gh0strat | 0f6b527c59b86355a1ba3550862cc96087f7fc9d4f603f3eb0a2d1cec35bea9e

Analysis

max time kernel
104s
max time network
132s
platform
windows10-2004_x64
resource
win10v2004-20250314-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20250314-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
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05/04/2025, 13:25

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General

Target

JaffaCakes118_9aac1581506a1a746c3c178e8ad84781.exe
Size

742KB
MD5

9aac1581506a1a746c3c178e8ad84781
SHA1

614ec5a770357cc8d9767c68649b824cd542ce9b
SHA256

0f6b527c59b86355a1ba3550862cc96087f7fc9d4f603f3eb0a2d1cec35bea9e
SHA512

2fe143cb53df661666e4f26272c37bf814203341f24b129f09b7b1e5068ca0a39fed4502b88d22359439d5c4d04c7ed1b9089de58e5416d0228672e254dfe24c
SSDEEP

12288:Fkjb7COcrmH4WMtX1xoPBBdBRrEpbjsA7wwgjEdtUGW1GngyGuea4Y2fqNQxz+JA:qH3omH4llxIBBvRr6sqzhU91ygsJ2fq4

Score

10^/10

gh0strat defense_evasion discovery rat

Malware Config

Signatures

Gh0st RAT payload 1 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/memory/5512-3-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000059F000-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 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-1-5-21-3342763580-2723508992-2885672917-1000\Software\Wine	JaffaCakes118_9aac1581506a1a746c3c178e8ad84781.exe

Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger 1 IoCs

pid	Process
5512	JaffaCakes118_9aac1581506a1a746c3c178e8ad84781.exe

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	JaffaCakes118_9aac1581506a1a746c3c178e8ad84781.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	taskkill.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	taskkill.exe

Kills process with taskkill 2 IoCs

defense_evasion

pid	Process
5180	taskkill.exe
1656	taskkill.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs

pid	Process
5512	JaffaCakes118_9aac1581506a1a746c3c178e8ad84781.exe
5512	JaffaCakes118_9aac1581506a1a746c3c178e8ad84781.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1656	taskkill.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	5180	taskkill.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 6 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 5512 wrote to memory of 1656	5512	JaffaCakes118_9aac1581506a1a746c3c178e8ad84781.exe	87
PID 5512 wrote to memory of 1656	5512	JaffaCakes118_9aac1581506a1a746c3c178e8ad84781.exe	87
PID 5512 wrote to memory of 1656	5512	JaffaCakes118_9aac1581506a1a746c3c178e8ad84781.exe	87
PID 5512 wrote to memory of 5180	5512	JaffaCakes118_9aac1581506a1a746c3c178e8ad84781.exe	88
PID 5512 wrote to memory of 5180	5512	JaffaCakes118_9aac1581506a1a746c3c178e8ad84781.exe	88
PID 5512 wrote to memory of 5180	5512	JaffaCakes118_9aac1581506a1a746c3c178e8ad84781.exe	88

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_9aac1581506a1a746c3c178e8ad84781.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_9aac1581506a1a746c3c178e8ad84781.exe"
1⤵
- Identifies Wine through registry keys
- Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:5512
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\taskkill.exe
  taskkill /f /t /im 360inst.exe
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Kills process with taskkill
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  PID:1656
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\taskkill.exe
  taskkill /f /t /im ZhuDongFangYu.exe
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Kills process with taskkill
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  PID:5180

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Privilege Escalation

Defense Evasion

Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion

T1497

Credential Access

Discovery

Query Registry

T1012

System Location Discovery

T1614

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion

T1497

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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Downloads

memory/5512-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000059F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.6MB

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memory/5512-2-0x0000000000401000-0x0000000000403000-memory.dmp

Filesize
8KB

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memory/5512-1-0x0000000004640000-0x0000000004642000-memory.dmp

Filesize
8KB

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memory/5512-3-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000059F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.6MB

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