gh0strat | 1e7e41220c29dbad04cf2b48ccc303d81bbffaad62d15c9d1dabc7674058c3e6

General

Target

JaffaCakes118_6043ed75abcec29763903b1d0bbc6ad0.dll
Size

117KB
MD5

6043ed75abcec29763903b1d0bbc6ad0
SHA1

315c187ec61bc8cc94cbacd22a45b145d94919c1
SHA256

1e7e41220c29dbad04cf2b48ccc303d81bbffaad62d15c9d1dabc7674058c3e6
SHA512

5b6d28abf448e2e2498a1736f0843fcaac7517c144295904099e5c49a4366354c519dae5e9fe9d88398a046a9138232cfc4ea6e096c1f6563f93dc625dad62ed
SSDEEP

1536:xNY14eZoAb++Eb8B9+WO9DceTyfDvqqSQz/EvgiVf/LcgyYu:M14eZZCZ8B9NO9DJTEDvq0/EI4f/ogu

Score

10^/10

Malware Config

Signatures

Gh0st RAT payload 8 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/memory/2344-1-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010024000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/2344-0-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010024000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/1740-2-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010024000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/2220-5-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010024000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/2220-4-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010024000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/2220-3-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010024000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/2220-6-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010024000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/1740-7-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010024000-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\FastUserSwitchingCompatibility\Parameters\ServiceDll = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\JaffaCakes118_6043ed75abcec29763903b1d0bbc6ad0.dll"	rundll32.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	rundll32.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	svchost.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	rundll32.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 3 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1740	svchost.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2220	rundll32.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2220	rundll32.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 14 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 1440 wrote to memory of 2344	1440	rundll32.exe	30
PID 1440 wrote to memory of 2344	1440	rundll32.exe	30
PID 1440 wrote to memory of 2344	1440	rundll32.exe	30
PID 1440 wrote to memory of 2344	1440	rundll32.exe	30
PID 1440 wrote to memory of 2344	1440	rundll32.exe	30
PID 1440 wrote to memory of 2344	1440	rundll32.exe	30
PID 1440 wrote to memory of 2344	1440	rundll32.exe	30
PID 1740 wrote to memory of 2220	1740	svchost.exe	32
PID 1740 wrote to memory of 2220	1740	svchost.exe	32
PID 1740 wrote to memory of 2220	1740	svchost.exe	32
PID 1740 wrote to memory of 2220	1740	svchost.exe	32
PID 1740 wrote to memory of 2220	1740	svchost.exe	32
PID 1740 wrote to memory of 2220	1740	svchost.exe	32
PID 1740 wrote to memory of 2220	1740	svchost.exe	32

C:\Windows\system32\rundll32.exe
rundll32.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_6043ed75abcec29763903b1d0bbc6ad0.dll,#1
1⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1440
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
  rundll32.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_6043ed75abcec29763903b1d0bbc6ad0.dll,#1
  2⤵
  - Server Software Component: Terminal Services DLL
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:2344

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe -k netsvcs
1⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1740
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
  rundll32.exe c:\users\admin\appdata\local\temp\jaffacakes118_6043ed75abcec29763903b1d0bbc6ad0.dll wintest
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  PID:2220

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Server Software Component

1

T1505

Terminal Services DLL

1

T1505.005

Privilege Escalation

Defense Evasion

Credential Access

Discovery

System Location Discovery

1

T1614

System Language Discovery

1

T1614.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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memory/1740-2-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010024000-memory.dmp

Filesize
144KB

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memory/1740-7-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010024000-memory.dmp

Filesize
144KB

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memory/2220-5-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010024000-memory.dmp

Filesize
144KB

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memory/2220-4-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010024000-memory.dmp

Filesize
144KB

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memory/2220-3-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010024000-memory.dmp

Filesize
144KB

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memory/2220-6-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010024000-memory.dmp

Filesize
144KB

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memory/2344-1-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010024000-memory.dmp

Filesize
144KB

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memory/2344-0-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010024000-memory.dmp

Filesize
144KB

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