gh0strat | a2bdd1bfafa3a08024c49f2e24b17774ea90b1d68bc53308eb09dbac0eb1a6fc

Analysis

max time kernel
148s
max time network
152s
platform
windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
resource
win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
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10/08/2026, 05:58

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General

Target
a2bdd1bfafa3a08024c49f2e24b17774ea90b1d68bc53308eb09dbac0eb1a6fc.exe
Size 25KB
Sample260810-gpdpksed72
SHA256 a2bdd1bfafa3a08024c49f2e24b17774ea90b1d68bc53308eb09dbac0eb1a6fc
MD5 c9e8ebdae5af8e2213049969050f6169
SHA1 b9f9c7867e2ec5c2686ecff28f90b97add44f85c
SHA512 d14e1edfdec696bed4324973b90321913ed87662e4eba2be736879ea8fe1a067c2c4d69beb9f3ac3294a24b0e9b361c020aec3f0f384d4e517aa9c36f2c40bff
SSDEEP 384:7Ffy1pnyEkRnykFUgHlNUhlPChtGvInisharx6YrKJpOEGTTDj6Iz05V:4kdykFUgvUPChEAi39gJpOdTTDlzY
TLSH
T1B5B229112A4B8022C3F816709A6B6117813AB8131765D9FFB28CF4E56BB41D1CCF7A3E
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Score

10^/10

defense_evasion discovery gh0strat 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 3 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/files/0x001000000001c435-21.dat	family_gh0strat
behavioral2/memory/3632-22-0x0000000002890000-0x0000000002966000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral2/memory/3632-40-0x0000000000A20000-0x0000000000A37000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat

Downloads MZ/PE file 2 IoCs

flow	pid	Process
9	2852	a2bdd1bfafa3a08024c49f2e24b17774ea90b1d68bc53308eb09dbac0eb1a6fc.exe
3	2852	a2bdd1bfafa3a08024c49f2e24b17774ea90b1d68bc53308eb09dbac0eb1a6fc.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
3632	NvBackend.exe

Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs

pid	Process
3632	NvBackend.exe

Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 22 IoCs

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

Query Registry

T1012

Peripheral Device Discovery

T1120

System Information Discovery

T1082

description	ioc	Process
File opened (read-only)	\??\Y:	NvBackend.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\Z:	NvBackend.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\B:	NvBackend.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\D:	NvBackend.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\H:	NvBackend.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\M:	NvBackend.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\N:	NvBackend.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\S:	NvBackend.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\U:	NvBackend.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\G:	NvBackend.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\I:	NvBackend.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\L:	NvBackend.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\R:	NvBackend.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\T:	NvBackend.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\V:	NvBackend.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\X:	NvBackend.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\J:	NvBackend.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\K:	NvBackend.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\O:	NvBackend.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\Q:	NvBackend.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\W:	NvBackend.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\P:	NvBackend.exe

Indicator Removal: File Deletion 1 TTPs
Adversaries may delete files left behind by the actions of their intrusion activity.
defense_evasion

File Deletion
T1070.004
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 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	cmd.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	a2bdd1bfafa3a08024c49f2e24b17774ea90b1d68bc53308eb09dbac0eb1a6fc.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	NvBackend.exe

Checks processor information in registry 2 TTPs 3 IoCs

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

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

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

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 64 IoCs

pid	Process
3632	NvBackend.exe
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Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 3 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	3632	NvBackend.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2852	a2bdd1bfafa3a08024c49f2e24b17774ea90b1d68bc53308eb09dbac0eb1a6fc.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	3632	NvBackend.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2852 wrote to memory of 3632	2852	a2bdd1bfafa3a08024c49f2e24b17774ea90b1d68bc53308eb09dbac0eb1a6fc.exe	89
PID 2852 wrote to memory of 4608	2852	a2bdd1bfafa3a08024c49f2e24b17774ea90b1d68bc53308eb09dbac0eb1a6fc.exe	90

