Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    95s
  • platform
    windows11-21h2_x64
  • resource
    win11-20260513-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-21h2-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    23/05/2026, 22:11

General

  • Target
    2026-05-23_d8afb72c7ace0a87da7400b82baed6eb_elex_wannacry.exe
  • Size 160KB
  • Sample260523-14bcjsbt8j
  • SHA256 e6c79934f66a65ec4be708686eded0b22f829c54bb3a403c85e70a2cb9c43441
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Extracted

Family
  • gh0strat

C2
  • 67.229.62.194:3201

  • http://67.229.62.197:805/index.php

  • http://67.229.62.198:803/

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 5 IoCs
  • Custom signature
    Detects executables containing base64 encoded User Agent 5 IoCs
  • Badlisted process makes network request 4 IoCs

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

  • ASPack v2.12-2.42 1 IoCs

    Detects executables packed with ASPack v2.12-2.42

  • Deletes itself 1 IoCs
  • 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.

  • 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\2026-05-23_d8afb72c7ace0a87da7400b82baed6eb_elex_wannacry.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-05-23_d8afb72c7ace0a87da7400b82baed6eb_elex_wannacry.exe"
    1⤵
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3744
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      cmd.exe /c ping 127.0.0.1 -n 2&c:\peurd.exe "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-05-23_d8afb72c7ace0a87da7400b82baed6eb_elex_wannacry.exe"
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:804
      • 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:4040
      • \??\c:\peurd.exe
        c:\peurd.exe "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-05-23_d8afb72c7ace0a87da7400b82baed6eb_elex_wannacry.exe"
        3⤵
        • Deletes itself
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:4440
        • \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
          c:\windows\system32\rundll32.exe "c:\qhqntykh\ddwjgy.dll",AbortProc c:\peurd.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
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          PID:3020
          • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
            C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 3020 -s 1604
            5⤵
            • Program crash
            PID:2308
  • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
    C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 416 -p 3020 -ip 3020
    1⤵
      PID:3600

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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          Downloads

          peurd.exe

          • Path C:\peurd.exe
          • Size 160KB
          • SHA256 7d9de457d48522ad6b03cacb6c7a5adc59714729482e4c79fb073d7c4ce1bb27
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ddwjgy.dll

          • Path \??\c:\qhqntykh\ddwjgy.dll
          • Size 87KB
          • SHA256 37ab4b7ee8f6b61c3854af4ed4676fd0d69f0260fb1296ad75e57aa08e1eeb03
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          memory/3020-12-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010036000-memory.dmp

          memory/3020-14-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010036000-memory.dmp

          memory/3020-15-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010036000-memory.dmp

          memory/3020-13-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010036000-memory.dmp

          memory/3020-16-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010036000-memory.dmp

          memory/3020-18-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010036000-memory.dmp

          memory/3744-3-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000428000-memory.dmp

          memory/3744-1-0x0000000000405000-0x0000000000406000-memory.dmp

          memory/3744-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000428000-memory.dmp

          memory/4440-7-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000428000-memory.dmp

          memory/4440-9-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000428000-memory.dmp