gh0strat | 24c8d3088108add220a22d028574cd2a8bd8e8d37d453aa96082a3b3bb131e47

General

Target

JaffaCakes118_61fd8dfa1707893642d248f891e02391.exe
Size

80KB
MD5

61fd8dfa1707893642d248f891e02391
SHA1

c1e588621087aa009966d2b0d40a7d25946f7cda
SHA256

24c8d3088108add220a22d028574cd2a8bd8e8d37d453aa96082a3b3bb131e47
SHA512

6e0cd1ee5e2b01eaa2072e0ed8a65a6e3485408bcede37c8b677884e27f0642e2b0f1e15679f50715945979ce47f3ff6d4ab4ec3fa230eca717cc6d17df78ed2
SSDEEP

1536:TQV1LnC0atiq+9Cc73McaTBFb0bJ+oa/xrpnHTlyojsjxNe22JjIHHw:TQVY0hq+Yc7Hf4oa5r5sojsj+oHw

Score

10^/10

Malware Config

Signatures

Gh0st RAT payload 3 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/memory/2960-3-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010046000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/2960-5-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010046000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/2960-7-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010046000-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

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\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\25AF0AD6 = "C:\\Windows\\25AF0AD6\\svchsot.exe"	JaffaCakes118_61fd8dfa1707893642d248f891e02391.exe

Drops file in Windows directory 2 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Windows\25AF0AD6\svchsot.exe	JaffaCakes118_61fd8dfa1707893642d248f891e02391.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\25AF0AD6\svchsot.exe	JaffaCakes118_61fd8dfa1707893642d248f891e02391.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_61fd8dfa1707893642d248f891e02391.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	net.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	net1.exe

System Service Discovery 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

Adversaries may try to gather information about registered local system services.

discovery

System Service Discovery

T1007

pid	Process
2576	net.exe
2624	net1.exe

Runs net.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 4 IoCs

pid	Process
2960	JaffaCakes118_61fd8dfa1707893642d248f891e02391.exe
2960	JaffaCakes118_61fd8dfa1707893642d248f891e02391.exe
2960	JaffaCakes118_61fd8dfa1707893642d248f891e02391.exe
2960	JaffaCakes118_61fd8dfa1707893642d248f891e02391.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2960	JaffaCakes118_61fd8dfa1707893642d248f891e02391.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2960	JaffaCakes118_61fd8dfa1707893642d248f891e02391.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 8 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2960 wrote to memory of 2576	2960	JaffaCakes118_61fd8dfa1707893642d248f891e02391.exe	28
PID 2960 wrote to memory of 2576	2960	JaffaCakes118_61fd8dfa1707893642d248f891e02391.exe	28
PID 2960 wrote to memory of 2576	2960	JaffaCakes118_61fd8dfa1707893642d248f891e02391.exe	28
PID 2960 wrote to memory of 2576	2960	JaffaCakes118_61fd8dfa1707893642d248f891e02391.exe	28
PID 2576 wrote to memory of 2624	2576	net.exe	30
PID 2576 wrote to memory of 2624	2576	net.exe	30
PID 2576 wrote to memory of 2624	2576	net.exe	30
PID 2576 wrote to memory of 2624	2576	net.exe	30

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_61fd8dfa1707893642d248f891e02391.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_61fd8dfa1707893642d248f891e02391.exe"
1⤵
- Adds Run key to start application
- Drops file in Windows directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2960
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net.exe
  net start "Task Scheduler"
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - System Service Discovery
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:2576
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net1.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\net1 start "Task Scheduler"
    3⤵
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    - System Service Discovery
    PID:2624

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

System Service Discovery

1

T1007

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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Downloads

memory/2960-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000418000-memory.dmp

Filesize
96KB

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memory/2960-1-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010046000-memory.dmp

Filesize
280KB

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memory/2960-4-0x0000000000260000-0x0000000000261000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2960-3-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010046000-memory.dmp

Filesize
280KB

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memory/2960-5-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010046000-memory.dmp

Filesize
280KB

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memory/2960-7-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010046000-memory.dmp

Filesize
280KB

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memory/2960-11-0x0000000000260000-0x0000000000261000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2960-12-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000418000-memory.dmp

Filesize
96KB

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Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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