gh0strat | f0b1af6d7a693677a534d578a1082fdd667976dfa0ddc3d0085a8e96ea6ee436

General

Target

f0b1af6d7a693677a534d578a1082fdd667976dfa0ddc3d0085a8e96ea6ee436.exe
Size

1.2MB
MD5

1a312509454d2fdf78e38db1a7e67353
SHA1

5c1b7e6733d3634d0f18033be570238f2bcd493b
SHA256

f0b1af6d7a693677a534d578a1082fdd667976dfa0ddc3d0085a8e96ea6ee436
SHA512

196a507aa4b194210929cd7446cf3be20edba9c883307f1002525080fc06db104dc20a92e5c1144d0d3f91a72f752db149870d10f256100f58bb061d9d9d139c
SSDEEP

24576:HovxCwgMBqHO5ZdYXOp0nQrXctTfK+d+MrTXowFlw57XYBwJti0:WIwgMEuy+inDfp3/XoCw57XYBwK0

Score

10^/10

gh0strat purplefox discovery rat rootkit trojan upx vmprotect

Malware Config

Signatures

Detect PurpleFox Rootkit 7 IoCs

Detect PurpleFox Rootkit.

rootkit

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/memory/2152-24-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp	purplefox_rootkit
behavioral1/memory/2152-23-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp	purplefox_rootkit
behavioral1/memory/304-44-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp	purplefox_rootkit
behavioral1/memory/304-43-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp	purplefox_rootkit
behavioral1/memory/304-49-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp	purplefox_rootkit
behavioral1/memory/304-53-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp	purplefox_rootkit
behavioral1/memory/304-54-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp	purplefox_rootkit

Gh0st RAT payload 8 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/files/0x000f000000017390-14.dat	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/2152-24-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/2152-23-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/304-44-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/304-43-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/304-49-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/304-53-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/304-54-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-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

VMProtect packed file 2 IoCs

Detects executables packed with VMProtect commercial packer.

vmprotect

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/memory/2184-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000760000-memory.dmp	vmprotect
behavioral1/memory/2184-1-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000760000-memory.dmp	vmprotect

UPX packed file 9 IoCs

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

upx

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/memory/2152-24-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2152-23-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2152-21-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/304-44-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/304-43-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/304-41-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/304-49-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/304-53-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/304-54-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp	upx

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	f0b1af6d7a693677a534d578a1082fdd667976dfa0ddc3d0085a8e96ea6ee436.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
1980	cmd.exe
2236	PING.EXE

Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Remote System Discovery

T1018

pid	Process
2236	PING.EXE

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs

pid	Process
2184	f0b1af6d7a693677a534d578a1082fdd667976dfa0ddc3d0085a8e96ea6ee436.exe
2184	f0b1af6d7a693677a534d578a1082fdd667976dfa0ddc3d0085a8e96ea6ee436.exe

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f0b1af6d7a693677a534d578a1082fdd667976dfa0ddc3d0085a8e96ea6ee436.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f0b1af6d7a693677a534d578a1082fdd667976dfa0ddc3d0085a8e96ea6ee436.exe"
1⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
PID:2184
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AK47.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AK47.exe"
  2⤵
  PID:2716
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AK47.exe
  C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\\AK47.exe
  2⤵
  PID:2964
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AK74.exe
  C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\\AK74.exe
  2⤵
  PID:2152
- - 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:1980
  - - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE
      ping -n 2 127.0.0.1
      4⤵
      System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
      Runs ping.exe
      PID:2236
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WScript.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\WScript.exe" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\VBS3.vbs"
  2⤵
  PID:1156

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe -k "Ö÷¶¯·ÀÓù·þÎñÄ£¿é"
1⤵
PID:3060

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe -k "Ö÷¶¯·ÀÓù·þÎñÄ£¿é"
1⤵
PID:108

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Ghiya.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Ghiya.exe -auto
1⤵
PID:2556
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Ghiya.exe
  C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Ghiya.exe -acsi
  2⤵
  PID:304

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Privilege Escalation

Defense Evasion

Credential Access

Discovery

Remote System Discovery

1

T1018

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

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

Filesize
400KB

MD5
b0998aa7d5071d33daa5b60b9c3c9735

SHA1
9365a1ff0c6de244d6f36c8d84072cc916665d3c

SHA256
3080b6bb456564899b0d99d4131bd6a0b284d31f7d80ef773e4872d94048d49a

SHA512
308c13cda9fea39b980ae686f44afd9090e9cb8970fffc4436320e0d09a31aee5e656914e0121fe888098a14c52749716fa04980396fd6ac70a88c11cbb6b850

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

Filesize
91KB

MD5
423eb994ed553294f8a6813619b8da87

SHA1
eca6a16ccd13adcfc27bc1041ddef97ec8081255

SHA256
050b4f2d5ae8eaecd414318dc8e222a56f169626da6ca8feb7edd78e8b1f0218

SHA512
fab0a9af8031c242c486de373df7277c8b0e39f7a0c9c2ac2e385dbd3ea67be16e91b128287634f76131e5264149ab1b452cd21df4c4895e8c4efc8d8cf99095

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\Windows\SysWOW64\259450566.txt

Filesize
49KB

MD5
a5e3d4ac6310b11195b0b5449e48ad4e

SHA1
cfac10af9cf7ec6fc6e01b9eef3c9d48f4232e92

SHA256
31d47b6e82910e1bf7414592f959324b3c67b30651b888681b25db340810bffc

SHA512
27476a1d68df03cfd5ca686eadf66f017c02ce1d7ca35b3fbec6c4425ab067081fa21537518a108f569b444b5e70ed43ff5c33bd5f11df6cfdc7d9b4c4e8736e

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memory/304-43-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.7MB

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memory/304-44-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.7MB

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memory/304-41-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.7MB

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memory/304-49-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.7MB

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memory/304-53-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.7MB

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memory/304-54-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.7MB

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memory/2152-24-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.7MB

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memory/2152-23-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.7MB

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memory/2152-21-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.7MB

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memory/2184-1-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000760000-memory.dmp

Filesize
3.4MB

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memory/2184-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000760000-memory.dmp

Filesize
3.4MB

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