gh0strat | ad1dab79b1ec0e8a060b5fd34810aae3c3dba8756753e0bc08407ef7b5067d3c

Analysis

max time kernel
150s
max time network
151s
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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15/04/2025, 04:24

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General

Target

ad1dab79b1ec0e8a060b5fd34810aae3c3dba8756753e0bc08407ef7b5067d3c.exe
Size

7.7MB
MD5

c2b4edb861ee75baaa94dcfdb56f49e6
SHA1

c86e3504135e4d1833a0f62ae68d38d1250d543f
SHA256

ad1dab79b1ec0e8a060b5fd34810aae3c3dba8756753e0bc08407ef7b5067d3c
SHA512

c05c3fae689a8214ad15debe0b09d9298d2cfd1a0535d8f75508e730f6264da6ecf1df74372756616bc00b4f2a8549c1ac9ed8a06763413154da94d807dba914
SSDEEP

98304:Fws2ANnKXOaeOgmhpqItNRCNldpu0KUGPAV:vKXbeO7PqIJCPuNRPAV

Score

10^/10

gh0strat purplefox discovery persistence rat rootkit trojan upx

Malware Config

Signatures

Detect PurpleFox Rootkit 8 IoCs

Detect PurpleFox Rootkit.

rootkit

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/memory/5336-19-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	purplefox_rootkit
behavioral1/memory/5336-23-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	purplefox_rootkit
behavioral1/memory/5336-20-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	purplefox_rootkit
behavioral1/memory/4036-28-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	purplefox_rootkit
behavioral1/memory/4036-29-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	purplefox_rootkit
behavioral1/memory/312-40-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	purplefox_rootkit
behavioral1/memory/312-44-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	purplefox_rootkit
behavioral1/memory/312-45-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	purplefox_rootkit

Gh0st RAT payload 9 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/files/0x0004000000023238-5.dat	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/5336-19-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/5336-23-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/5336-20-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/4036-28-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/4036-29-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/312-40-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/312-44-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral1/memory/312-45-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-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

Drops file in Drivers directory 1 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Windows\system32\drivers\QAssist.sys	TXPlatfor.exe

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\Remote Data\Parameters\ServiceDll = "C:\\Windows\\system32\\240617546.txt"	R.exe

Sets service image path in registry 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Modify Registry

T1112

description	ioc	Process
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\QAssist\ImagePath = "system32\\DRIVERS\\QAssist.sys"	TXPlatfor.exe

Executes dropped EXE 6 IoCs

pid	Process
3500	R.exe
5336	N.exe
4036	TXPlatfor.exe
312	TXPlatfor.exe
4344	HD_ad1dab79b1ec0e8a060b5fd34810aae3c3dba8756753e0bc08407ef7b5067d3c.exe
3324	Remote Data.exe

Loads dropped DLL 3 IoCs

pid	Process
3500	R.exe
1016	svchost.exe
3324	Remote Data.exe

Drops file in System32 directory 6 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ini.ini	R.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Remote Data.exe	svchost.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Remote Data.exe	svchost.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\TXPlatfor.exe	N.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\TXPlatfor.exe	N.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\240617546.txt	R.exe

UPX packed file 10 IoCs

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

upx

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/memory/5336-19-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/5336-23-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/5336-20-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/5336-17-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/4036-28-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/4036-29-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/4036-26-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/312-40-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/312-44-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/312-45-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp	upx

Drops file in Program Files directory 1 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File opened for modification	C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe	ad1dab79b1ec0e8a060b5fd34810aae3c3dba8756753e0bc08407ef7b5067d3c.exe

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 8 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	cmd.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	R.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	svchost.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	N.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	PING.EXE
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	Remote Data.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	ad1dab79b1ec0e8a060b5fd34810aae3c3dba8756753e0bc08407ef7b5067d3c.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	TXPlatfor.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
5164	cmd.exe
4616	PING.EXE

Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Remote System Discovery

T1018

pid	Process
4616	PING.EXE

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs

pid	Process
5648	ad1dab79b1ec0e8a060b5fd34810aae3c3dba8756753e0bc08407ef7b5067d3c.exe
5648	ad1dab79b1ec0e8a060b5fd34810aae3c3dba8756753e0bc08407ef7b5067d3c.exe

