gh0strat | 541804add529cc2edd15a027e1f3370ce78d9c13d8fa4b15bdc19b8be1f5ff0b

Analysis

max time kernel
146s
max time network
150s
platform
windows7_x64
resource
win7-20250207-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20250207-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
submitted
09/03/2025, 15:35

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General

Target

JaffaCakes118_59e86357ca3622c3e24a92a6e764c128.exe
Size

344KB
MD5

59e86357ca3622c3e24a92a6e764c128
SHA1

f113451dc8ce1d69109f3b6d72f09b1bbe273268
SHA256

541804add529cc2edd15a027e1f3370ce78d9c13d8fa4b15bdc19b8be1f5ff0b
SHA512

92cd4cf7190616939fec99ba9e2f9bc8951a2b5bc3c249752bda407230e3e7feed9493b8200807ec86f0f9926ee436bd0e48559848ab951d340e9e31989a1969
SSDEEP

6144:nINgekrKFVH0pwpM9NBiBd3wxQKwaaQMoTUK:nINgekrKFVH0pp9KdAxQKwBS

Score

10^/10

gh0strat bootkit defense_evasion discovery persistence rat

Malware Config

Signatures

Gh0st RAT payload 5 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/files/0x0008000000016d0a-20.dat	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/320-27-0x0000000020000000-0x0000000020027000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/324-28-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000479000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/324-45-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000479000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/320-47-0x0000000020000000-0x0000000020027000-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

Deletes itself 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2832	cmd.exe

Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs

pid	Process
320	qiuqi0.exe
2888	qiuqi0.exe

Loads dropped DLL 11 IoCs

pid	Process
324	JaffaCakes118_59e86357ca3622c3e24a92a6e764c128.exe
320	qiuqi0.exe
320	qiuqi0.exe
320	qiuqi0.exe
320	qiuqi0.exe
320	qiuqi0.exe
320	qiuqi0.exe
324	JaffaCakes118_59e86357ca3622c3e24a92a6e764c128.exe
2888	qiuqi0.exe
2888	qiuqi0.exe
2888	qiuqi0.exe

Indicator Removal: File Deletion 1 TTPs
Adversaries may delete files left behind by the actions of their intrusion activity.
defense_evasion

File Deletion
T1070.004

Writes to the Master Boot Record (MBR) 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Bootkits write to the MBR to gain persistence at a level below the operating system.

bootkit persistence

Bootkit

T1542.003

description	ioc	Process
File opened for modification	\??\PhysicalDrive0	qiuqi0.exe

Drops file in Program Files directory 5 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Program Files\Common Files\qiuqi0.bat	JaffaCakes118_59e86357ca3622c3e24a92a6e764c128.exe
File created	C:\Program Files\Common Files\maoma0.dll	JaffaCakes118_59e86357ca3622c3e24a92a6e764c128.exe
File created	C:\Program Files\Common Files\qiuqi0.dll	JaffaCakes118_59e86357ca3622c3e24a92a6e764c128.exe
File created	C:\Program Files\Common Files\qiuqi0.exe	JaffaCakes118_59e86357ca3622c3e24a92a6e764c128.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Program Files\Common Files\qiuqi0.exe	JaffaCakes118_59e86357ca3622c3e24a92a6e764c128.exe

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 5 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	qiuqi0.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	cmd.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	cmd.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	JaffaCakes118_59e86357ca3622c3e24a92a6e764c128.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	qiuqi0.exe

Checks processor information in registry 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

Processor information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0	qiuqi0.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0\~MHz	qiuqi0.exe

