gh0strat | 88832a897bbf52a34a4092a12c3e18e1bd6a7665b5b099585f47a10531261c77

Analysis

max time kernel
150s
max time network
122s
platform
windows7_x64
resource
win7-20250207-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20250207-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
submitted
10/03/2025, 11:06

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General

Target

JaffaCakes118_5ec605e5549270fddba28781d4823eae.exe
Size

122KB
MD5

5ec605e5549270fddba28781d4823eae
SHA1

10cdcb9a1a3fb44dff4a7e777b1101a42ca290e6
SHA256

88832a897bbf52a34a4092a12c3e18e1bd6a7665b5b099585f47a10531261c77
SHA512

39ebe0d08086c91aecf0f86ed5be4e23030d0800797d32abe12fb722be4ad17d08f7507645f3a29b7eda4b54c11f2be716afa493928f49403060348ee29fa40b
SSDEEP

3072:v3F/Re6cW/Tyd1XxJz7tkuS+VWr0oSw+LAJSg/hh:v3F/R7cW/T61XfdkRdSw+MJSA

Score

10^/10

gh0strat discovery persistence rat

Malware Config

Signatures

Gh0st RAT payload 5 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/memory/2336-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000421000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/files/0x0007000000016ce1-2.dat	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/2240-4-0x0000000010000000-0x000000001001F000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/2336-5-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000421000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/2240-6-0x0000000010000000-0x000000001001F000-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\360safe\Parameters\ServiceDll = "C:\\Documents and Settings\\Local User\\userdaddta.dll"	JaffaCakes118_5ec605e5549270fddba28781d4823eae.exe

Deletes itself 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2240	svchost.exe

Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2240	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_5ec605e5549270fddba28781d4823eae.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	svchost.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2336	JaffaCakes118_5ec605e5549270fddba28781d4823eae.exe

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_5ec605e5549270fddba28781d4823eae.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_5ec605e5549270fddba28781d4823eae.exe"
1⤵
- Server Software Component: Terminal Services DLL
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
PID:2336

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:2240

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\userdaddta.dll

Filesize
105KB

MD5
b639d369c68344957f5d06d96053e190

SHA1
142640a04ceaf095ca75c33c143b8d76b1f8bae1

SHA256
57b3fffcb11f8d93c41c3e874f3289ebcf7195c47799af1b5bca84dfdad02ea0

SHA512
bab3777ea9e21d7b45a77bb2deffa40db676afe08f408f4484d41e4d3cd821d2321a15c5273b15165d334bebe7f07fec883dffa4f59802f4c72f54056f498abe

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memory/2240-4-0x0000000010000000-0x000000001001F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
124KB

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memory/2240-6-0x0000000010000000-0x000000001001F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
124KB

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memory/2336-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000421000-memory.dmp

Filesize
132KB

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memory/2336-5-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000421000-memory.dmp

Filesize
132KB

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