gh0strat | 4772719d41dbad9b97ee79f715accd164d46201104ef95527ecf21cb90626b15

General

Target

JaffaCakes118_65ceb07d07c77f6c6e2058dd70aa72b1.exe
Size

1.0MB
MD5

65ceb07d07c77f6c6e2058dd70aa72b1
SHA1

e7dca92404a91197712424e673f3cf059198f714
SHA256

4772719d41dbad9b97ee79f715accd164d46201104ef95527ecf21cb90626b15
SHA512

de10a49e2162fa6964d335e2686bb3bdb124b1b3761f371cca8c9904c154725a24cbb0e6dd39f2ba82b7d020fd0131fee3d454e807493cc45202135c3f880cb1
SSDEEP

12288:08vgj6eqX/FhSWhvFMlFWot6c1FSlHIGgDGE/a1pvojJx2xXpioQ81lLqKUCdacm:7vgvm/F0QvFMlQ86rvgqwJk3npDqnm7

Score

10^/10

gh0strat defense_evasion discovery persistence rat

Malware Config

Signatures

Gh0st RAT payload 3 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/2004-6-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010121000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral2/memory/2004-8-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010121000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral2/memory/2004-5-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010121000-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

Identifies VirtualBox via ACPI registry values (likely anti-VM) 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

defense_evasion

Query Registry

T1012

Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion

T1497

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\ACPI\DSDT\VBOX__	JaffaCakes118_65ceb07d07c77f6c6e2058dd70aa72b1.exe

Identifies Wine through registry keys 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

Wine is a compatibility layer capable of running Windows applications, which can be used as sandboxing environment.

defense_evasion

Query Registry

T1012

Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion

T1497

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-22591836-1183090055-1220658180-1000\Software\Wine	JaffaCakes118_65ceb07d07c77f6c6e2058dd70aa72b1.exe

Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Modify Registry

T1112

description	ioc	Process
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\XXXXXXE5982454 = "C:\\Windows\\XXXXXXE5982454\\svchsot.exe"	JaffaCakes118_65ceb07d07c77f6c6e2058dd70aa72b1.exe

Drops file in System32 directory 1 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Default	JaffaCakes118_65ceb07d07c77f6c6e2058dd70aa72b1.exe

Drops file in Windows directory 2 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Windows\XXXXXXE5982454\svchsot.exe	JaffaCakes118_65ceb07d07c77f6c6e2058dd70aa72b1.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\XXXXXXE5982454\svchsot.exe	JaffaCakes118_65ceb07d07c77f6c6e2058dd70aa72b1.exe

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 1 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_65ceb07d07c77f6c6e2058dd70aa72b1.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 6 IoCs

pid	Process
2004	JaffaCakes118_65ceb07d07c77f6c6e2058dd70aa72b1.exe
2004	JaffaCakes118_65ceb07d07c77f6c6e2058dd70aa72b1.exe
2004	JaffaCakes118_65ceb07d07c77f6c6e2058dd70aa72b1.exe
2004	JaffaCakes118_65ceb07d07c77f6c6e2058dd70aa72b1.exe
2004	JaffaCakes118_65ceb07d07c77f6c6e2058dd70aa72b1.exe
2004	JaffaCakes118_65ceb07d07c77f6c6e2058dd70aa72b1.exe

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_65ceb07d07c77f6c6e2058dd70aa72b1.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_65ceb07d07c77f6c6e2058dd70aa72b1.exe"
1⤵
- Identifies VirtualBox via ACPI registry values (likely anti-VM)
- Identifies Wine through registry keys
- Adds Run key to start application
- Drops file in System32 directory
- Drops file in Windows directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
PID:2004

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

1

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

1

T1547.001

Privilege Escalation

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

1

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

1

T1547.001

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

1

T1112

Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion

2

T1497

Credential Access

Discovery

Query Registry

2

T1012

System Location Discovery

1

T1614

System Language Discovery

1

T1614.001

Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion

2

T1497

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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memory/2004-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000505000-memory.dmp

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1.0MB

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memory/2004-1-0x0000000000401000-0x0000000000430000-memory.dmp

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188KB

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memory/2004-4-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000505000-memory.dmp

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1.0MB

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memory/2004-2-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010121000-memory.dmp

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1.1MB

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memory/2004-6-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010121000-memory.dmp

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1.1MB

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memory/2004-8-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010121000-memory.dmp

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1.1MB

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memory/2004-5-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010121000-memory.dmp

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1.1MB

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memory/2004-14-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000505000-memory.dmp

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1.0MB

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memory/2004-15-0x0000000000401000-0x0000000000430000-memory.dmp

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188KB

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memory/2004-16-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000505000-memory.dmp

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1.0MB

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memory/2004-17-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000505000-memory.dmp

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1.0MB

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memory/2004-18-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000505000-memory.dmp

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1.0MB

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memory/2004-19-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000505000-memory.dmp

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1.0MB

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memory/2004-20-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000505000-memory.dmp

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1.0MB

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memory/2004-21-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000505000-memory.dmp

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1.0MB

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memory/2004-22-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000505000-memory.dmp

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1.0MB

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memory/2004-23-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000505000-memory.dmp

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1.0MB

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memory/2004-24-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000505000-memory.dmp

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1.0MB

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memory/2004-25-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000505000-memory.dmp

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1.0MB

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memory/2004-26-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000505000-memory.dmp

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1.0MB

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memory/2004-27-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000505000-memory.dmp

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1.0MB

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memory/2004-28-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000505000-memory.dmp

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1.0MB

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memory/2004-29-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000505000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.0MB

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memory/2004-30-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000505000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.0MB

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Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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