gh0strat | c19b019e34310f961b3d0847e97a36c87bc6737eb5f2b86cb10948d002182b37

General

Target

JaffaCakes118_5c25688a43c601de79a3bd51b598df00.exe
Size

80KB
MD5

5c25688a43c601de79a3bd51b598df00
SHA1

ca03a0a3db1c4be46481e15c7c45cd41b052f4b7
SHA256

c19b019e34310f961b3d0847e97a36c87bc6737eb5f2b86cb10948d002182b37
SHA512

b3399150db14c7383623d41633f1495ced25bec1081b7af7a3a99db20ec986417099bc231062062c0dbe0d81876724391b854464c84ff7101fcc98152b045090
SSDEEP

1536:0Fz0LnC0atiq+9Cc73McaTBFb0bJ+oa/xrpnHTlyojsjxNe22JjIHMB:0Fz90hq+Yc7Hf4oa5r5sojsj+oMB

Score

10^/10

Malware Config

Signatures

Gh0st RAT payload 5 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/2988-2-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010046000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral2/memory/2988-4-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010046000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral2/memory/2988-6-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010046000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral2/memory/2988-5-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010046000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral2/memory/2988-8-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010046000-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\6413023C = "C:\\Windows\\6413023C\\svchsot.exe"	JaffaCakes118_5c25688a43c601de79a3bd51b598df00.exe

Drops file in System32 directory 1 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Default	JaffaCakes118_5c25688a43c601de79a3bd51b598df00.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_5c25688a43c601de79a3bd51b598df00.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
3948	net.exe
3704	net1.exe

Runs net.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 8 IoCs

pid	Process
2988	JaffaCakes118_5c25688a43c601de79a3bd51b598df00.exe
2988	JaffaCakes118_5c25688a43c601de79a3bd51b598df00.exe
2988	JaffaCakes118_5c25688a43c601de79a3bd51b598df00.exe
2988	JaffaCakes118_5c25688a43c601de79a3bd51b598df00.exe
2988	JaffaCakes118_5c25688a43c601de79a3bd51b598df00.exe
2988	JaffaCakes118_5c25688a43c601de79a3bd51b598df00.exe
2988	JaffaCakes118_5c25688a43c601de79a3bd51b598df00.exe
2988	JaffaCakes118_5c25688a43c601de79a3bd51b598df00.exe

Suspicious behavior: RenamesItself 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2988	JaffaCakes118_5c25688a43c601de79a3bd51b598df00.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2988	JaffaCakes118_5c25688a43c601de79a3bd51b598df00.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 6 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2988 wrote to memory of 3948	2988	JaffaCakes118_5c25688a43c601de79a3bd51b598df00.exe	85
PID 2988 wrote to memory of 3948	2988	JaffaCakes118_5c25688a43c601de79a3bd51b598df00.exe	85
PID 2988 wrote to memory of 3948	2988	JaffaCakes118_5c25688a43c601de79a3bd51b598df00.exe	85
PID 3948 wrote to memory of 3704	3948	net.exe	87
PID 3948 wrote to memory of 3704	3948	net.exe	87
PID 3948 wrote to memory of 3704	3948	net.exe	87

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_5c25688a43c601de79a3bd51b598df00.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_5c25688a43c601de79a3bd51b598df00.exe"
1⤵
- Adds Run key to start application
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious behavior: RenamesItself
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2988
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net.exe
  net start "Task Scheduler"
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - System Service Discovery
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:3948
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net1.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\net1 start "Task Scheduler"
    3⤵
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    - System Service Discovery
    PID:3704

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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memory/2988-0-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010046000-memory.dmp

Filesize
280KB

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memory/2988-3-0x00000000005F0000-0x00000000005F1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2988-2-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010046000-memory.dmp

Filesize
280KB

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memory/2988-4-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010046000-memory.dmp

Filesize
280KB

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memory/2988-6-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010046000-memory.dmp

Filesize
280KB

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memory/2988-5-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010046000-memory.dmp

Filesize
280KB

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memory/2988-8-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010046000-memory.dmp

Filesize
280KB

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memory/2988-10-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000418000-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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