gh0strat | 4a5bd30cb1b4454faf458a13ebbd2cef5da7db33a6c1cde08fd5cb34e4e445ff

Analysis

max time kernel
150s
max time network
121s
platform
windows7_x64
resource
win7-20241023-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20241023-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
submitted
10/03/2025, 03:58

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General

Target

JaffaCakes118_5ceccf638066e57001086b5b00f98a1b.exe
Size

142KB
MD5

5ceccf638066e57001086b5b00f98a1b
SHA1

ec22dc2d78ac7ee3c88d6fc83f66c183c206ea81
SHA256

4a5bd30cb1b4454faf458a13ebbd2cef5da7db33a6c1cde08fd5cb34e4e445ff
SHA512

f9c10e4201502694791e59e4a0b018b1180da7c61493c70dc8a3d7d1c0f07a3ed853a7e86a4a478b3282f58ae08c0ecb89716dc812c1350f66a2c515c9b26b14
SSDEEP

3072:r4LTE1Ki7pUJOG0RjtW0jIaAavR9zcizN/07qbkwwck2cjEY+hlFaXVqBVW:r7KiNXq00aLFkJckZYhlhW

Score

10^/10

gh0strat discovery persistence rat

Malware Config

Signatures

Gh0st RAT payload 4 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/memory/1048-4-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000044B000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/files/0x0008000000016de8-2.dat	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/2616-6-0x0000000010000000-0x000000001001F000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/2616-7-0x0000000010000000-0x000000001001F000-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\360svcs\Parameters\ServiceDll = "C:\\Documents and Settings\\Local User\\userdata.dll"	JaffaCakes118_5ceccf638066e57001086b5b00f98a1b.exe

Deletes itself 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2616	SVCHOST.EXE

Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2616	SVCHOST.EXE

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 2 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_5ceccf638066e57001086b5b00f98a1b.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	SVCHOST.EXE

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 1 IoCs

pid	Process
1048	JaffaCakes118_5ceccf638066e57001086b5b00f98a1b.exe

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_5ceccf638066e57001086b5b00f98a1b.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_5ceccf638066e57001086b5b00f98a1b.exe"
1⤵
- Server Software Component: Terminal Services DLL
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
PID:1048

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\SVCHOST.EXE
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\SVCHOST.EXE -K NETSVCS
1⤵
- Deletes itself
- Loads dropped DLL
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:2616

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

\??\c:\documents and settings\local user\userdata.dll

Filesize
114KB

MD5
c10439427da48288fde293827462f417

SHA1
666494da40a867a09022e6900faa0e3fd238706c

SHA256
ef104fc443817edc232ae718bc95732d89106228c98ec4d9fec2def9af392846

SHA512
58a2a91cf9d31d8140ad5a3af65c264c3048d7b4fc1bb0267c111de3f0597cb166f7277cb689ee16b92b1bee40bbd07480f628458cbcff402eafc28942e481ac

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memory/1048-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000044B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
300KB

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memory/1048-4-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000044B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
300KB

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memory/2616-6-0x0000000010000000-0x000000001001F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
124KB

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memory/2616-7-0x0000000010000000-0x000000001001F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
124KB

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