Suspicious behavior: LoadsDriver 1 IoCs

pid	Process
312	TXPlatfor.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 6 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	5336	N.exe
Token: SeLoadDriverPrivilege	312	TXPlatfor.exe
Token: 33	312	TXPlatfor.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	312	TXPlatfor.exe
Token: 33	312	TXPlatfor.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	312	TXPlatfor.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs

pid	Process
5648	ad1dab79b1ec0e8a060b5fd34810aae3c3dba8756753e0bc08407ef7b5067d3c.exe
5648	ad1dab79b1ec0e8a060b5fd34810aae3c3dba8756753e0bc08407ef7b5067d3c.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 18 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 5648 wrote to memory of 3500	5648	ad1dab79b1ec0e8a060b5fd34810aae3c3dba8756753e0bc08407ef7b5067d3c.exe	86
PID 5648 wrote to memory of 3500	5648	ad1dab79b1ec0e8a060b5fd34810aae3c3dba8756753e0bc08407ef7b5067d3c.exe	86
PID 5648 wrote to memory of 3500	5648	ad1dab79b1ec0e8a060b5fd34810aae3c3dba8756753e0bc08407ef7b5067d3c.exe	86
PID 5648 wrote to memory of 5336	5648	ad1dab79b1ec0e8a060b5fd34810aae3c3dba8756753e0bc08407ef7b5067d3c.exe	90
PID 5648 wrote to memory of 5336	5648	ad1dab79b1ec0e8a060b5fd34810aae3c3dba8756753e0bc08407ef7b5067d3c.exe	90
PID 5648 wrote to memory of 5336	5648	ad1dab79b1ec0e8a060b5fd34810aae3c3dba8756753e0bc08407ef7b5067d3c.exe	90
PID 5336 wrote to memory of 5164	5336	N.exe	93
PID 5336 wrote to memory of 5164	5336	N.exe	93
PID 5336 wrote to memory of 5164	5336	N.exe	93
PID 4036 wrote to memory of 312	4036	TXPlatfor.exe	94
PID 4036 wrote to memory of 312	4036	TXPlatfor.exe	94
PID 4036 wrote to memory of 312	4036	TXPlatfor.exe	94
PID 5164 wrote to memory of 4616	5164	cmd.exe	97
PID 5164 wrote to memory of 4616	5164	cmd.exe	97
PID 5164 wrote to memory of 4616	5164	cmd.exe	97
PID 1016 wrote to memory of 3324	1016	svchost.exe	103
PID 1016 wrote to memory of 3324	1016	svchost.exe	103
PID 1016 wrote to memory of 3324	1016	svchost.exe	103

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ad1dab79b1ec0e8a060b5fd34810aae3c3dba8756753e0bc08407ef7b5067d3c.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ad1dab79b1ec0e8a060b5fd34810aae3c3dba8756753e0bc08407ef7b5067d3c.exe"
1⤵
- Drops file in Program Files directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:5648
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\R.exe
  C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\\R.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:3500
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\N.exe
  C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\\N.exe
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Drops file in System32 directory
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:5336
- - 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\N.exe > nul
    3⤵
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    - System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
    - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:5164
  - - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE
      ping -n 2 127.0.0.1
      4⤵
      System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
      Runs ping.exe
      PID:4616
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\HD_ad1dab79b1ec0e8a060b5fd34810aae3c3dba8756753e0bc08407ef7b5067d3c.exe
  C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\HD_ad1dab79b1ec0e8a060b5fd34810aae3c3dba8756753e0bc08407ef7b5067d3c.exe
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  PID:4344

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe -k "Remote Data"
1⤵
PID:2920

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe -k "Remote Data"
1⤵
- Loads dropped DLL
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1016
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Remote Data.exe
  "C:\Windows\system32\Remote Data.exe" "c:\windows\system32\240617546.txt",MainThread
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Loads dropped DLL
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:3324

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\TXPlatfor.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\TXPlatfor.exe -auto
1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4036
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\TXPlatfor.exe
  C:\Windows\SysWOW64\TXPlatfor.exe -acsi
  2⤵
  - Drops file in Drivers directory
  - Sets service image path in registry
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Suspicious behavior: LoadsDriver
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  PID:312

