gh0strat | e69bb1b7df3ce22868df76038407b306cda9cd9a06ad78defc288ea535c0f834

General

Target

JaffaCakes118_6611895adab443cc10616592e6aa9f11.exe
Size

111KB
MD5

6611895adab443cc10616592e6aa9f11
SHA1

926289912c3854df625a056600c6a156c04f2a0f
SHA256

e69bb1b7df3ce22868df76038407b306cda9cd9a06ad78defc288ea535c0f834
SHA512

af26031a237c54a139bd13fdc98c7faf0d0cf9445061d4c1398da59759f1d4ce05878715e15fc659eae0237f1890f7081b8b86da9e869aee9bcdb93189057503
SSDEEP

3072:cFQwQhEOLfuDg0PtOqzKONqsEykRLSePQLKl:cNOFStZzKqqsE6ea

Score

10^/10

Malware Config

Signatures

Gh0st RAT payload 4 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/1852-4-0x0000000010000000-0x000000001003B000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral2/memory/1852-3-0x0000000010000000-0x000000001003B000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral2/memory/1852-2-0x0000000010000000-0x000000001003B000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral2/memory/1852-5-0x0000000010000000-0x000000001003B000-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

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\C8971EE8 = "C:\\Windows\\C8971EE8\\svchsot.exe"	JaffaCakes118_6611895adab443cc10616592e6aa9f11.exe

UPX packed file 5 IoCs

Detects executables packed with UPX/modified UPX open source packer.

upx

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/1852-0-0x0000000010000000-0x000000001003B000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/1852-4-0x0000000010000000-0x000000001003B000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/1852-3-0x0000000010000000-0x000000001003B000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/1852-2-0x0000000010000000-0x000000001003B000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/1852-5-0x0000000010000000-0x000000001003B000-memory.dmp	upx

Drops file in Windows directory 2 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Windows\C8971EE8\svchsot.exe	JaffaCakes118_6611895adab443cc10616592e6aa9f11.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\C8971EE8\svchsot.exe	JaffaCakes118_6611895adab443cc10616592e6aa9f11.exe

Program crash 2 IoCs

pid	pid_target	Process	procid_target
4156	1852	WerFault.exe	85
2468	1852	WerFault.exe	85

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	net.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	net1.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	JaffaCakes118_6611895adab443cc10616592e6aa9f11.exe

System Service Discovery 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

Adversaries may try to gather information about registered local system services.

discovery

System Service Discovery

T1007

pid	Process
4344	net.exe
3416	net1.exe

Runs net.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 6 IoCs

pid	Process
1852	JaffaCakes118_6611895adab443cc10616592e6aa9f11.exe
1852	JaffaCakes118_6611895adab443cc10616592e6aa9f11.exe
1852	JaffaCakes118_6611895adab443cc10616592e6aa9f11.exe
1852	JaffaCakes118_6611895adab443cc10616592e6aa9f11.exe
1852	JaffaCakes118_6611895adab443cc10616592e6aa9f11.exe
1852	JaffaCakes118_6611895adab443cc10616592e6aa9f11.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1852	JaffaCakes118_6611895adab443cc10616592e6aa9f11.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1852	JaffaCakes118_6611895adab443cc10616592e6aa9f11.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 6 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 1852 wrote to memory of 4344	1852	JaffaCakes118_6611895adab443cc10616592e6aa9f11.exe	88
PID 1852 wrote to memory of 4344	1852	JaffaCakes118_6611895adab443cc10616592e6aa9f11.exe	88
PID 1852 wrote to memory of 4344	1852	JaffaCakes118_6611895adab443cc10616592e6aa9f11.exe	88
PID 4344 wrote to memory of 3416	4344	net.exe	90
PID 4344 wrote to memory of 3416	4344	net.exe	90
PID 4344 wrote to memory of 3416	4344	net.exe	90

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_6611895adab443cc10616592e6aa9f11.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_6611895adab443cc10616592e6aa9f11.exe"
1⤵
- Adds Run key to start application
- Drops file in Windows directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1852
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net.exe
  net start "Task Scheduler"
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - System Service Discovery
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:4344
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net1.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\net1 start "Task Scheduler"
    3⤵
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    - System Service Discovery
    PID:3416
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
  C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 1852 -s 604
  2⤵
  - Program crash
  PID:4156
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
  C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 1852 -s 612
  2⤵
  - Program crash
  PID:2468

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 408 -p 1852 -ip 1852
1⤵
PID:4756

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 540 -p 1852 -ip 1852
1⤵
PID:412

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

Credential Access

Discovery

System Location Discovery

1

T1614

System Language Discovery

1

T1614.001

System Service Discovery

1

T1007

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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memory/1852-0-0x0000000010000000-0x000000001003B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
236KB

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memory/1852-4-0x0000000010000000-0x000000001003B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
236KB

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memory/1852-3-0x0000000010000000-0x000000001003B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
236KB

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memory/1852-2-0x0000000010000000-0x000000001003B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
236KB

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memory/1852-5-0x0000000010000000-0x000000001003B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
236KB

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memory/1852-8-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
124KB

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Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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