gh0strat | 9309d62a8cead05d5ef564b04a554818db40646d5081ef3d33aef24afa22fb61

Analysis

max time kernel
150s
max time network
141s
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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11/03/2025, 05:34

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General

Target

JaffaCakes118_637d62e3840007152e7dae512003e4be.exe
Size

122KB
MD5

637d62e3840007152e7dae512003e4be
SHA1

6e86d9e16e40cb27c72d0d080a163243c7746d5d
SHA256

9309d62a8cead05d5ef564b04a554818db40646d5081ef3d33aef24afa22fb61
SHA512

8eafc313d517e508f9554111ab42558024176ca9de061fb286be71891b41401dcec0b96f1bf403910f29267316b979eb1c790b671fcdfe285fee941b73eab83c
SSDEEP

3072:f84YHOaH2a9TSnGbxihd27OLHY5ctcFoU/UJvBHkY:fFYHOcTSGb8hb05QAoUsJv3

Score

10^/10

gh0strat discovery persistence rat

Malware Config

Signatures

Gh0st RAT payload 5 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/5004-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000421000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral2/files/0x0008000000023d31-2.dat	family_gh0strat
behavioral2/memory/5004-3-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000421000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral2/memory/1844-5-0x0000000010000000-0x000000001001E000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral2/memory/1844-6-0x0000000010000000-0x000000001001E000-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\360svc\Parameters\ServiceDll = "C:\\Documents and Settings\\Local User\\localuser.dll"	JaffaCakes118_637d62e3840007152e7dae512003e4be.exe

Deletes itself 1 IoCs

pid	Process
1844	svchost.exe

Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs

pid	Process
1844	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_637d62e3840007152e7dae512003e4be.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	svchost.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs

pid	Process
5004	JaffaCakes118_637d62e3840007152e7dae512003e4be.exe
5004	JaffaCakes118_637d62e3840007152e7dae512003e4be.exe

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_637d62e3840007152e7dae512003e4be.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_637d62e3840007152e7dae512003e4be.exe"
1⤵
- Server Software Component: Terminal Services DLL
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
PID:5004

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:1844

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\localuser.dll

Filesize
105KB

MD5
2beeb95f936e5c10cc80bff7a6e2cd3b

SHA1
1d33a1e54c41050a7c7109cbfed2776190e272b6

SHA256
bc2c804c95758f9d9e23cf75b94362dcfe94d7fe26ca7a35fb89ed424815c556

SHA512
1bde8f5f39716c2022a7f7da9e103c39c9d150fbfbbbaf5b6f32dd94cdb3678739cc48d3abd522ef3975b9f514b015d4b716e2028e204316a6e0b49e59111db0

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memory/1844-5-0x0000000010000000-0x000000001001E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
120KB

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memory/1844-6-0x0000000010000000-0x000000001001E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
120KB

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memory/5004-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000421000-memory.dmp

Filesize
132KB

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memory/5004-3-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000421000-memory.dmp

Filesize
132KB

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