Analysis

  • max time kernel
    148s
  • max time network
    129s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260911-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260911-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    02/10/2026, 07:15

General

  • Target
    2026-10-01_a2523b3c30cd8b337af0ddf003307ea6_elex_wannacry.exe
  • Size 484KB
  • Sample261002-h3fxjaca65
  • SHA256 c13b82205722f0cdaab155f7c945ffd7e687d880bb2165cc0fa873ebf81ccabe
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

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.

  • Gh0st RAT payload 5 IoCs
  • Detects Windows executables referencing non-Windows User-Agents 5 IoCs
  • Detects executables built or packed with MPress PE compressor 9 IoCs
  • UPX dump on OEP (original entry point) 7 IoCs
  • Executes dropped EXE 4 IoCs
  • Drops file in System32 directory 4 IoCs
  • UPX packed file 7 IoCs

    Detects executables packed with UPX/modified UPX open source packer.

  • Drops file in Program Files directory 2 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

    Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

  • Program crash 1 IoCs
  • Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

    The configured hostname and DNS domain identify the machine and are commonly collected to profile a host before it reports in.

  • 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.

  • Checks processor information in registry 2 TTPs 17 IoCs

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

  • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS 8 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 8 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-10-01_a2523b3c30cd8b337af0ddf003307ea6_elex_wannacry.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-10-01_a2523b3c30cd8b337af0ddf003307ea6_elex_wannacry.exe"
    1⤵
    • Drops file in Program Files directory
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4652
    • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server\SQLSerasi.exe
      "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server\SQLSerasi.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:5540
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server\SQLSerasi.exe
    "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server\SQLSerasi.exe"
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:6116
    • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server\SQLSerasi.exe
      "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server\SQLSerasi.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Drops file in System32 directory
      • Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Checks processor information in registry
      • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:1544
    • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server\SQLSerasi.exe
      "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server\SQLSerasi.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:3116
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
      C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 6116 -s 660
      2⤵
      • Program crash
      PID:4256
  • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
    C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 444 -p 6116 -ip 6116
    1⤵
      PID:6096

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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          Downloads

          SQLSerasi.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server\SQLSerasi.exe
          • Size 39.5MB
          • SHA256 436b140b76128e0c9d332e0adeb275202c4dd4d48df9c63931a196b12ffb0d60
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          memory/1544-46-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000479000-memory.dmp

          memory/1544-44-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010362000-memory.dmp

          memory/3116-45-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000479000-memory.dmp

          memory/4652-18-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000479000-memory.dmp

          memory/4652-2-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010362000-memory.dmp

          memory/4652-7-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010362000-memory.dmp

          memory/4652-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000479000-memory.dmp

          memory/4652-6-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010362000-memory.dmp

          memory/4652-5-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000479000-memory.dmp

          memory/4652-1-0x0000000000405000-0x0000000000406000-memory.dmp

          memory/5540-17-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000479000-memory.dmp

          memory/5540-31-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000479000-memory.dmp

          memory/6116-28-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010362000-memory.dmp

          memory/6116-30-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000479000-memory.dmp

          memory/6116-25-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010362000-memory.dmp

          memory/6116-29-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010362000-memory.dmp