gh0strat | ff60a07130064fdbf4121e43c676a91e3628fb37bdc1c002da8296e4eb36a24e

General

Target

JaffaCakes118_618b0a79ca06fb09f3cfc41af52a1aac.exe
Size

125KB
MD5

618b0a79ca06fb09f3cfc41af52a1aac
SHA1

ef49c18456e9c9328fa650ff35c6943cb34f44c5
SHA256

ff60a07130064fdbf4121e43c676a91e3628fb37bdc1c002da8296e4eb36a24e
SHA512

1d8ec735e07441ff9686e279cbd63e6520a229fcecb53453a037ab17cdf21ae00cac8b58b4a9faf7e72a7ed3f4edae8bc642342200819d14c9fda92ae2c8c3c5
SSDEEP

3072:M/eq6y3r2OU9cYUwOpHcr4WvWxrCCsYGaZ9yWJZP:M/eq6y3KOUKpwOpHfJxGiGayWv

Score

10^/10

Malware Config

Signatures

Gh0st RAT payload 2 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/memory/2756-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000422000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/2756-7-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000422000-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\NetMan1\Parameters\ServiceDll = "C:\\Documents and Settings\\LocalService\\NetMan.log"	JaffaCakes118_618b0a79ca06fb09f3cfc41af52a1aac.exe

Deletes itself 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2740	cmd.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_618b0a79ca06fb09f3cfc41af52a1aac.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	taskkill.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	SVCHOST.EXE
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	cmd.exe

Kills process with taskkill 1 IoCs

defense_evasion

pid	Process
2780	taskkill.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2756	JaffaCakes118_618b0a79ca06fb09f3cfc41af52a1aac.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2756	JaffaCakes118_618b0a79ca06fb09f3cfc41af52a1aac.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2780	taskkill.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 14 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2756 wrote to memory of 2780	2756	JaffaCakes118_618b0a79ca06fb09f3cfc41af52a1aac.exe	31
PID 2756 wrote to memory of 2780	2756	JaffaCakes118_618b0a79ca06fb09f3cfc41af52a1aac.exe	31
PID 2756 wrote to memory of 2780	2756	JaffaCakes118_618b0a79ca06fb09f3cfc41af52a1aac.exe	31
PID 2756 wrote to memory of 2780	2756	JaffaCakes118_618b0a79ca06fb09f3cfc41af52a1aac.exe	31
PID 2756 wrote to memory of 2780	2756	JaffaCakes118_618b0a79ca06fb09f3cfc41af52a1aac.exe	31
PID 2756 wrote to memory of 2780	2756	JaffaCakes118_618b0a79ca06fb09f3cfc41af52a1aac.exe	31
PID 2756 wrote to memory of 2780	2756	JaffaCakes118_618b0a79ca06fb09f3cfc41af52a1aac.exe	31
PID 2756 wrote to memory of 2740	2756	JaffaCakes118_618b0a79ca06fb09f3cfc41af52a1aac.exe	34
PID 2756 wrote to memory of 2740	2756	JaffaCakes118_618b0a79ca06fb09f3cfc41af52a1aac.exe	34
PID 2756 wrote to memory of 2740	2756	JaffaCakes118_618b0a79ca06fb09f3cfc41af52a1aac.exe	34
PID 2756 wrote to memory of 2740	2756	JaffaCakes118_618b0a79ca06fb09f3cfc41af52a1aac.exe	34
PID 2756 wrote to memory of 2740	2756	JaffaCakes118_618b0a79ca06fb09f3cfc41af52a1aac.exe	34
PID 2756 wrote to memory of 2740	2756	JaffaCakes118_618b0a79ca06fb09f3cfc41af52a1aac.exe	34
PID 2756 wrote to memory of 2740	2756	JaffaCakes118_618b0a79ca06fb09f3cfc41af52a1aac.exe	34

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_618b0a79ca06fb09f3cfc41af52a1aac.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_618b0a79ca06fb09f3cfc41af52a1aac.exe"
1⤵
- Server Software Component: Terminal Services DLL
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2756
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\taskkill.exe
  taskkill /f /t /im RSTray.exe
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Kills process with taskkill
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  PID:2780
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /C DEL C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JAFFAC~1.EXE > NUL
  2⤵
  - Deletes itself
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:2740

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\SVCHOST.EXE
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\SVCHOST.EXE -K NETSVCS
1⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:2724

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Server Software Component

1

T1505

Terminal Services DLL

1

T1505.005

Privilege Escalation

Defense Evasion

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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Downloads

memory/2756-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000422000-memory.dmp

Filesize
136KB

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memory/2756-2-0x00000000001C0000-0x00000000001E2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
136KB

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memory/2756-3-0x0000000000404000-0x0000000000405000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2756-1-0x00000000001C0000-0x00000000001E2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
136KB

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memory/2756-7-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000422000-memory.dmp

Filesize
136KB

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