gh0strat | d16e4e653c87b4c70dc156ac3504865f6e35ea39a558e978c83fc6284955c06b

General

Target
d16e4e653c87b4c70dc156ac3504865f6e35ea39a558e978c83fc6284955c06b.exe
Size 1.2MB
Sample260419-2fxfjsbs6p
SHA256 d16e4e653c87b4c70dc156ac3504865f6e35ea39a558e978c83fc6284955c06b
MD5 0d79379da3db24408d97cfc01a6fa40d
SHA1 69d39e276a5777e63b1f5e3626b8392e19d22795
SHA512 16e05329ceb89cf95caac176bc0982a95f3235c65456522fb388094e79af30977a78e7d8f8f8255e4f7aeb821e84ee64558e581cf37aefedb4239cf6d0d7b44a
SSDEEP 24576:ZYFbkIsaPiXSVnC7Yp9zkNmZG8RRln+CyzxgcB:ZYREXSVMDi3HcB
TLSH
T110559D927BC1C0B1CD43103498966FB695769F418F19868BA396FE3E7C312C19E36B36
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Score

10^/10

discovery gh0strat persistence rat

Malware Config

Signatures

Family: 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

Gh0st RAT payload 1 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/files/0x001c00000002b37a-5.dat	family_gh0strat

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\svchcst\Parameters\ServiceDll = "C:\\Windows\\system32\\240656218.bat"	look2.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
3356	look2.exe

Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs

pid	Process
3356	look2.exe

Drops file in System32 directory 2 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\240656218.bat	look2.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ini.ini	look2.exe

Drops file in Program Files directory 1 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File opened for modification	C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe	d16e4e653c87b4c70dc156ac3504865f6e35ea39a558e978c83fc6284955c06b.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 2 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	d16e4e653c87b4c70dc156ac3504865f6e35ea39a558e978c83fc6284955c06b.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	look2.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs

pid	Process
848	d16e4e653c87b4c70dc156ac3504865f6e35ea39a558e978c83fc6284955c06b.exe
848	d16e4e653c87b4c70dc156ac3504865f6e35ea39a558e978c83fc6284955c06b.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 848 wrote to memory of 3356	848	d16e4e653c87b4c70dc156ac3504865f6e35ea39a558e978c83fc6284955c06b.exe	80

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\d16e4e653c87b4c70dc156ac3504865f6e35ea39a558e978c83fc6284955c06b.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\d16e4e653c87b4c70dc156ac3504865f6e35ea39a558e978c83fc6284955c06b.exe"
1⤵
- Drops file in Program Files directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:848
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\look2.exe
  C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\\look2.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:3356

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe -k "svchcst"
1⤵
PID:712

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe -k "svchcst"
1⤵
PID:3840

C:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe
C:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe -k "svchcst"
1⤵
PID:5000

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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

System Information Discovery

1

T1082

System Location Discovery

1

T1614

System Language Discovery

1

T1614.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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HD_X.dat

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\HD_X.dat
Size 1.2MB
SHA256 d16e4e653c87b4c70dc156ac3504865f6e35ea39a558e978c83fc6284955c06b
MD5 0d79379da3db24408d97cfc01a6fa40d
SHA1 69d39e276a5777e63b1f5e3626b8392e19d22795
SHA512 16e05329ceb89cf95caac176bc0982a95f3235c65456522fb388094e79af30977a78e7d8f8f8255e4f7aeb821e84ee64558e581cf37aefedb4239cf6d0d7b44a
SSDEEP 24576:ZYFbkIsaPiXSVnC7Yp9zkNmZG8RRln+CyzxgcB:ZYREXSVMDi3HcB
TLSH
T110559D927BC1C0B1CD43103498966FB695769F418F19868BA396FE3E7C312C19E36B36
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

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look2.exe

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\look2.exe
Size 337KB
SHA256 86492ebf2d6f471a5ee92977318d099b3ea86175b5b7ae522237ae01d07a4857
MD5 2f3b6f16e33e28ad75f3fdaef2567807
SHA1 85e907340faf1edfc9210db85a04abd43d21b741
SHA512 db17e99e2df918cfc9ccbe934adfe73f0777ce1ce9f28b57a4b24ecd821efe2e0b976a634853247b77b16627d2bb3af4ba20306059d1d25ef38ffada7da3e3a4
SSDEEP 6144:8IXwWcHnNmZEvB7csAPRZyfQjCfA3lMXm4Y+5bFnWBFopJOU:8IXwDNmZEvJcscRZzjCI1O5W
TLSH
T1B474BF137FE4C8B6C59351324EE25F7AA1F6FE902E224A4333956F0CDD32691963A316
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

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240656218.bat

Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\240656218.bat
Size 51KB
SHA256 31f5f01baebb4171ac28c2e6047e3c5eff9268a4379b9158f2f36539183b6a1a
MD5 28c85108440f803efe1b7544acf12bac
SHA1 412177dca4994e337ed60e98ba1aa71b3b00e1f4
SHA512 6a988025508cf0e3571b21df2155971ed6316576747997ac9d5ecff5993a991b72af9fbd9f733beb645574f4b11a466a47afca6d1af81f313dd783d529422948
SSDEEP 1536:1WmqoiBMNbMWtYNif/n9S91BF3frnoLkJYH5:1dWubF3n9S91BF3fboIJYH5
TLSH
T107333A02EE8D88F5F145177038AA33B6953ABDE036996A931F53DDA5C87B370F12D242
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

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memory/848-19-0x0000000002530000-0x000000000260A000-memory.dmp

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memory/848-20-0x0000000002530000-0x000000000260A000-memory.dmp

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General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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