gh0strat | 2ae94191a1ae75c4519284072cc99ba5d478bf09afa5a87a440ece4c0f8cc744

General

Target
2026-07-31_7d39c567a860331e3fba91d0c9d860aa_elex_wannacry.exe
Size 941KB
Sample260731-dd2eqaaj4v
SHA256 2ae94191a1ae75c4519284072cc99ba5d478bf09afa5a87a440ece4c0f8cc744
MD5 7d39c567a860331e3fba91d0c9d860aa
SHA1 14c85b520dd4da729a28af3352487988ae3a2827
SHA512 7cd04fa9de8907ab11e3b28710e3a1d8cb97dcad4109b3db09441d3ed8f6d2c80a50d7a81fe606aefb0fda6f002043bb587ed348f9ed2a6cad1146f8a815045a
SSDEEP 24576:N+wT1kfTw4SIuvB74fgt7ibhRM5QhKehFdMtRj7nH1PXw:cerL7Vw
TLSH
T179257D43E6765C93C3CC4836CC7AD27273217A5CB3F79636B180AAD7B6B52603D2065A
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
behavioral1/files/0x000b000000024037-1.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\Remote Dats\Parameters\ServiceDll = "C:\\Windows\\system32\\240669500.txt"	2026-07-31_7d39c567a860331e3fba91d0c9d860aa_elex_wannacry.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2572	Remote Dats.exe

Loads dropped DLL 3 IoCs

pid	Process
3224	2026-07-31_7d39c567a860331e3fba91d0c9d860aa_elex_wannacry.exe
740	svchost.exe
2572	Remote Dats.exe

Drops file in System32 directory 4 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\240669500.txt	2026-07-31_7d39c567a860331e3fba91d0c9d860aa_elex_wannacry.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ini.ini	2026-07-31_7d39c567a860331e3fba91d0c9d860aa_elex_wannacry.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Remote Dats.exe	svchost.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Remote Dats.exe	svchost.exe

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 3 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	Remote Dats.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	2026-07-31_7d39c567a860331e3fba91d0c9d860aa_elex_wannacry.exe

Checks processor information in registry 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

description	ioc	Process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0\~MHz	Remote Dats.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0	Remote Dats.exe

Modifies data under HKEY_USERS 5 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft	Remote Dats.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\ActiveMovie	Remote Dats.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\ActiveMovie\devenum\Version = "7"	Remote Dats.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\ActiveMovie\devenum	Remote Dats.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software	Remote Dats.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 26 IoCs

pid	Process
2572	Remote Dats.exe
2572	Remote Dats.exe
2572	Remote Dats.exe
2572	Remote Dats.exe
2572	Remote Dats.exe
2572	Remote Dats.exe
2572	Remote Dats.exe
2572	Remote Dats.exe
2572	Remote Dats.exe
2572	Remote Dats.exe
2572	Remote Dats.exe
2572	Remote Dats.exe
2572	Remote Dats.exe
2572	Remote Dats.exe
2572	Remote Dats.exe
2572	Remote Dats.exe
2572	Remote Dats.exe
2572	Remote Dats.exe
2572	Remote Dats.exe
2572	Remote Dats.exe
2572	Remote Dats.exe
2572	Remote Dats.exe
2572	Remote Dats.exe
2572	Remote Dats.exe
2572	Remote Dats.exe
2572	Remote Dats.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 740 wrote to memory of 2572	740	svchost.exe	92

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-31_7d39c567a860331e3fba91d0c9d860aa_elex_wannacry.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-31_7d39c567a860331e3fba91d0c9d860aa_elex_wannacry.exe"
1⤵
- Server Software Component: Terminal Services DLL
- Loads dropped DLL
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:3224

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe -k "Remote Dats"
1⤵
PID:3760

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe -k "Remote Dats"
1⤵
- Loads dropped DLL
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:740
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Remote Dats.exe
  "C:\Windows\system32\Remote Dats.exe" "c:\windows\system32\240669500.txt",MainThread
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Loads dropped DLL
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Checks processor information in registry
  - Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
  - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
  PID:2572

C:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe
C:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe -k "Remote Dats"
1⤵
PID:4844

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

Query Registry

1

T1012

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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240669500.txt

Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\240669500.txt
Size 899KB
SHA256 63802bcd3c0a96790bbcce5df19b2eb47a23e58538d8df3f197ff86d49b677d8
MD5 32ba53dd4195787c1c865ce030f9e3cd
SHA1 43b6b5011cdc33aeecc2781921323a0a679073c4
SHA512 6fe30d66d1a6aef3e2bf172b13c97c5c67f2bde91a8f54292e40037bf7a5fa990798d7adc3b09648802f60b993dbb527cff1b84be6b4d82dbeaa3e39ae3729f7
SSDEEP 24576:7V2bG+2gMir4fgt7ibhRM5QhKehFdMtRj7nH1PXj:7wqd87Vj
TLSH
T1A7152983F6B68CA3C7C90435DC7AD2B67B24761CE3F786327280E9D7B5B6251781421A
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Remote Dats.exe

Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Remote Dats.exe
Size 60KB
SHA256 6cbe0e1f046b13b29bfa26f8b368281d2dda7eb9b718651d5856f22cc3e02910
MD5 889b99c52a60dd49227c5e485a016679
SHA1 8fa889e456aa646a4d0a4349977430ce5fa5e2d7
SHA512 08933106eaf338dd119c45cbf1f83e723aff77cc0f8d3fc84e36253b1eb31557a54211d1d5d1cb58958188e32064d451f6c66a24b3963cccd3de07299ab90641
SSDEEP 1536:H9ykYCTdiHQKrFXmw2RQln5IUmDjoX6+:HlMHprF2nRQln5I
TLSH
T127532AC2FA00C171D4A7563019778F1A5766AC13DB728ACB94B0B4A41EB3291AD3E5FF
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ini.ini

Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ini.ini
Size 44B
SHA256 3170aea5d056186a73dc0e99a633b3222275e5a5238f0ddff70bc60dd298d686
MD5 f0ac600b9283120ee0ee05db96855c38
SHA1 326b879c0fa325e3a26f01c859affab59697233b
SHA512 0e30ae0fd19aafc49cfff19ca4ea4ce43b25bb2d47de0f63f8bd4c39d7fae50e6b452174ba2a5db9489c4bb3764ef62f56317b7f55949a7166fa903c3a8cd936
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Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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