures

Gh0st RAT payload 2 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/4844-8-0x0000000010000000-0x000000001001E000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral2/memory/4844-10-0x0000000010000000-0x000000001001E000-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\FastUserSwitchingCompatibility\Parameters\ServiceDll = "C:\\Windows\\system32\\FastUserSwitchingCompatibilityexxxx.dll"	JaffaCakes118_55a4e1b095e81a499ecec84c9d82a952.exe

Deletes itself 1 IoCs

pid	Process
4844	svchost.exe

Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs

pid	Process
4844	svchost.exe

Drops file in System32 directory 1 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\FastUserSwitchingCompatibilityexxxx.dll	JaffaCakes118_55a4e1b095e81a499ecec84c9d82a952.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_55a4e1b095e81a499ecec84c9d82a952.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	svchost.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 4 IoCs

pid	Process
4412	JaffaCakes118_55a4e1b095e81a499ecec84c9d82a952.exe
4412	JaffaCakes118_55a4e1b095e81a499ecec84c9d82a952.exe
4844	svchost.exe
4844	svchost.exe

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_55a4e1b095e81a499ecec84c9d82a952.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_55a4e1b095e81a499ecec84c9d82a952.exe"
1⤵
- Server Software Component: Terminal Services DLL
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
PID:4412

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe -k netsvcs -s FastUserSwitchingCompatibility
1⤵
- Deletes itself
- Loads dropped DLL
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
PID:4844

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:\Windows\SysWOW64\FastUserSwitchingCompatibilityexxxx.dll

Filesize
46KB

MD5
7378f6899fdadb9cf693a54d586a995b

SHA1
89e60958ad09bc1bc78ac8b53bcf7a8504048c58

SHA256
f477e11076df27d108b53baa1ebeb9f63d8e5465c021e5544dd9449ff3326e34

SHA512
7959d9675d7fe5ddc5f75b4f1cf400c2f355bfe94b0683740eff0b74b0826ce2b925797c7c370e1d0e299533932264d7b8a4aa3422d36bf9b615318177325c94

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memory/4412-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
252KB

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memory/4412-6-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
252KB

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memory/4844-7-0x0000000010000000-0x000000001001E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
120KB

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memory/4844-8-0x0000000010000000-0x000000001001E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
120KB

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memory/4844-10-0x0000000010000000-0x000000001001E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
120KB

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