gh0strat | 3918f2b69b907cb38962b0aa63ea4d7ca355c3160b304f086ae655d8d296a023

Analysis

max time kernel
146s
max time network
146s
platform
windows7_x64
resource
win7-20240903-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20240903-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
submitted
10/03/2025, 09:57

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General

Target

JaffaCakes118_5e7587a49d66bf47150ad46e64c998f9.exe
Size

148KB
MD5

5e7587a49d66bf47150ad46e64c998f9
SHA1

a9644774e2dcf5f0ea62d0c68f182a03245bcd6a
SHA256

3918f2b69b907cb38962b0aa63ea4d7ca355c3160b304f086ae655d8d296a023
SHA512

d74a3d71502cc801960a0232d34cf27c52b07f46e03e478327bb14b8bd5dc7cbc73e1dd82bab0fa3408db3f18598d2062ee0e7f7abf654f075d1cf69e5b69738
SSDEEP

3072:QnPq5K8oY50gePA/UHMd7i/UIa+fBednUcSYVsqeZ9N7hB3Z:QPq51OPY81/UpGexbSasqephFZ

Score

10^/10

gh0strat discovery persistence rat

Malware Config

Signatures

Gh0st RAT payload 4 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/files/0x00090000000122ea-1.dat	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/2104-7-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010020000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/2492-8-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010020000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/2504-9-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010020000-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\Windows imaged\Parameters\ServiceDll = "C:\\Windows\\system32\\FreeRat.dll"	rundll32.exe

Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2492	JaffaCakes118_5e7587a49d66bf47150ad46e64c998f9.exe

Drops file in System32 directory 1 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\FreeRat.ini	JaffaCakes118_5e7587a49d66bf47150ad46e64c998f9.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_5e7587a49d66bf47150ad46e64c998f9.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	rundll32.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	svchost.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 7 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2492 wrote to memory of 2104	2492	JaffaCakes118_5e7587a49d66bf47150ad46e64c998f9.exe	31
PID 2492 wrote to memory of 2104	2492	JaffaCakes118_5e7587a49d66bf47150ad46e64c998f9.exe	31
PID 2492 wrote to memory of 2104	2492	JaffaCakes118_5e7587a49d66bf47150ad46e64c998f9.exe	31
PID 2492 wrote to memory of 2104	2492	JaffaCakes118_5e7587a49d66bf47150ad46e64c998f9.exe	31
PID 2492 wrote to memory of 2104	2492	JaffaCakes118_5e7587a49d66bf47150ad46e64c998f9.exe	31
PID 2492 wrote to memory of 2104	2492	JaffaCakes118_5e7587a49d66bf47150ad46e64c998f9.exe	31
PID 2492 wrote to memory of 2104	2492	JaffaCakes118_5e7587a49d66bf47150ad46e64c998f9.exe	31

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_5e7587a49d66bf47150ad46e64c998f9.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_5e7587a49d66bf47150ad46e64c998f9.exe"
1⤵
- Loads dropped DLL
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2492
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
  rundll32.exe C:\Windows\system32\FreeRat.dll setup
  2⤵
  - Server Software Component: Terminal Services DLL
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:2104

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe -k netsvcs
1⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:2504

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

\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Server.tmp

Filesize
124KB

MD5
e5ebe743972c4afaf1096263ac5a4d65

SHA1
8416d6ca36250114de0c3b9c36d298f6fd1f1d68

SHA256
0199f3f98323b3a441b658c1452554790be469108cfd339461846e028615dd6b

SHA512
85015e7d7dadba57a246c6f5da5f35aa2b08303c5353c0eff2f76e07b58a564e55c8f6b67fecb12bb16cfa69f90d4a9beb50376a77f06a7e19cd8d2a75d3f7b9

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memory/2104-7-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010020000-memory.dmp

Filesize
128KB

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memory/2492-8-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010020000-memory.dmp

Filesize
128KB

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memory/2504-9-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010020000-memory.dmp

Filesize
128KB

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