gh0strat | 0fea753016a23b974cd104f0d545c19a594bd674f1927b4d0b93ea9e2c77364e

General

Target

0fea753016a23b974cd104f0d545c19a594bd674f1927b4d0b93ea9e2c77364e.exe
Size

1.2MB
MD5

b8e629f0f5f2ea0de42ff24d42ce2657
SHA1

8f4f394637b4086b19ae9077a767187ca7940d04
SHA256

0fea753016a23b974cd104f0d545c19a594bd674f1927b4d0b93ea9e2c77364e
SHA512

daa9b8d33dca0e4295e4f0931c761847578844fa724fd35b8ad33494a429f7dfdc3510be06b00edb8cfcf327b4c2642d0a301e23a1057c0f351ae35e97e5c164
SSDEEP

24576:HovxCwgMBqHO5ZdYXOp0nQrXctTfK+d+MrTXowFlw57XYBwJtiM:WIwgMEuy+inDfp3/XoCw57XYBwKM

Score

10^/10

gh0strat purplefox discovery persistence rat rootkit trojan upx vmprotect

Malware Config

Signatures

Detect PurpleFox Rootkit 4 IoCs

Detect PurpleFox Rootkit.

rootkit

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/memory/2848-29-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp	purplefox_rootkit
behavioral1/memory/2848-28-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp	purplefox_rootkit
behavioral1/memory/2976-50-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp	purplefox_rootkit
behavioral1/memory/2976-53-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp	purplefox_rootkit

Gh0st RAT payload 5 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/files/0x000700000001868b-14.dat	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/2848-29-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/2848-28-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/2976-50-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/2976-53-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-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
PurpleFox
PurpleFox is an exploit kit used to distribute other malware families and first seen in 2018.
rootkit trojan purplefox
Purplefox family
purplefox

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\Ö÷¶¯·ÀÓù·þÎñÄ£¿é\Parameters\ServiceDll = "C:\\Windows\\system32\\259453062.txt"	AK47.exe

Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs

pid	Process
2748	AK47.exe
2676	AK47.exe

Loads dropped DLL 3 IoCs

pid	Process
2244	0fea753016a23b974cd104f0d545c19a594bd674f1927b4d0b93ea9e2c77364e.exe
2244	0fea753016a23b974cd104f0d545c19a594bd674f1927b4d0b93ea9e2c77364e.exe
2676	AK47.exe

VMProtect packed file 2 IoCs

Detects executables packed with VMProtect commercial packer.

vmprotect

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/memory/2244-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000760000-memory.dmp	vmprotect
behavioral1/memory/2244-1-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000760000-memory.dmp	vmprotect

Drops file in System32 directory 2 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\259453062.txt	AK47.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\259453062.txt	AK47.exe

UPX packed file 5 IoCs

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

upx

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/memory/2848-26-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2848-29-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2848-28-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2976-50-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2976-53-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp	upx

Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

System Information Discovery
T1082

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	0fea753016a23b974cd104f0d545c19a594bd674f1927b4d0b93ea9e2c77364e.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	AK47.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	AK47.exe

System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

Adversaries may check for Internet connectivity on compromised systems.

discovery

Internet Connection Discovery

T1016.001

pid	Process
3016	PING.EXE
2596	cmd.exe

Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Remote System Discovery

T1018

pid	Process
3016	PING.EXE

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs

pid	Process
2244	0fea753016a23b974cd104f0d545c19a594bd674f1927b4d0b93ea9e2c77364e.exe
2244	0fea753016a23b974cd104f0d545c19a594bd674f1927b4d0b93ea9e2c77364e.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 8 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2244 wrote to memory of 2748	2244	0fea753016a23b974cd104f0d545c19a594bd674f1927b4d0b93ea9e2c77364e.exe	30
PID 2244 wrote to memory of 2748	2244	0fea753016a23b974cd104f0d545c19a594bd674f1927b4d0b93ea9e2c77364e.exe	30
PID 2244 wrote to memory of 2748	2244	0fea753016a23b974cd104f0d545c19a594bd674f1927b4d0b93ea9e2c77364e.exe	30
PID 2244 wrote to memory of 2748	2244	0fea753016a23b974cd104f0d545c19a594bd674f1927b4d0b93ea9e2c77364e.exe	30
PID 2244 wrote to memory of 2676	2244	0fea753016a23b974cd104f0d545c19a594bd674f1927b4d0b93ea9e2c77364e.exe	31
PID 2244 wrote to memory of 2676	2244	0fea753016a23b974cd104f0d545c19a594bd674f1927b4d0b93ea9e2c77364e.exe	31
PID 2244 wrote to memory of 2676	2244	0fea753016a23b974cd104f0d545c19a594bd674f1927b4d0b93ea9e2c77364e.exe	31
PID 2244 wrote to memory of 2676	2244	0fea753016a23b974cd104f0d545c19a594bd674f1927b4d0b93ea9e2c77364e.exe	31