Modifies registry class 3 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{603D3801-BD81-11d0-A3A5-00C04FD706EC}\InProcServer32	qiuqi0.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID	qiuqi0.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{603D3801-BD81-11d0-A3A5-00C04FD706EC}	qiuqi0.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs

pid	Process
320	qiuqi0.exe
320	qiuqi0.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 28 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 324 wrote to memory of 320	324	JaffaCakes118_59e86357ca3622c3e24a92a6e764c128.exe	30
PID 324 wrote to memory of 320	324	JaffaCakes118_59e86357ca3622c3e24a92a6e764c128.exe	30
PID 324 wrote to memory of 320	324	JaffaCakes118_59e86357ca3622c3e24a92a6e764c128.exe	30
PID 324 wrote to memory of 320	324	JaffaCakes118_59e86357ca3622c3e24a92a6e764c128.exe	30
PID 324 wrote to memory of 320	324	JaffaCakes118_59e86357ca3622c3e24a92a6e764c128.exe	30
PID 324 wrote to memory of 320	324	JaffaCakes118_59e86357ca3622c3e24a92a6e764c128.exe	30
PID 324 wrote to memory of 320	324	JaffaCakes118_59e86357ca3622c3e24a92a6e764c128.exe	30
PID 324 wrote to memory of 2888	324	JaffaCakes118_59e86357ca3622c3e24a92a6e764c128.exe	32
PID 324 wrote to memory of 2888	324	JaffaCakes118_59e86357ca3622c3e24a92a6e764c128.exe	32
PID 324 wrote to memory of 2888	324	JaffaCakes118_59e86357ca3622c3e24a92a6e764c128.exe	32
PID 324 wrote to memory of 2888	324	JaffaCakes118_59e86357ca3622c3e24a92a6e764c128.exe	32
PID 324 wrote to memory of 2888	324	JaffaCakes118_59e86357ca3622c3e24a92a6e764c128.exe	32
PID 324 wrote to memory of 2888	324	JaffaCakes118_59e86357ca3622c3e24a92a6e764c128.exe	32
PID 324 wrote to memory of 2888	324	JaffaCakes118_59e86357ca3622c3e24a92a6e764c128.exe	32
PID 2888 wrote to memory of 2188	2888	qiuqi0.exe	33
PID 2888 wrote to memory of 2188	2888	qiuqi0.exe	33
PID 2888 wrote to memory of 2188	2888	qiuqi0.exe	33
PID 2888 wrote to memory of 2188	2888	qiuqi0.exe	33
PID 2888 wrote to memory of 2188	2888	qiuqi0.exe	33
PID 2888 wrote to memory of 2188	2888	qiuqi0.exe	33
PID 2888 wrote to memory of 2188	2888	qiuqi0.exe	33
PID 324 wrote to memory of 2832	324	JaffaCakes118_59e86357ca3622c3e24a92a6e764c128.exe	34
PID 324 wrote to memory of 2832	324	JaffaCakes118_59e86357ca3622c3e24a92a6e764c128.exe	34
PID 324 wrote to memory of 2832	324	JaffaCakes118_59e86357ca3622c3e24a92a6e764c128.exe	34
PID 324 wrote to memory of 2832	324	JaffaCakes118_59e86357ca3622c3e24a92a6e764c128.exe	34
PID 324 wrote to memory of 2832	324	JaffaCakes118_59e86357ca3622c3e24a92a6e764c128.exe	34
PID 324 wrote to memory of 2832	324	JaffaCakes118_59e86357ca3622c3e24a92a6e764c128.exe	34
PID 324 wrote to memory of 2832	324	JaffaCakes118_59e86357ca3622c3e24a92a6e764c128.exe	34

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_59e86357ca3622c3e24a92a6e764c128.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_59e86357ca3622c3e24a92a6e764c128.exe"
1⤵
- Loads dropped DLL
- Drops file in Program Files directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:324
- C:\Program Files\Common Files\qiuqi0.exe
  "C:\Program Files\Common Files\qiuqi0.exe" "C:\Program Files\Common Files\maoma0.dll" ServiceMain
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Loads dropped DLL
  - Writes to the Master Boot Record (MBR)
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Checks processor information in registry
  - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
  PID:320
- C:\Documents and Settings\qiuqi0.exe
  "C:\Documents and Settings\qiuqi0.exe"
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Loads dropped DLL
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Modifies registry class
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:2888
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
    cmd /c del C:\DOCUME~1\qiuqi0.exe
    3⤵
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    PID:2188
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  cmd /c del C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JAFFAC~1.EXE
  2⤵
  - Deletes itself
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:2832

