gh0strat | 2bb8e47260e20573d5038fe25f7c89c4f89fff0c37a474d19474aecc5f767518

Analysis

max time kernel
150s
max time network
136s
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, 09:58

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General

Target

JaffaCakes118_5e76d6c27f6fe5afb2127753b44e99bc.exe
Size

166KB
MD5

5e76d6c27f6fe5afb2127753b44e99bc
SHA1

a4870ef970b123ca546e55c36a5456fbf126f4b8
SHA256

2bb8e47260e20573d5038fe25f7c89c4f89fff0c37a474d19474aecc5f767518
SHA512

fe0d916373383ec7030627ce102e3b10bd1051cffff724e4ccece7f9fe80ff9fd01e68b2bd2a83e193ccb0873123adb1ed83f08134cffe633ef027cffbfe4489
SSDEEP

3072:AUblHE88rod6y9t2qx9j/b/EMQ9+SNm+5XQ+Ur0wmmwAazD:AAmEd6yR9j/brQ9zxDUQQwAO

Score

10^/10

gh0strat discovery persistence rat

Malware Config

Signatures

Gh0st RAT payload 5 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/3152-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000042F000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral2/memory/5072-6-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010017000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral2/files/0x000c000000023b72-5.dat	family_gh0strat
behavioral2/memory/3152-7-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000042F000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral2/memory/5072-8-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010017000-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\Rising Task0\Parameters\ServiceDll = "c:\\qsh.dll"	JaffaCakes118_5e76d6c27f6fe5afb2127753b44e99bc.exe

Deletes itself 1 IoCs

pid	Process
5072	svchost.exe

Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs

pid	Process
5072	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_5e76d6c27f6fe5afb2127753b44e99bc.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	svchost.exe

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_5e76d6c27f6fe5afb2127753b44e99bc.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_5e76d6c27f6fe5afb2127753b44e99bc.exe"
1⤵
- Server Software Component: Terminal Services DLL
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:3152

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:5072

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:\qsh.dll

Filesize
83KB

MD5
502a7c92fd6e2f645c76ddb97c065a4a

SHA1
67779033479a539d4a0d96d45e9e76fb6843ae64

SHA256
3198e549fd415b16cfa5ef4a66fb70d2c9325f5dc8759ee21a567285377bba3a

SHA512
46669a19d3ee8cf554dffca0883f2e4a045465d891be5911b14bb56d8a5471c610aa450600653fafb82699b167d3fffa32c2ec68fb2cc40e78a6e6f878ea8e83

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memory/3152-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000042F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
188KB

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memory/3152-7-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000042F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
188KB

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memory/5072-6-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010017000-memory.dmp

Filesize
92KB

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memory/5072-8-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010017000-memory.dmp

Filesize
92KB

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