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\a2bdd1bfafa3a08024c49f2e24b17774ea90b1d68bc53308eb09dbac0eb1a6fc.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\a2bdd1bfafa3a08024c49f2e24b17774ea90b1d68bc53308eb09dbac0eb1a6fc.exe"
1⤵
- Downloads MZ/PE file
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2852
- C:\NvBackend.exe
  "C:\NvBackend.exe"
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Loads dropped DLL
  - Enumerates connected drives
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Checks processor information in registry
  - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  PID:3632
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c del /q C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\a2bdd1bfafa3a08024c49f2e24b17774ea90b1d68bc53308eb09dbac0eb1a6fc.exe
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:4608

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Privilege Escalation

Defense Evasion

Indicator Removal

T1070

File Deletion

T1070.004

Credential Access

Discovery

Peripheral Device Discovery

T1120

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

System Location Discovery

T1614

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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Downloads

NvBackend.exe

Path C:\NvBackend.exe
Size 2.3MB
SHA256 ad2dfda427e3ccb5c8404f0afafe71c64b862d2e26a67e1bfc2b40738fd0b873
MD5 94a8196066774252df015eedf02cca44
SHA1 28b6667f95888ebd0f19d98c4329a17fb1f8f27a
SHA512 a06b1b744493b74592edf63aa7abd73ee170764e58d9e84ccb6e3e320e66d06fedc8d7901b9cd6b4509c7e327c155b87c1846c47299cd5bd08de99293fdbee5c
SSDEEP 49152:UVmYRW+CFZW8VT9PEpgeOmuQieauFPux87IKnMewyW/BrNTx1ZHfxoKdTRvzTSZK:UzWl5VT9PEpgexauFPux877nMewyaBrH
TLSH
T133B57C1277EE902BF4B32770A939976E89B1BDB01935C04BB3501E1E7AB16C29931F53
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

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Server.mmp

Path C:\Server.mmp
Size 676KB
SHA256 60a88b726690562c65d1b153e49dacb140854fb612019def00f874e73eb2cdaa
MD5 562262e0bfe4998445bf1e166c1fe280
SHA1 61eb79e4515e6f443a5644b47aecda6b9c1fe731
SHA512 f947dad395619981e027523f032268c766ab85862b2650cc250061e7d37c39ebabd3eb3bc64e72ad5a75030e422adddeab9a60ad08b9eef2681ac7aecf7b8a0d
SSDEEP 12288:SSYbNPV21kMcM5yBNGKNxpMtRDrBz5XTLv4LT8l:Da213cM5MNGKNxpMtRDrBz5XTMLIl
TLSH
T1EEE4F683E6714CB7C7D80074DC6EE2B93B24BA6CE7F745363080E5DBB9B6095791068A
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

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detoured.dll

Path C:\detoured.dll
Size 17KB
SHA256 667a6a2154db12cc15628f56af88dcce7945fcd687c4dc5a9b767956d6e3584e
MD5 bfbce66844498ccdad3ba148a5d260bb
SHA1 3787c6a4b336b83faf60af07282fbbf86c211680
SHA512 a58a3aa199b0aae7cfef0e2e410a894afd501cdd49edde08365b63cdef24423469091f9a94d62d9726a75bf89c47270600b003ab97d4dd8b78d8da399546fbe6
SSDEEP 384:eonKEjL+THvArfvMBDG5RW7NyAmL4/y8RzG:7nd+TIrfvMBSCaLk5E
TLSH
T1A9727C42DD085977C946283433DAD9B7EA7D632326C910E7BB55C8680F823C11EF92BD
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memory/3632-22-0x0000000002890000-0x0000000002966000-memory.dmp

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memory/3632-31-0x0000000003BC0000-0x0000000003D27000-memory.dmp

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memory/3632-40-0x0000000000A20000-0x0000000000A37000-memory.dmp

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