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Server Software Component

T1505

Terminal Services DLL

T1505.005

Privilege Escalation

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

T1112

Credential Access

Discovery

Remote System Discovery

T1018

System Information Discovery

T1082

System Location Discovery

T1614

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

System Network Configuration Discovery

T1016

Internet Connection Discovery

T1016.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\HD_ad1dab79b1ec0e8a060b5fd34810aae3c3dba8756753e0bc08407ef7b5067d3c.exe

Filesize
4.1MB

MD5
5573f6c51ec15d3eae5f8d97194823de

SHA1
b75ddb2efaee89118885e1651fa974119e3980ff

SHA256
c961e85f757c0efbc348c86e83c7d88057d3956ad41414a03a24945c6608d8df

SHA512
2a392b55a3c1623e0dcd14c29758d8bdb0def76558ab4f9db3fdc2e05380450c9b17ef705f5cc89b060999958e3460fa75a19f01de5344baff953b93c1bd5253

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

Filesize
377KB

MD5
4a36a48e58829c22381572b2040b6fe0

SHA1
f09d30e44ff7e3f20a5de307720f3ad148c6143b

SHA256
3de6c02f52a661b8f934f59541d0cf297bb489eb2155e346b63c7338e09aeaf8

SHA512
5d0ea398792f6b9eb3f188813c50b7f43929183b5733d2b595b2fd1c78722764fd15f62db1086b5c7edfb157661a6dcd544ddd80907ee7699dddbca1ef4022d0

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

Filesize
941KB

MD5
8dc3adf1c490211971c1e2325f1424d2

SHA1
4eec4a4e7cb97c5efa6c72e0731cd090c0c4adc5

SHA256
bc29f2022ab3b812e50c8681ff196f090c038b5ab51e37daffac4469a8c2eb2c

SHA512
ae92ea20b359849dcdba4808119b154e3af5ef3687ee09de1797610fe8c4d3eb9065b068074d35adddb4b225d17c619baff3944cb137ad196bcef7a6507f920d

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\RCX8C52.tmp

Filesize
3.6MB

MD5
5c2fa3c5ef6d5069a256abc9d0ab1d2e

SHA1
06730823a58d1b2ad81b7e3fc89677dd1982ab42

SHA256
810dc03249954a98306b8a237050de5aed239f45f27bfc720454f37e44ef7208

SHA512
17008917c6f75d4326c6759b0a9869d01dad3fd99e7c798ab65d1ee0f5b6827f20bb346e727a72976da143b25e87a218135a8347c002ee841a9afe50d1481da3

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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\240617546.txt

Filesize
899KB

MD5
8e57f95b5e767cf6d69a0c058ba875c4

SHA1
eecc455671714a2d6fc85521fd49725b11499b9c

SHA256
c4ee6e2541b18138fcee1ba1e4fe52fda96d0f72b5b8d9c3e59254a3f09c4212

SHA512
e5b37888dd98ac9669dd8a1f2199be76004ca10623ec70e91c0951d2bac36c5b2d591d11e972e29efe6bbdf7e210ba481b07da155793d6692a0788215067972d

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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Remote Data.exe

Filesize
60KB

MD5
889b99c52a60dd49227c5e485a016679

SHA1
8fa889e456aa646a4d0a4349977430ce5fa5e2d7

SHA256
6cbe0e1f046b13b29bfa26f8b368281d2dda7eb9b718651d5856f22cc3e02910

SHA512
08933106eaf338dd119c45cbf1f83e723aff77cc0f8d3fc84e36253b1eb31557a54211d1d5d1cb58958188e32064d451f6c66a24b3963cccd3de07299ab90641

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memory/312-45-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.7MB

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memory/312-44-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.7MB

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memory/312-40-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.7MB

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memory/4036-29-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.7MB

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memory/4036-26-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.7MB

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memory/4036-28-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.7MB

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memory/5336-17-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.7MB

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memory/5336-20-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.7MB

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memory/5336-23-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.7MB

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memory/5336-19-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.7MB

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