gh0strat | 6a7c816b7dbcc0307915f3345bc00e3ba0a70dad7a5f2fea59bf0a685aa5f8f6

General

Target

JaffaCakes118_5bad00590a2986a576d6fa47fe7c8951.exe
Size

777KB
MD5

5bad00590a2986a576d6fa47fe7c8951
SHA1

b19978f61206fce13887a46eff565c32c3d93681
SHA256

6a7c816b7dbcc0307915f3345bc00e3ba0a70dad7a5f2fea59bf0a685aa5f8f6
SHA512

4b47be04d06958f5c7b4f3486dc32002ad39f8620d5aa626b3e58f4bec5df9f49d925048ce591833e18ae36f397fe61b54af6651cc50d75e38a77253a751123b
SSDEEP

24576:BAxFc9euQ+pscajhLvElo2McbhjrbWI62FGy4+:GxFck5hgl/bhjrbW

Score

10^/10

gh0strat defense_evasion discovery persistence rat

Malware Config

Signatures

Gh0st RAT payload 4 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/memory/2672-17-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005B1000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/2316-25-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005B1000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/files/0x0006000000018731-27.dat	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/2316-22-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005B1000-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

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution: Active Setup 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

Adversaries may achieve persistence by adding a Registry key to the Active Setup of the local machine.

persistence

Active Setup

T1547.014

Modify Registry

T1112

description	ioc	Process
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Active Setup\Installed Components\{95E58F7D-769E-4a6b-BA53-737B396DA40F}\stubpath = "C:\\Windows\\system32\\inwixlnmf.exe"	JaffaCakes118_5bad00590a2986a576d6fa47fe7c8951.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Active Setup\Installed Components\{95E58F7D-769E-4a6b-BA53-737B396DA40F}	JaffaCakes118_5bad00590a2986a576d6fa47fe7c8951.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2316	inwixlnmf.exe

Identifies Wine through registry keys 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

Wine is a compatibility layer capable of running Windows applications, which can be used as sandboxing environment.

defense_evasion

Query Registry

T1012

Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion

T1497

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4177215427-74451935-3209572229-1000\Software\Wine	JaffaCakes118_5bad00590a2986a576d6fa47fe7c8951.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4177215427-74451935-3209572229-1000\Software\Wine	inwixlnmf.exe

Loads dropped DLL 5 IoCs

pid	Process
2672	JaffaCakes118_5bad00590a2986a576d6fa47fe7c8951.exe
2316	inwixlnmf.exe
2316	inwixlnmf.exe
2316	inwixlnmf.exe
2924	userinit.exe

Drops file in System32 directory 2 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\inwixlnmf.exe	JaffaCakes118_5bad00590a2986a576d6fa47fe7c8951.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\inwixlnmf.exe_lang.ini	JaffaCakes118_5bad00590a2986a576d6fa47fe7c8951.exe

Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger 2 IoCs

pid	Process
2672	JaffaCakes118_5bad00590a2986a576d6fa47fe7c8951.exe
2316	inwixlnmf.exe

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 3 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	userinit.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	JaffaCakes118_5bad00590a2986a576d6fa47fe7c8951.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	inwixlnmf.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 4 IoCs

