gh0strat | 91deeb74fb0961e69ec3fe459f88abe848516f5dcc9f0548ed64b526cdb24b3c

Analysis

max time kernel
121s
max time network
121s
platform
windows7_x64
resource
win7-20241023-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20241023-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
submitted
09/03/2025, 19:44

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General

Target

JaffaCakes118_5aee9a1d5770657e7f683a013dc4296b.exe
Size

192KB
MD5

5aee9a1d5770657e7f683a013dc4296b
SHA1

f11bf77c5760f6d7dd702d4cee9f6319ac193128
SHA256

91deeb74fb0961e69ec3fe459f88abe848516f5dcc9f0548ed64b526cdb24b3c
SHA512

50e83a038b1177034fa982263a85cfba7e5392df0f9e3eb8871e3e04d2a906a004e0cb5f9914c2d9f6978afa039872a7e453fdad25abba977b9083d6259df327
SSDEEP

3072:mQk3DH+bK+snWjvUJ/0L41j33iVekrC73mdGrqszmE39N7QDQu+3pF:mQkTH+bpsnWjvu0Lg3y0kryeIzkUt3p

Score

10^/10

gh0strat discovery rat

Malware Config

Signatures

Gh0st RAT payload 1 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/files/0x000e000000012281-2.dat	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

Loads dropped DLL 3 IoCs

pid	Process
2388	svchost.exe
2392	svchost.exe
2496	svchost.exe

Drops file in System32 directory 1 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\gneup.cc3	JaffaCakes118_5aee9a1d5770657e7f683a013dc4296b.exe

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 4 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_5aee9a1d5770657e7f683a013dc4296b.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	svchost.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	svchost.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	svchost.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2040	JaffaCakes118_5aee9a1d5770657e7f683a013dc4296b.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 4 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	2040	JaffaCakes118_5aee9a1d5770657e7f683a013dc4296b.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	2040	JaffaCakes118_5aee9a1d5770657e7f683a013dc4296b.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	2040	JaffaCakes118_5aee9a1d5770657e7f683a013dc4296b.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	2040	JaffaCakes118_5aee9a1d5770657e7f683a013dc4296b.exe

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_5aee9a1d5770657e7f683a013dc4296b.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_5aee9a1d5770657e7f683a013dc4296b.exe"
1⤵
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:2040

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe -k netsvcs
1⤵
- Loads dropped DLL
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:2388

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe -k netsvcs
1⤵
- Loads dropped DLL
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:2392

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe -k netsvcs
1⤵
- Loads dropped DLL
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:2496

C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k regsvc
1⤵
PID:2964

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

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\gneup.cc3

Filesize
19.0MB

MD5
0616f2ebeb72a59319dc0de68235ad10

SHA1
bc56a661c08c254af7cbe0283c7ed1367199bb0f

SHA256
416951587e377c6e84f7bd3f9bff3f8642d4f5060618907498c774975d722d05

SHA512
b7e1311e879600e71236d80ede9095dc8aee0f07616fc85d48ebcbdab8b07b9545bd7c5a5615bf0fe7049830f6f31bd0713d4d109a474b42ccb3b99cadbfb826

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