gh0strat | bf78224ed49182a424754eb5e05d1fc6a746f6fbdedbfbd203e46e283b86852c

General

Target
bf78224ed49182a424754eb5e05d1fc6a746f6fbdedbfbd203e46e283b86852c.exe
Size 1.5MB
Sample261014-s66bpsvs3k
SHA256 bf78224ed49182a424754eb5e05d1fc6a746f6fbdedbfbd203e46e283b86852c
MD5 d95449e50a038f2723f96846144b8892
SHA1 9b9728cd8cd424fe7ff2fbe2eb9ae8ed06909996
SHA512 cf02b5e31eb81adc84b67670f78b21cf8640529e1c8340682752e47e8a6a8465fde57393acc3d80111beec8c1bbc60fe23d60b3b38dc9e5dc3085ab8ebc3eec2
SSDEEP 24576:EYFbkIsaPiXSVnC7Yp9zkNmZG8RRlnGyzX5EFK:EYREXSVMDi3TEc
TLSH
T11175BF16BB41CCB5D4C2A534485AD3B5E665CFD44A26CA8BD3E4EF3F7836040BA3B225
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/0x00080000000244cf-5.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\svchcst\Parameters\ServiceDll = "C:\\Windows\\system32\\240675953.bat"	look2.exe

Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs

pid	Process
4544	look2.exe
3772	svchcst.exe

Loads dropped DLL 3 IoCs

pid	Process
4544	look2.exe
4564	svchost.exe
3772	svchcst.exe

Drops file in System32 directory 4 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\240675953.bat	look2.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ini.ini	look2.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchcst.exe	svchost.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchcst.exe	svchost.exe

Drops file in Program Files directory 1 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File opened for modification	C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe	bf78224ed49182a424754eb5e05d1fc6a746f6fbdedbfbd203e46e283b86852c.exe

Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

System Information Discovery
T1082

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.

discovery

System Network Configuration Discovery

T1016

description	ioc	Process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\Hostname	svchcst.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\Domain	svchcst.exe

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 4 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	bf78224ed49182a424754eb5e05d1fc6a746f6fbdedbfbd203e46e283b86852c.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	look2.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	svchost.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	svchcst.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs

pid	Process
3052	bf78224ed49182a424754eb5e05d1fc6a746f6fbdedbfbd203e46e283b86852c.exe
3052	bf78224ed49182a424754eb5e05d1fc6a746f6fbdedbfbd203e46e283b86852c.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 3052 wrote to memory of 4544	3052	bf78224ed49182a424754eb5e05d1fc6a746f6fbdedbfbd203e46e283b86852c.exe	85
PID 4564 wrote to memory of 3772	4564	svchost.exe	97

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\bf78224ed49182a424754eb5e05d1fc6a746f6fbdedbfbd203e46e283b86852c.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\bf78224ed49182a424754eb5e05d1fc6a746f6fbdedbfbd203e46e283b86852c.exe"
1⤵
- Drops file in Program Files directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3052
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\look2.exe
  C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\\look2.exe
  2⤵
  - Server Software Component: Terminal Services DLL
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Loads dropped DLL
  - Drops file in System32 directory
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:4544

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe -k "svchcst"
1⤵
PID:2104

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe -k "svchcst"
1⤵
- Loads dropped DLL
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4564
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchcst.exe
  C:\Windows\system32\svchcst.exe "c:\windows\system32\240675953.bat",MainThread
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Loads dropped DLL
  - Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:3772

C:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe
C:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe -k "svchcst"
1⤵
PID:1188

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

System Information Discovery

1

T1082

System Location Discovery

1

T1614

System Language Discovery

1

T1614.001

System Network Configuration Discovery

1

T1016

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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HD_X.dat

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\HD_X.dat
Size 1.5MB
SHA256 bf78224ed49182a424754eb5e05d1fc6a746f6fbdedbfbd203e46e283b86852c
MD5 d95449e50a038f2723f96846144b8892
SHA1 9b9728cd8cd424fe7ff2fbe2eb9ae8ed06909996
SHA512 cf02b5e31eb81adc84b67670f78b21cf8640529e1c8340682752e47e8a6a8465fde57393acc3d80111beec8c1bbc60fe23d60b3b38dc9e5dc3085ab8ebc3eec2
SSDEEP 24576:EYFbkIsaPiXSVnC7Yp9zkNmZG8RRlnGyzX5EFK:EYREXSVMDi3TEc
TLSH
T11175BF16BB41CCB5D4C2A534485AD3B5E665CFD44A26CA8BD3E4EF3F7836040BA3B225
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look2.exe

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\look2.exe
Size 337KB
SHA256 86492ebf2d6f471a5ee92977318d099b3ea86175b5b7ae522237ae01d07a4857
MD5 2f3b6f16e33e28ad75f3fdaef2567807
SHA1 85e907340faf1edfc9210db85a04abd43d21b741
SHA512 db17e99e2df918cfc9ccbe934adfe73f0777ce1ce9f28b57a4b24ecd821efe2e0b976a634853247b77b16627d2bb3af4ba20306059d1d25ef38ffada7da3e3a4
SSDEEP 6144:8IXwWcHnNmZEvB7csAPRZyfQjCfA3lMXm4Y+5bFnWBFopJOU:8IXwDNmZEvJcscRZzjCI1O5W
TLSH
T1B474BF137FE4C8B6C59351324EE25F7AA1F6FE902E224A4333956F0CDD32691963A316
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

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240675953.bat

Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\240675953.bat
Size 51KB
SHA256 a03347dd3e2f29e5cdebce1f97a5cb86937b7053b1b0c328104b0c5411471a54
MD5 ac6c38ba55d1bc0522386e54230a26fc
SHA1 c2154ca5e137a0b81b91e8e43a082c4797cf3bed
SHA512 d3cd29a28b1bbb0a48aa8703ff31d25e773883e18551c9e71702b468a1373371100c960165c1ecfc2b36003fec827af6dfd292accb94bd4dc8ef9fc2803ce9bb
SSDEEP 1536:1WmqoiBMNbMWtYNif/n9S91BF3frnoLmJYH5:1dWubF3n9S91BF3fboKJYH5
TLSH
T1FA333A02EE8D88F5F145177038AA33B6953ABDE036996A931F53DDA5C87B370F12D242
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svchcst.exe

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

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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