gh0strat | 834e8dfbfa0fe96b978b3f6454cfb05a93b3f11d94dd0e207c3808bb0b82453a

General

Target

834e8dfbfa0fe96b978b3f6454cfb05a93b3f11d94dd0e207c3808bb0b82453a.exe
Size

1.2MB
MD5

9f13444a1d10b083db3fd302418b1b15
SHA1

9240515a19bc308553c4d383def4295ec41379d3
SHA256

834e8dfbfa0fe96b978b3f6454cfb05a93b3f11d94dd0e207c3808bb0b82453a
SHA512

78968631b52fb0b087d080c2dac680bf75629261f82c09a9dea1c867a76deec8e449fd71b3f08d1a68d4671c22fe68d6f8801905612d3e1159fe3385fe32496f
SSDEEP

24576:HovxCwgMBqHO5ZdYXOp0nQrXctTfK+d+MrTXowFlw57XYBwJtiu:WIwgMEuy+inDfp3/XoCw57XYBwKu

Score

10^/10

gh0strat purplefox discovery persistence rat rootkit trojan upx vmprotect

Malware Config

Signatures

Detect PurpleFox Rootkit 5 IoCs

Detect PurpleFox Rootkit.

rootkit

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/memory/2936-34-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp	purplefox_rootkit
behavioral1/memory/2936-35-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp	purplefox_rootkit
behavioral1/memory/2800-55-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp	purplefox_rootkit
behavioral1/memory/2800-59-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp	purplefox_rootkit
behavioral1/memory/2800-60-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp	purplefox_rootkit

Gh0st RAT payload 6 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/files/0x0008000000016d27-14.dat	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/2936-34-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/2936-35-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/2800-55-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/2800-59-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/2800-60-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-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 2 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\\259449818.txt"	AK47.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\Ö÷¶¯·ÀÓù·þÎñÄ£¿é\Parameters\ServiceDll = "C:\\Windows\\system32\\259449833.txt"	AK47.exe

Executes dropped EXE 4 IoCs

pid	Process
1440	AK47.exe
2276	AK47.exe
2936	AK74.exe
2916	Ghiya.exe

Loads dropped DLL 6 IoCs

pid	Process
2084	834e8dfbfa0fe96b978b3f6454cfb05a93b3f11d94dd0e207c3808bb0b82453a.exe
2084	834e8dfbfa0fe96b978b3f6454cfb05a93b3f11d94dd0e207c3808bb0b82453a.exe
1440	AK47.exe
2276	AK47.exe
2572	svchost.exe
2084	834e8dfbfa0fe96b978b3f6454cfb05a93b3f11d94dd0e207c3808bb0b82453a.exe

VMProtect packed file 3 IoCs

Detects executables packed with VMProtect commercial packer.

vmprotect

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/memory/2084-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000760000-memory.dmp	vmprotect
behavioral1/memory/2084-1-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000760000-memory.dmp	vmprotect
behavioral1/files/0x0009000000016d0e-64.dat	vmprotect

Drops file in System32 directory 8 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\259449818.txt	AK47.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\259449833.txt	AK47.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ini.ini	AK47.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Ghiya.exe	AK74.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ini.ini	AK47.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Ö÷¶¯·ÀÓù·þÎñÄ£¿é.exe	svchost.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Ö÷¶¯·ÀÓù·þÎñÄ£¿é.exe	svchost.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Ghiya.exe	AK74.exe

UPX packed file 6 IoCs

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

upx

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/memory/2936-32-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2936-34-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2936-35-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2800-55-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2800-59-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2800-60-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-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 5 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	834e8dfbfa0fe96b978b3f6454cfb05a93b3f11d94dd0e207c3808bb0b82453a.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	AK47.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	AK47.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	svchost.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	AK74.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
2260	cmd.exe
2240	PING.EXE

Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Remote System Discovery

T1018

pid	Process
2240	PING.EXE

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2936	AK74.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs

pid	Process
2084	834e8dfbfa0fe96b978b3f6454cfb05a93b3f11d94dd0e207c3808bb0b82453a.exe
2084	834e8dfbfa0fe96b978b3f6454cfb05a93b3f11d94dd0e207c3808bb0b82453a.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 15 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2084 wrote to memory of 1440	2084	834e8dfbfa0fe96b978b3f6454cfb05a93b3f11d94dd0e207c3808bb0b82453a.exe	31
PID 2084 wrote to memory of 1440	2084	834e8dfbfa0fe96b978b3f6454cfb05a93b3f11d94dd0e207c3808bb0b82453a.exe	31
PID 2084 wrote to memory of 1440	2084	834e8dfbfa0fe96b978b3f6454cfb05a93b3f11d94dd0e207c3808bb0b82453a.exe	31
PID 2084 wrote to memory of 1440	2084	834e8dfbfa0fe96b978b3f6454cfb05a93b3f11d94dd0e207c3808bb0b82453a.exe	31
PID 2084 wrote to memory of 2276	2084	834e8dfbfa0fe96b978b3f6454cfb05a93b3f11d94dd0e207c3808bb0b82453a.exe	32
PID 2084 wrote to memory of 2276	2084	834e8dfbfa0fe96b978b3f6454cfb05a93b3f11d94dd0e207c3808bb0b82453a.exe	32
PID 2084 wrote to memory of 2276	2084	834e8dfbfa0fe96b978b3f6454cfb05a93b3f11d94dd0e207c3808bb0b82453a.exe	32
PID 2084 wrote to memory of 2276	2084	834e8dfbfa0fe96b978b3f6454cfb05a93b3f11d94dd0e207c3808bb0b82453a.exe	32
PID 2084 wrote to memory of 2936	2084	834e8dfbfa0fe96b978b3f6454cfb05a93b3f11d94dd0e207c3808bb0b82453a.exe	37
PID 2084 wrote to memory of 2936	2084	834e8dfbfa0fe96b978b3f6454cfb05a93b3f11d94dd0e207c3808bb0b82453a.exe	37
PID 2084 wrote to memory of 2936	2084	834e8dfbfa0fe96b978b3f6454cfb05a93b3f11d94dd0e207c3808bb0b82453a.exe	37
PID 2084 wrote to memory of 2936	2084	834e8dfbfa0fe96b978b3f6454cfb05a93b3f11d94dd0e207c3808bb0b82453a.exe	37
PID 2084 wrote to memory of 2936	2084	834e8dfbfa0fe96b978b3f6454cfb05a93b3f11d94dd0e207c3808bb0b82453a.exe	37
PID 2084 wrote to memory of 2936	2084	834e8dfbfa0fe96b978b3f6454cfb05a93b3f11d94dd0e207c3808bb0b82453a.exe	37
PID 2084 wrote to memory of 2936	2084	834e8dfbfa0fe96b978b3f6454cfb05a93b3f11d94dd0e207c3808bb0b82453a.exe	37

