gh0strat | 890aa8484f14fe925b8420f246c4a0173d6403b521d472ad2a291311d664152f

Analysis

max time kernel
150s
max time network
152s
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, 08:38

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General

Target

JaffaCakes118_5e17a65109afe120a6866727e91bf340.exe
Size

122KB
MD5

5e17a65109afe120a6866727e91bf340
SHA1

7b1ec880a9a6c2408bf79d9f75d58b33b7191e44
SHA256

890aa8484f14fe925b8420f246c4a0173d6403b521d472ad2a291311d664152f
SHA512

49cb32965f2f437f57b0c82df3344215250596e1475944038525b57d55a14a2254e95ad76ab8e77b4e882fa9058723fd84c0fc4c86141adc13b1655c40b59cf2
SSDEEP

3072:a/uh9zZ8DHjBnu4RSw0fi8eVO3pCp/9wdUJ45HbDYj6HI:aWh9V8DHtnu2Sw0ZUplZJ49Ux

Score

10^/10

gh0strat discovery persistence rat

Malware Config

Signatures

Gh0st RAT payload 5 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/4924-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral2/files/0x0008000000023d0d-2.dat	family_gh0strat
behavioral2/memory/4856-4-0x0000000010000000-0x000000001001D000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral2/memory/4924-5-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral2/memory/4856-6-0x0000000010000000-0x000000001001D000-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\360svc\Parameters\ServiceDll = "C:\\Documents and Settings\\Local User\\ntuser.dll"	JaffaCakes118_5e17a65109afe120a6866727e91bf340.exe

Deletes itself 1 IoCs

pid	Process
4856	SVCHOST.EXE

Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs

pid	Process
4856	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_5e17a65109afe120a6866727e91bf340.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	SVCHOST.EXE

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs

pid	Process
4924	JaffaCakes118_5e17a65109afe120a6866727e91bf340.exe
4924	JaffaCakes118_5e17a65109afe120a6866727e91bf340.exe

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_5e17a65109afe120a6866727e91bf340.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_5e17a65109afe120a6866727e91bf340.exe"
1⤵
- Server Software Component: Terminal Services DLL
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
PID:4924

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:4856

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\ntuser.dll

Filesize
107KB

MD5
3d7149b49d76227c3296f8a40a6f5e34

SHA1
336d7245f146cd589415aa14866be32952457f74

SHA256
97be558ae087681bbe31832ed7a6f2811e2aff342b6119411b4816214296b4ff

SHA512
8553c79133966365e03c82e0f74b944cc3ebd0edae3f3864fce5879472af43d72f6a869f5d0de773b8b57deeb265b4b43d99784cad7b36fa85296f81b266f176

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memory/4856-4-0x0000000010000000-0x000000001001D000-memory.dmp

Filesize
116KB

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memory/4856-6-0x0000000010000000-0x000000001001D000-memory.dmp

Filesize
116KB

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memory/4924-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-memory.dmp

Filesize
128KB

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memory/4924-5-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-memory.dmp

Filesize
128KB

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