gh0strat | 44e00dd13b62e3b2d56a443823b55f81c339c3d16caaa89844616aebe1f2240c

General

Target

JaffaCakes118_61ace1d528aee5c61a3b2843b83a8826.exe
Size

89KB
MD5

61ace1d528aee5c61a3b2843b83a8826
SHA1

b0b8200578113ed2f7f5ad4a1e0b0edb5140b3f7
SHA256

44e00dd13b62e3b2d56a443823b55f81c339c3d16caaa89844616aebe1f2240c
SHA512

ae6d35ee6d8a92a6f83639bc022ad7dc15edb526ee9d2f1bbf649521f5fb18ba08e53cc834c5932e2d0e72006e83e6314a46dda9b309b1d183c1d59d613931f7
SSDEEP

1536:kvGoWIfXuSL+7rycoMzVsUqsi3XDOxUQq4+I87dVTAEEbb8yIacoYZ/N:GldfXuR7joMzVATnDOG4+1AR6VoYZ/N

Score

10^/10

Malware Config

Signatures

Gh0st RAT payload 2 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/memory/2596-14-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000001400000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/1652-15-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000001400000-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
2784	cmd.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
1652	svchost.exe

Loads dropped DLL 2 IoCs

pid	Process
2596	JaffaCakes118_61ace1d528aee5c61a3b2843b83a8826.exe
2596	JaffaCakes118_61ace1d528aee5c61a3b2843b83a8826.exe

Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Modify Registry

T1112

description	ioc	Process
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2872745919-2748461613-2989606286-1000\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\V2011 = "C:\\WINDOWS\\V2011.exe"	svchost.exe

Drops file in Windows directory 2 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\WINDOWS\V2011.exe	svchost.exe
File opened for modification	C:\WINDOWS\V2011.exe	svchost.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	JaffaCakes118_61ace1d528aee5c61a3b2843b83a8826.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	svchost.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	cmd.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 7 IoCs

pid	Process
2596	JaffaCakes118_61ace1d528aee5c61a3b2843b83a8826.exe
1652	svchost.exe
1652	svchost.exe
1652	svchost.exe
1652	svchost.exe
1652	svchost.exe
1652	svchost.exe

Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs

pid	Process
1652	svchost.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1652	svchost.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 8 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2596 wrote to memory of 1652	2596	JaffaCakes118_61ace1d528aee5c61a3b2843b83a8826.exe	30
PID 2596 wrote to memory of 1652	2596	JaffaCakes118_61ace1d528aee5c61a3b2843b83a8826.exe	30
PID 2596 wrote to memory of 1652	2596	JaffaCakes118_61ace1d528aee5c61a3b2843b83a8826.exe	30
PID 2596 wrote to memory of 1652	2596	JaffaCakes118_61ace1d528aee5c61a3b2843b83a8826.exe	30
PID 2596 wrote to memory of 2784	2596	JaffaCakes118_61ace1d528aee5c61a3b2843b83a8826.exe	32
PID 2596 wrote to memory of 2784	2596	JaffaCakes118_61ace1d528aee5c61a3b2843b83a8826.exe	32
PID 2596 wrote to memory of 2784	2596	JaffaCakes118_61ace1d528aee5c61a3b2843b83a8826.exe	32
PID 2596 wrote to memory of 2784	2596	JaffaCakes118_61ace1d528aee5c61a3b2843b83a8826.exe	32

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_61ace1d528aee5c61a3b2843b83a8826.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_61ace1d528aee5c61a3b2843b83a8826.exe"
1⤵
- Loads dropped DLL
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2596
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\V2011\svchost.exe
  C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\V2011\svchost.exe
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Adds Run key to start application
  - Drops file in Windows directory
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
  - Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  PID:1652
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  cmd /c afc9fe2f418b00a0.bat
  2⤵
  - Deletes itself
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:2784

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

1

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

1

T1547.001

Privilege Escalation

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

1

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

1

T1547.001

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

1

T1112

Credential Access

Discovery

System Location Discovery

1

T1614

System Language Discovery

1

T1614.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\V2011\svchost.exe

Filesize
89KB

MD5
61ace1d528aee5c61a3b2843b83a8826

SHA1
b0b8200578113ed2f7f5ad4a1e0b0edb5140b3f7

SHA256
44e00dd13b62e3b2d56a443823b55f81c339c3d16caaa89844616aebe1f2240c

SHA512
ae6d35ee6d8a92a6f83639bc022ad7dc15edb526ee9d2f1bbf649521f5fb18ba08e53cc834c5932e2d0e72006e83e6314a46dda9b309b1d183c1d59d613931f7

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\afc9fe2f418b00a0.bat

Filesize
2KB

MD5
c84a9cb8efff9a82626f2db989690bf2

SHA1
6f25b2922dc2a3eb77e5df6af9cd2a83ae4d9c4e

SHA256
ec2aaa35b6cbf6bb55bcd4e0909f20f81ca7a605f893c2d7c6268f380bcda62d

SHA512
349a0e389950ec3bac19f65de0963ca837890cb1212c44b88dac44c9f6a7a5766b87682693794a06f0d207e0a919ff41ad8d2cf4958fe53e192fae5480cf67e0

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memory/1652-15-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000001400000-memory.dmp

Filesize
16.0MB

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memory/2596-14-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000001400000-memory.dmp

Filesize
16.0MB

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Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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