gh0strat | ff60a07130064fdbf4121e43c676a91e3628fb37bdc1c002da8296e4eb36a24e

Analysis

max time kernel
115s
max time network
139s
platform
windows10-2004_x64
resource
win10v2004-20250217-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20250217-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
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10/03/2025, 21:46

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General

Target

JaffaCakes118_618b0a79ca06fb09f3cfc41af52a1aac.exe
Size

125KB
MD5

618b0a79ca06fb09f3cfc41af52a1aac
SHA1

ef49c18456e9c9328fa650ff35c6943cb34f44c5
SHA256

ff60a07130064fdbf4121e43c676a91e3628fb37bdc1c002da8296e4eb36a24e
SHA512

1d8ec735e07441ff9686e279cbd63e6520a229fcecb53453a037ab17cdf21ae00cac8b58b4a9faf7e72a7ed3f4edae8bc642342200819d14c9fda92ae2c8c3c5
SSDEEP

3072:M/eq6y3r2OU9cYUwOpHcr4WvWxrCCsYGaZ9yWJZP:M/eq6y3KOUKpwOpHfJxGiGayWv

Score

10^/10

gh0strat discovery persistence rat

Malware Config

Signatures

Gh0st RAT payload 2 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/4056-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000422000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral2/memory/4056-4-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000422000-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

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

Kills process with taskkill 1 IoCs

defense_evasion

pid	Process
1928	taskkill.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs

pid	Process
4056	JaffaCakes118_618b0a79ca06fb09f3cfc41af52a1aac.exe
4056	JaffaCakes118_618b0a79ca06fb09f3cfc41af52a1aac.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	4056	JaffaCakes118_618b0a79ca06fb09f3cfc41af52a1aac.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1928	taskkill.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 6 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 4056 wrote to memory of 1928	4056	JaffaCakes118_618b0a79ca06fb09f3cfc41af52a1aac.exe	86
PID 4056 wrote to memory of 1928	4056	JaffaCakes118_618b0a79ca06fb09f3cfc41af52a1aac.exe	86
PID 4056 wrote to memory of 1928	4056	JaffaCakes118_618b0a79ca06fb09f3cfc41af52a1aac.exe	86
PID 4056 wrote to memory of 928	4056	JaffaCakes118_618b0a79ca06fb09f3cfc41af52a1aac.exe	89
PID 4056 wrote to memory of 928	4056	JaffaCakes118_618b0a79ca06fb09f3cfc41af52a1aac.exe	89
PID 4056 wrote to memory of 928	4056	JaffaCakes118_618b0a79ca06fb09f3cfc41af52a1aac.exe	89

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:4056
- 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:1928
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /C DEL C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JAFFAC~1.EXE > NUL
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:928

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\SVCHOST.EXE
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\SVCHOST.EXE -K NETSVCS
1⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:3984

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Server Software Component

T1505

Terminal Services DLL

T1505.005

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

memory/4056-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000422000-memory.dmp

Filesize
136KB

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memory/4056-4-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000422000-memory.dmp

Filesize
136KB

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