pid	Process
2672	JaffaCakes118_5bad00590a2986a576d6fa47fe7c8951.exe
2672	JaffaCakes118_5bad00590a2986a576d6fa47fe7c8951.exe
2316	inwixlnmf.exe
2316	inwixlnmf.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2672	JaffaCakes118_5bad00590a2986a576d6fa47fe7c8951.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2316	inwixlnmf.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 15 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2672 wrote to memory of 2316	2672	JaffaCakes118_5bad00590a2986a576d6fa47fe7c8951.exe	30
PID 2672 wrote to memory of 2316	2672	JaffaCakes118_5bad00590a2986a576d6fa47fe7c8951.exe	30
PID 2672 wrote to memory of 2316	2672	JaffaCakes118_5bad00590a2986a576d6fa47fe7c8951.exe	30
PID 2672 wrote to memory of 2316	2672	JaffaCakes118_5bad00590a2986a576d6fa47fe7c8951.exe	30
PID 2672 wrote to memory of 2316	2672	JaffaCakes118_5bad00590a2986a576d6fa47fe7c8951.exe	30
PID 2672 wrote to memory of 2316	2672	JaffaCakes118_5bad00590a2986a576d6fa47fe7c8951.exe	30
PID 2672 wrote to memory of 2316	2672	JaffaCakes118_5bad00590a2986a576d6fa47fe7c8951.exe	30
PID 2316 wrote to memory of 2924	2316	inwixlnmf.exe	31
PID 2316 wrote to memory of 2924	2316	inwixlnmf.exe	31
PID 2316 wrote to memory of 2924	2316	inwixlnmf.exe	31
PID 2316 wrote to memory of 2924	2316	inwixlnmf.exe	31
PID 2316 wrote to memory of 2924	2316	inwixlnmf.exe	31
PID 2316 wrote to memory of 2924	2316	inwixlnmf.exe	31
PID 2316 wrote to memory of 2924	2316	inwixlnmf.exe	31
PID 2316 wrote to memory of 2924	2316	inwixlnmf.exe	31

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_5bad00590a2986a576d6fa47fe7c8951.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_5bad00590a2986a576d6fa47fe7c8951.exe"
1⤵
- Boot or Logon Autostart Execution: Active Setup
- Identifies Wine through registry keys
- Loads dropped DLL
- Drops file in System32 directory
- Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2672
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\inwixlnmf.exe
  C:\Windows\system32\inwixlnmf.exe
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Identifies Wine through registry keys
  - Loads dropped DLL
  - Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:2316
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\userinit.exe
    userinit.exe
    3⤵
    - Loads dropped DLL
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    PID:2924

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

1

T1547

Active Setup

1

T1547.014

Privilege Escalation

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

1

T1547

Active Setup

1

T1547.014

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

1

T1112

Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion

1

T1497

Credential Access

Discovery

Query Registry

1

T1012

System Location Discovery

1

T1614

System Language Discovery

1

T1614.001

Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion

1

T1497

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\259434389_lang.dll

Filesize
122KB

MD5
03160c6734bdecb636e2786d93aab4ee

SHA1
c6acd19d0c66c1c471e233893b75b3a3904b242c

SHA256
15a2260d56ee8dd056d527af03b903b58eaff719781dcd2b4382b3b94ba48d1e

SHA512
f3d7f818a4d572374048327c50f5cde19f371accd5dcae187a38fe6b037f84c0541bb54ad90c5df8eb75dd3db33d8aa580a61cdf77a72518357ea5617fee862d

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\Windows\SysWOW64\inwixlnmf.exe

Filesize
777KB

MD5
ef63d03bb5a544959dd52cb88c131530

SHA1
2aa7e719ddac28d9c6ae330090bcbcfe76aab500

SHA256
c23ef0f2649c2a66279dbf44d9ce235e2f6eefa1f3972559435f147947e1ff90

SHA512
9e1cd925c912790cf4be405693c3ecca1d5fb57f79361072d665c5db0c93d5fd5e55e9e772f5f0541a452633860dd87992afa0846f658606d98d43c5f203a63e

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memory/2316-25-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005B1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.7MB

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memory/2316-18-0x0000000000C60000-0x0000000000E11000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.7MB

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memory/2316-19-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005B1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.7MB

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memory/2316-22-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005B1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.7MB

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memory/2672-4-0x0000000000401000-0x0000000000404000-memory.dmp

Filesize
12KB

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memory/2672-3-0x0000000004620000-0x0000000004622000-memory.dmp

Filesize
8KB

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memory/2672-2-0x0000000000B60000-0x0000000000D11000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.7MB

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memory/2672-17-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005B1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.7MB

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memory/2672-0-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005B1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.7MB

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memory/2672-1-0x0000000000B60000-0x0000000000D11000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.7MB

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memory/2924-23-0x0000000000090000-0x0000000000091000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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