gh0strat | 5945103c45c1ed26f7e3274a8addb1ae95a12d4e88ae2e526714820a0b215218

Analysis

max time kernel
150s
max time network
118s
platform
windows7_x64
resource
win7-20240903-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20240903-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
submitted
10/03/2025, 16:37

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General

Target

JaffaCakes118_603b93d3a8ca162e656d66116cdad792.exe
Size

185KB
MD5

603b93d3a8ca162e656d66116cdad792
SHA1

7f62616012c36d6a1bd121e77869071239d72a87
SHA256

5945103c45c1ed26f7e3274a8addb1ae95a12d4e88ae2e526714820a0b215218
SHA512

9d80ddee599491735b0a7939088ea190d12a0ae150d1329e2f051ac05849fabca2d3fca017f630383f69a43791dc1d8a1efa55b8046c97e39718d7dab915d851
SSDEEP

3072:DVa/B5BBu+bcxBbe+DJkHNDyya/B5BBu+bcxBbe+DJkHNDy1tyk:yr0bxFnDJ8+r0bxFnDJ8Qtb

Score

10^/10

gh0strat discovery persistence rat

Malware Config

Signatures

Gh0st RAT payload 2 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/memory/2816-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000430000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/files/0x0007000000012117-2.dat	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\07060001\Parameters\ServiceDll = "C:\\Windows\\system32\\259415528.dll"	JaffaCakes118_603b93d3a8ca162e656d66116cdad792.exe

Deletes itself 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2660	svchost.exe

Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2660	svchost.exe

Drops file in System32 directory 1 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\259415528.dll	JaffaCakes118_603b93d3a8ca162e656d66116cdad792.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_603b93d3a8ca162e656d66116cdad792.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	svchost.exe

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_603b93d3a8ca162e656d66116cdad792.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_603b93d3a8ca162e656d66116cdad792.exe"
1⤵
- Server Software Component: Terminal Services DLL
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:2816

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:2660

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:\windows\SysWOW64\259415528.dll

Filesize
87KB

MD5
b1f352c9e8dc617c993ca908b65eaef8

SHA1
ed49994c3e839789c202267413813638976328e6

SHA256
c74b9a770b8323e9d0bd2b51ef11acd80b2f51587712c7501d9f9b8fff28367d

SHA512
ec2d4905357d828e2459abab8b813e5716268ec1b0a4ca550238a71501f450d2d1aafb165569f5aa357ad4e8edc05488f79637951d675574017c3de07c9caadf

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memory/2816-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000430000-memory.dmp

Filesize
192KB

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