gh0strat | 256a0537e7fddc529ea823814305e67fc7971e7de7174a54fbe463fae89eaba1

Analysis

max time kernel
148s
max time network
125s
platform
windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
resource
win11ltsc2024-20260911-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260911-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
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18/10/2026, 20:09

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General

Target
jaffacakes118_Trojan.Win32.Dialer.aroe.exe
Size 140KB
Sample261018-yxl5cssv3n
SHA256 256a0537e7fddc529ea823814305e67fc7971e7de7174a54fbe463fae89eaba1
MD5 d121ca8fd89ae9c5861bdc99d1e19eee
SHA1 4313037ec161a13dc639a1a90c961604c219deef
SHA512 fad398e693fabed94cbb60776901d669ff45ac1550b995388498127b48b54ae37885977eb266ddb17f6e1091854367c0ee7e5dc1763d12ca33179d632a0f3690
SSDEEP 3072:WRPMFpnZHhyJ1p8vWLBC1KGY1ugy6ESLpO8SZHeeQHs2YHP:WZwNhyJ1p8CBc5yhpfIHdj
TLSH
T109E38E02BB8441FEF968153034BB3B769639AD9456845ACB771AEEA40C33291FB3534F
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 5 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/1876-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral2/files/0x001000000001c49f-2.dat	family_gh0strat
behavioral2/memory/1876-3-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral2/memory/564-5-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010021000-memory.dmp	family_gh0strat
behavioral2/memory/564-6-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010021000-memory.dmp	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\JavaLibrary\Parameters\ServiceDll = "C:\\Windows\\system32\\core.dll"	jaffacakes118_Trojan.Win32.Dialer.aroe.exe

Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs

pid	Process
564	svchost.exe

Drops file in System32 directory 1 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\core.dll	jaffacakes118_Trojan.Win32.Dialer.aroe.exe

Program crash 1 IoCs

pid	pid_target	Process	procid_target
4712	564	WerFault.exe	89

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 2 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	jaffacakes118_Trojan.Win32.Dialer.aroe.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	svchost.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 6 IoCs

pid	Process
1876	jaffacakes118_Trojan.Win32.Dialer.aroe.exe
1876	jaffacakes118_Trojan.Win32.Dialer.aroe.exe
1876	jaffacakes118_Trojan.Win32.Dialer.aroe.exe
1876	jaffacakes118_Trojan.Win32.Dialer.aroe.exe
564	svchost.exe
564	svchost.exe

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\jaffacakes118_Trojan.Win32.Dialer.aroe.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\jaffacakes118_Trojan.Win32.Dialer.aroe.exe"
1⤵
- Server Software Component: Terminal Services DLL
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
PID:1876

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe -k imgsvc
1⤵
- Loads dropped DLL
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
PID:564
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
  C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 564 -s 456
  2⤵
  - Program crash
  PID:4712

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 436 -p 564 -ip 564
1⤵
PID:5688

C:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe
C:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe -k imgsvc
1⤵
PID:960

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Server Software Component

T1505

Terminal Services DLL

T1505.005

Privilege Escalation

Defense Evasion

Credential Access

Discovery

System Location Discovery

T1614

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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core.dll

Path \??\c:\windows\SysWOW64\core.dll
Size 124KB
SHA256 6b26c1c6eabdfa034ffb88d4460b50cfb53cbbd9f9c75911706ab06a9de623cc
MD5 8c6e8f6a5943fb53323163fd7d8862e1
SHA1 43725ec12f32ddf6ffd8029a13a3f9ab1d0c807b
SHA512 87316985e708913dde969a3e448b81bed9c9e0a94be54bbc77a8317b0ac093d80f5d54525684027778b2efa274cb279d5b17c69be1788d5c8792d0663676c194
SSDEEP 3072:R1p8vWLBC1KGY1ugy6ESLpO8SZHeeQHs2W:R1p8CBc5yhpfIHdD
TLSH
T10CC37D11B78842FFF558253434AA373A9639AD949A445ACB771BCEA40C331E0F73634B
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

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memory/564-5-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010021000-memory.dmp

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memory/564-6-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010021000-memory.dmp

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memory/1876-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp

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memory/1876-3-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp

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