gh0strat | 38f60df79fb818f0b4c7335fa328c8fb5f5ea87134304a60350c0feba5318553

Analysis

max time kernel
150s
max time network
119s
platform
windows7_x64
resource
win7-20250207-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20250207-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
submitted
06/03/2025, 19:41

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General

Target

JaffaCakes118_57757281882880b9fa595c6d868b8461.exe
Size

123KB
MD5

57757281882880b9fa595c6d868b8461
SHA1

c55bc0bc06715ddd82a92242c37f747ccc6c9b3a
SHA256

38f60df79fb818f0b4c7335fa328c8fb5f5ea87134304a60350c0feba5318553
SHA512

e97ad4399794e3ba727dc7308fa904bd270aed51a1f704133c076c1bd8d3357c2313c25de1ab9cd42b16a954b71b18fe797f261d0e7d18ab0ce5eae14049446e
SSDEEP

3072:p84f6OK9TubYGHqdKpl/gy2F/nN82C2UJvXHCcgqK6Hw:pFf6O0TubZHqsPetN/AJvS3

Score

10^/10

gh0strat discovery persistence rat

Malware Config

Signatures

Gh0st RAT payload 5 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/memory/2988-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000421000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/860-5-0x0000000010000000-0x000000001001D000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/files/0x0008000000015d84-4.dat	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/2988-3-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000421000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/860-6-0x0000000010000000-0x000000001001D000-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\360svc\Parameters\ServiceDll = "C:\\Documents and Settings\\Local User\\ntuser.dll"	JaffaCakes118_57757281882880b9fa595c6d868b8461.exe

Deletes itself 1 IoCs

pid	Process
860	svchost.exe

Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs

pid	Process
860	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	JaffaCakes118_57757281882880b9fa595c6d868b8461.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	svchost.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2988	JaffaCakes118_57757281882880b9fa595c6d868b8461.exe

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_57757281882880b9fa595c6d868b8461.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_57757281882880b9fa595c6d868b8461.exe"
1⤵
- Server Software Component: Terminal Services DLL
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
PID:2988

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:860

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

\Users\Local User\ntuser.dll

Filesize
106KB

MD5
86a5039b0e432cf4e65445ac115a4109

SHA1
07eae36e2c56e112581402eb3f899a4a1244a627

SHA256
106952393b6c1c0c62d86d2828251e7498110646aa07745bbb681cc029ff0f3b

SHA512
daca4423bd9c4530cdd5d4edc1cc0f02de6c0418dbe88d14daf07d2469f020172c04aefdc8c4b784c85944234fa0831bbdd407474f6f03b4fcedc3c67a47dd59

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memory/860-5-0x0000000010000000-0x000000001001D000-memory.dmp

Filesize
116KB

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memory/860-6-0x0000000010000000-0x000000001001D000-memory.dmp

Filesize
116KB

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memory/2988-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000421000-memory.dmp

Filesize
132KB

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memory/2988-3-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000421000-memory.dmp

Filesize
132KB

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