Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    16s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260911-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260911-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    13/10/2026, 22:29

General

  • Target
    jaffacakes118_HEUR.Trojan.Win32.Generic.exe
  • Size 95KB
  • Sample261013-2eqxdade77
  • SHA256 879510104829f8e541d1c6ba59ce2b1a50abae9c5024394287b87dfe3d379e01
  • 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
  • Deletes itself 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 3 IoCs
  • Drops file in System32 directory 7 IoCs
  • Program crash 3 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.

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 40 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 1 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\jaffacakes118_HEUR.Trojan.Win32.Generic.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\jaffacakes118_HEUR.Trojan.Win32.Generic.exe"
    1⤵
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3368
    • \??\c:\users\admin\appdata\local\lkuvkmgxuw
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\jaffacakes118_HEUR.Trojan.Win32.Generic.exe" a -sc:\users\admin\appdata\local\temp\jaffacakes118_heur.trojan.win32.generic.exe
      2⤵
      • Deletes itself
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:5820
  • C:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe
    C:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe -k netsvcs
    1⤵
      PID:1368
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe
      C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe -k netsvcs -s fastuserswitchingcompatibility
      1⤵
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • Drops file in System32 directory
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:2396
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
        C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 2396 -s 928
        2⤵
        • Program crash
        PID:2520
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
      C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 492 -p 2396 -ip 2396
      1⤵
        PID:1648
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe
        C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe -k netsvcs -s fastuserswitchingcompatibility
        1⤵
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • Drops file in System32 directory
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:5776
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
          C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 5776 -s 1044
          2⤵
          • Program crash
          PID:6076
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
        C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 624 -p 5776 -ip 5776
        1⤵
          PID:2868
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe
          C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe -k netsvcs -s fastuserswitchingcompatibility
          1⤵
          • Loads dropped DLL
          • Drops file in System32 directory
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          PID:5140
          • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
            C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 5140 -s 920
            2⤵
            • Program crash
            PID:5504
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
          C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 624 -p 5140 -ip 5140
          1⤵
            PID:2088
          • C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
            C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k GPSvcGroup
            1⤵
              PID:6132

            Network

                  MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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                  Downloads

                  lkuvkmgxuw

                  • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\lkuvkmgxuw
                  • Size 24.7MB
                  • SHA256 d202f4bbad8f3ec63234765f80cd4b913ff1795845012fb0979acd2d2ea8c90a
                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                  svchost.exe.txt

                  • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe.txt
                  • Size 206B
                  • SHA256 9822bc9e4c5206653ba4f83b0d42dcd55043f8cd0269286962c2a47d21596f0c
                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                  svchost.exe.txt

                  • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe.txt
                  • Size 309B
                  • SHA256 2840b459f5688ca3cf0af951e88714d4663a1b1b5d6e0a8b1753106cb230f02f
                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                  kwmln.cc3

                  • Path \??\c:\programdata\application data\storm\update\%sessionname%\kwmln.cc3
                  • Size 24.0MB
                  • SHA256 169e87223038b8cfe64c52b3a9aff1ff26a228a3509486ecf8da46ac99187735
                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                  memory/2396-19-0x00000000025A0000-0x00000000025A1000-memory.dmp

                  memory/2396-21-0x0000000020000000-0x0000000020027000-memory.dmp

                  memory/3368-2-0x00000000005B0000-0x00000000005B1000-memory.dmp

                  memory/3368-9-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000044C60F-memory.dmp

                  memory/3368-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000044C60F-memory.dmp

                  memory/5140-31-0x0000000020000000-0x0000000020027000-memory.dmp

                  memory/5140-28-0x0000000000DB0000-0x0000000000DB1000-memory.dmp

                  memory/5776-26-0x0000000020000000-0x0000000020027000-memory.dmp

                  memory/5776-23-0x0000000000F30000-0x0000000000F31000-memory.dmp

                  memory/5820-18-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000044C60F-memory.dmp

                  memory/5820-12-0x0000000000790000-0x00000000007D0000-memory.dmp

                  memory/5820-7-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000044C60F-memory.dmp