gh0strat | db5c8945879081f475afbc3daf697e888170a67246b7461b8c9d1fddc0848878

General

Target
db5c8945879081f475afbc3daf697e888170a67246b7461b8c9d1fddc0848878.exe
Size 1.2MB
Sample260420-e9lvksc14t
SHA256 db5c8945879081f475afbc3daf697e888170a67246b7461b8c9d1fddc0848878
MD5 128bbf6b8f51892bfe12e3a5793866fb
SHA1 34750415827f6d76c7c9b46848e2b3ed08eec137
SHA512 ad03ecc1cd89d11a9d9dfcf2d8c20fc0dc47acaa4d035051abe1f5870bc856fac2370fec71817ad6bbb92a08512280a822d5f3ad1734210b94ae73ce9e5ee966
SSDEEP 24576:RYFbkIsaPiXSVnC7Yp9zkNmZG8RRlngyz20:RYREXSVMDi3+0
TLSH
T12145BE2FBB9284B2D54510304DA66F79D575AF600E15CA8763ECFE2D7E32280D93B236
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/0x001a00000002b3fc-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\\240664640.bat"	look2.exe

Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs

pid	Process
4084	look2.exe
5076	svchcst.exe

Loads dropped DLL 3 IoCs

pid	Process
4084	look2.exe
2400	svchost.exe
5076	svchcst.exe

Drops file in System32 directory 4 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\240664640.bat	look2.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ini.ini	look2.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchcst.exe	svchost.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchcst.exe	svchost.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	db5c8945879081f475afbc3daf697e888170a67246b7461b8c9d1fddc0848878.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 4 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	svchost.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	svchcst.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	db5c8945879081f475afbc3daf697e888170a67246b7461b8c9d1fddc0848878.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	look2.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs

pid	Process
2044	db5c8945879081f475afbc3daf697e888170a67246b7461b8c9d1fddc0848878.exe
2044	db5c8945879081f475afbc3daf697e888170a67246b7461b8c9d1fddc0848878.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2044 wrote to memory of 4084	2044	db5c8945879081f475afbc3daf697e888170a67246b7461b8c9d1fddc0848878.exe	80
PID 2400 wrote to memory of 5076	2400	svchost.exe	85

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\db5c8945879081f475afbc3daf697e888170a67246b7461b8c9d1fddc0848878.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\db5c8945879081f475afbc3daf697e888170a67246b7461b8c9d1fddc0848878.exe"
1⤵
- Drops file in Program Files directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2044
- 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:4084

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe -k "svchcst"
1⤵
PID:4056

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe -k "svchcst"
1⤵
- Loads dropped DLL
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2400
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchcst.exe
  C:\Windows\system32\svchcst.exe "c:\windows\system32\240664640.bat",MainThread
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Loads dropped DLL
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:5076

C:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe
C:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe -k "svchcst"
1⤵
PID:1676

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 db5c8945879081f475afbc3daf697e888170a67246b7461b8c9d1fddc0848878
MD5 128bbf6b8f51892bfe12e3a5793866fb
SHA1 34750415827f6d76c7c9b46848e2b3ed08eec137
SHA512 ad03ecc1cd89d11a9d9dfcf2d8c20fc0dc47acaa4d035051abe1f5870bc856fac2370fec71817ad6bbb92a08512280a822d5f3ad1734210b94ae73ce9e5ee966
SSDEEP 24576:RYFbkIsaPiXSVnC7Yp9zkNmZG8RRlngyz20:RYREXSVMDi3+0
TLSH
T12145BE2FBB9284B2D54510304DA66F79D575AF600E15CA8763ECFE2D7E32280D93B236
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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240664640.bat

Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\240664640.bat
Size 51KB
SHA256 a20b709f529ac20918f7f96054458791874da51336ee76f73b57abb590c6c6cd
MD5 126b69bcc2fba5184d0c327b2ab118b6
SHA1 53f8ee20cc93a0b5013b42e1e82fcf2a59679889
SHA512 ef4da21b23594b79b9b548347e153b3f96c4f5e089d5be216f80d04f3742e53183bdb5dc38aa733f919b716020c6af4c88b14d26c876938ac7e26933123cceb2
SSDEEP 1536:1WmqoiBMNbMWtYNif/n9S91BF3frnoLCJYH5:1dWubF3n9S91BF3fbo+JYH5
TLSH
T1A1333A02EE8D88F5F145177038AA33B6953ABDE036996A931F53DDA5C87B370F12D242
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svchcst.exe

Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchcst.exe
Size 40KB
SHA256 8dcaeeebef9b9f3d41d295db145ffb3850f309d089c08125c7fa7034db5fd80e
MD5 22bb5bd901d8b25ac5b41edbb7d5053e
SHA1 8a935dd8d7e104fc553ff7e8b54a404f7b079334
SHA512 cc3fb68fd6791a08e4a7d1a8db8d07cfcc8c9b9dceec10b53f0cb7ee86473303a19be4f23e379f84c59e02d0568e7c066e21cd1300f6032dac4ba52f609f62e7
SSDEEP 768:C67uhQpPPp0nnqFk509FRdVcQX6N58hJYim1jLP3RRe:C67uhQpXp0nnqa5093jKNAmB3RR
TLSH
T10C134C02BE88C071DDA114B41A5DB337939DED604B1586D3593887EBAA2D3E39E343DE
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

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Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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