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Pre-OS Boot

T1542

Bootkit

T1542.003

Privilege Escalation

Defense Evasion

Indicator Removal

T1070

File Deletion

T1070.004

Pre-OS Boot

T1542

Bootkit

T1542.003

Credential Access

Discovery

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

System Location Discovery

T1614

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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Downloads

C:\Program Files\Common Files\maoma0.dll

Filesize
24.1MB

MD5
224b088ba30175ed62136a80c9152e2c

SHA1
81738c463d0c2ee0d3fe5274207954e278b34b11

SHA256
0ccf15e9709000365319ac99a626bd4a3f853950c7865fa1c9120f32eca0280d

SHA512
3e2f6f07972d6b76bc2505042a4081805b030e57e98f9dcfd3937f6380d09b744aed13cecb3ab23ef0c0df73103d8dccd5ab2734c68399d335c14a298b03e98e

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\Program Files\Common Files\qiuqi0.exe

Filesize
43KB

MD5
51138beea3e2c21ec44d0932c71762a8

SHA1
8939cf35447b22dd2c6e6f443446acc1bf986d58

SHA256
5ad3c37e6f2b9db3ee8b5aeedc474645de90c66e3d95f8620c48102f1eba4124

SHA512
794f30fe452117ff2a26dc9d7086aaf82b639c2632ac2e381a81f5239caaec7c96922ba5d2d90bfd8d74f0a6cd4f79fbda63e14c6b779e5cf6834c13e4e45e7d

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\Users\qiuqi0.exe

Filesize
24.0MB

MD5
bbd9f2d3f975bbf73dff248cedf0e396

SHA1
6be6196f3af3a9be403a4849aa4acadad2db17cc

SHA256
2f20c777e1f186420e9475aac8c0890f2d3d62ae982d04a37045c83a044fe1e4

SHA512
cae2ae54976686199c3c3aabac4999507cbc21ffd76a2407fc1ab2e4f513dd610b06df4b6b7b8478cf4e485a9ff14df5904225b28fcb5959f9e6c7fbd2a2e479

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memory/320-26-0x0000000020000000-0x0000000020027000-memory.dmp

Filesize
156KB

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memory/320-27-0x0000000020000000-0x0000000020027000-memory.dmp

Filesize
156KB

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memory/320-47-0x0000000020000000-0x0000000020027000-memory.dmp

Filesize
156KB

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memory/320-24-0x0000000020000000-0x0000000020027000-memory.dmp

Filesize
156KB

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memory/324-3-0x00000000002A0000-0x00000000002DE000-memory.dmp

Filesize
248KB

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memory/324-29-0x00000000002A0000-0x00000000002DE000-memory.dmp

Filesize
248KB

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memory/324-2-0x00000000002A0000-0x00000000002DE000-memory.dmp

Filesize
248KB

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memory/324-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000479000-memory.dmp

Filesize
484KB

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memory/324-7-0x00000000002F0000-0x00000000002F1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/324-8-0x0000000000300000-0x0000000000302000-memory.dmp

Filesize
8KB

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memory/324-28-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000479000-memory.dmp

Filesize
484KB

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memory/324-4-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000479000-memory.dmp

Filesize
484KB

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memory/324-1-0x0000000000240000-0x00000000002B9000-memory.dmp

Filesize
484KB

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memory/324-5-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000479000-memory.dmp

Filesize
484KB

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memory/324-35-0x0000000000320000-0x0000000000326000-memory.dmp

Filesize
24KB

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memory/324-46-0x00000000002A0000-0x00000000002DE000-memory.dmp

Filesize
248KB

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memory/324-45-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000479000-memory.dmp

Filesize
484KB

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memory/2888-42-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000406000-memory.dmp

Filesize
24KB

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memory/2888-37-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000406000-memory.dmp

Filesize
24KB

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