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\0fea753016a23b974cd104f0d545c19a594bd674f1927b4d0b93ea9e2c77364e.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\0fea753016a23b974cd104f0d545c19a594bd674f1927b4d0b93ea9e2c77364e.exe"
1⤵
- Loads dropped DLL
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2244
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AK47.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AK47.exe"
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Drops file in System32 directory
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:2748
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AK47.exe
  C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\\AK47.exe
  2⤵
  - Server Software Component: Terminal Services DLL
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Loads dropped DLL
  - Drops file in System32 directory
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:2676
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AK74.exe
  C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\\AK74.exe
  2⤵
  PID:2848
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c ping -n 2 127.0.0.1 > nul && del C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AK74.exe > nul
    3⤵
    - System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
    PID:2596
  - - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE
      ping -n 2 127.0.0.1
      4⤵
      System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
      Runs ping.exe
      PID:3016
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WScript.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\WScript.exe" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\VBS3.vbs"
  2⤵
  PID:2152

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe -k "Ö÷¶¯·ÀÓù·þÎñÄ£¿é"
1⤵
PID:2656

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe -k "Ö÷¶¯·ÀÓù·þÎñÄ£¿é"
1⤵
PID:2192

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Ghiya.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Ghiya.exe -auto
1⤵
PID:2576
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Ghiya.exe
  C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Ghiya.exe -acsi
  2⤵
  PID:2976

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

Remote System Discovery

1

T1018

System Information Discovery

1

T1082

System Location Discovery

1

T1614

System Language Discovery

1

T1614.001

System Network Configuration Discovery

1

T1016

Internet Connection Discovery

1

T1016.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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Downloads

\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AK47.exe

Filesize
91KB

MD5
423eb994ed553294f8a6813619b8da87

SHA1
eca6a16ccd13adcfc27bc1041ddef97ec8081255

SHA256
050b4f2d5ae8eaecd414318dc8e222a56f169626da6ca8feb7edd78e8b1f0218

SHA512
fab0a9af8031c242c486de373df7277c8b0e39f7a0c9c2ac2e385dbd3ea67be16e91b128287634f76131e5264149ab1b452cd21df4c4895e8c4efc8d8cf99095

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\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AK74.exe

Filesize
400KB

MD5
b0998aa7d5071d33daa5b60b9c3c9735

SHA1
9365a1ff0c6de244d6f36c8d84072cc916665d3c

SHA256
3080b6bb456564899b0d99d4131bd6a0b284d31f7d80ef773e4872d94048d49a

SHA512
308c13cda9fea39b980ae686f44afd9090e9cb8970fffc4436320e0d09a31aee5e656914e0121fe888098a14c52749716fa04980396fd6ac70a88c11cbb6b850

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\Windows\SysWOW64\259453062.txt

Filesize
49KB

MD5
4f5ab73141feb2ea83adba81f2e3d9ab

SHA1
4ad4552072648869218a4d6212bcf4fc116b7c41

SHA256
ca2ee362b93a4eec8f2cbf67c55718765b353498fdb584011975bcbf29833b4b

SHA512
54a46b3dd32cf48af59d8c12fc6e9966c64d269cc1466c58032ceec0f40f1e3997570ee33bc25ac9d50cd0f0832288a9ccae7286333d66d1071c9bedf62bf21c

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memory/2244-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000760000-memory.dmp

Filesize
3.4MB

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memory/2244-1-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000760000-memory.dmp

Filesize
3.4MB

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memory/2848-26-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.7MB

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memory/2848-29-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.7MB

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memory/2848-28-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.7MB

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memory/2976-50-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.7MB

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memory/2976-53-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.7MB

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