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\834e8dfbfa0fe96b978b3f6454cfb05a93b3f11d94dd0e207c3808bb0b82453a.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\834e8dfbfa0fe96b978b3f6454cfb05a93b3f11d94dd0e207c3808bb0b82453a.exe"
1⤵
- Loads dropped DLL
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2084
- 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:1440
- 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:2276
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AK74.exe
  C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\\AK74.exe
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Drops file in System32 directory
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  PID:2936
- - 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:2260
  - - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE
      ping -n 2 127.0.0.1
      4⤵
      System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
      Runs ping.exe
      PID:2240
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WScript.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\WScript.exe" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\VBS3.vbs"
  2⤵
  PID:1808

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe -k "Ö÷¶¯·ÀÓù·þÎñÄ£¿é"
1⤵
PID:2816

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe -k "Ö÷¶¯·ÀÓù·þÎñÄ£¿é"
1⤵
PID:2432

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe -k "Ö÷¶¯·ÀÓù·þÎñÄ£¿é"
1⤵
PID:2372

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe -k "Ö÷¶¯·ÀÓù·þÎñÄ£¿é"
1⤵
- Loads dropped DLL
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:2572

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Ghiya.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Ghiya.exe -auto
1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
PID:2916
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Ghiya.exe
  C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Ghiya.exe -acsi
  2⤵
  PID:2800

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

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ini.ini

Filesize
45B

MD5
d0b1420b40dff3afed20500ab04ef8af

SHA1
26b2257ae519294be3ab9859e6040865f9da2b48

SHA256
5a8a5f3c0dee64ae490ba4ea59afd0ba42752994d3e0445894715f595d9fa858

SHA512
df98309463250598061eb60baa4baca0015e2da5756b43c3bb1960573982878228872374444937bfcf9a8120b62f2296e53fc52fe54112730e982f2e0da0dfa6

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

Filesize
400KB

MD5
b0998aa7d5071d33daa5b60b9c3c9735

SHA1
9365a1ff0c6de244d6f36c8d84072cc916665d3c

SHA256
3080b6bb456564899b0d99d4131bd6a0b284d31f7d80ef773e4872d94048d49a

SHA512
308c13cda9fea39b980ae686f44afd9090e9cb8970fffc4436320e0d09a31aee5e656914e0121fe888098a14c52749716fa04980396fd6ac70a88c11cbb6b850

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\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\svchcst.exe

Filesize
448KB

MD5
be7d1490e5eab9cca49155582048e653

SHA1
64528260a0b26bbc3e6bb67f6b506b604cb6cf03

SHA256
99f477e47e0e5ecdf99c712cf451a331f7a267af730cd7b4423349e9fdde8c18

SHA512
168307cb816ce5e05b266de6f4bd0c0ba2d922b332e6edb434cc7179b35d8e1900428dba4240ea314a165495af523fc246f3635049ca440db934322c5f6a2405

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\Windows\SysWOW64\259449818.txt

Filesize
49KB

MD5
93840fba8fdfb45f0216b345d15b93e7

SHA1
9ac0cd0f25e7e8348a1b466f8d13abcb2e9c4524

SHA256
88f014650806f2636e9df292cc15752b9dab341dc21b0e779ed21f33b7dae1e9

SHA512
c49129d0995f4688e9edd053ba8bcb074f38e2a117ef41444ebe45544db501bccf3c1f8cdc215b4abc14ca4ac60c415f5d05ed519bb77dbdec6736313a39a139

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memory/2084-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000760000-memory.dmp

Filesize
3.4MB

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memory/2084-1-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000760000-memory.dmp

Filesize
3.4MB

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memory/2084-66-0x0000000002300000-0x0000000002310000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/2800-55-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.7MB

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memory/2800-59-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.7MB

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memory/2800-60-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.7MB

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memory/2936-35-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.7MB

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memory/2936-34-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.7MB

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memory/2936-32-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101BA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.7MB

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