Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    129s
  • platform
    windows11-21h2_x64
  • resource
    win11-20260513-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-21h2-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    22/05/2026, 23:04

General

  • Target
    2026-05-22_07441615c40ccaa02fe4281f6ec0f9c7_elex_wannacry.exe
  • Size 115KB
  • Sample260522-219avaat8t
  • SHA256 4fc931fe01974bcdc15f18b4fbe3fc439eef1c9a9e2462e08222f2a684abdf16
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Extracted

Family
  • gh0strat

C2
  • host123.zz.am:6658

  • http://23.104.160.115:8890/version.php

  • http://23.104.160.116:9963/

Attributes
  • user_agent

    Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 6.1; Trident/4.0; SLCC2; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.5.30729; .NET CLR 3.0.30729; Media Center PC 6.0; .NET4.0C))

    Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 6.0)

Signatures

  • Family: Farfli

    Farfli is a Windows backdoor written in C++.

  • Family: Gh0strat

    Gh0st RAT is a remote access tool (RAT) with its source code public and it has been used by multiple Chinese groups.

  • Detects Farfli Backdoor 4 IoCs
  • Detects executables containing base64 encoded User Agent 4 IoCs
  • Badlisted process makes network request 3 IoCs

    Network request originating from process or tool commonly abused by malware.

  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs
  • Reads user/profile data of web browsers 3 TTPs

    Infostealers often target stored browser data, which can include saved credentials etc.

  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Attempts to read the root path of hard drives other than the default C: drive.

  • Writes to the Master Boot Record (MBR) 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Bootkits write to the MBR to gain persistence at a level below the operating system.

  • Program crash 1 IoCs
  • 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.

  • System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Adversaries may check for Internet connectivity on compromised systems.

  • Checks processor information in registry 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Processor information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.

  • Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-05-22_07441615c40ccaa02fe4281f6ec0f9c7_elex_wannacry.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-05-22_07441615c40ccaa02fe4281f6ec0f9c7_elex_wannacry.exe"
    1⤵
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1144
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      cmd.exe /c ping 127.0.0.1 -n 2&c:\gvulq.exe "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-05-22_07441615c40ccaa02fe4281f6ec0f9c7_elex_wannacry.exe"
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:5928
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE
        ping 127.0.0.1 -n 2
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
        • Runs ping.exe
        PID:3732
      • \??\c:\gvulq.exe
        c:\gvulq.exe "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-05-22_07441615c40ccaa02fe4281f6ec0f9c7_elex_wannacry.exe"
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:4860
        • \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
          c:\windows\system32\rundll32.exe "c:\hzlvi\mrwah.dll",AbortProc c:\gvulq.exe
          4⤵
          • Badlisted process makes network request
          • Loads dropped DLL
          • Adds Run key to start application
          • Enumerates connected drives
          • Writes to the Master Boot Record (MBR)
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Checks processor information in registry
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          PID:6128
          • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
            C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 6128 -s 1420
            5⤵
            • Program crash
            PID:5056
  • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
    C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 408 -p 6128 -ip 6128
    1⤵
      PID:5904

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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          Downloads

          gvulq.exe

          • Path C:\gvulq.exe
          • Size 115KB
          • SHA256 059d2f4892f43358125f74df606d6c262ba567760cd1c5c5c0c75182c313932d
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          mrwah.dll

          • Path \??\c:\hzlvi\mrwah.dll
          • Size 60KB
          • SHA256 42304221991ff2ea9d6c0252d42b90390caebc312a17126a4b13e9514f2b7d87
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          memory/6128-7-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010045000-memory.dmp

          memory/6128-10-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010045000-memory.dmp

          memory/6128-9-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010045000-memory.dmp

          memory/6128-8-0x00000000022E0000-0x00000000022E1000-memory.dmp

          memory/6128-11-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010045000-memory.dmp

          memory/6128-12-0x00000000022E0000-0x00000000022E1000-memory.dmp

          memory/6128-13-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010045000-memory.dmp