Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    146s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260911-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260911-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    01/11/2026, 23:27

General

  • Target
    132d0c5cb10a60b39e48e82450d443fea0c328a105095e379c7bcb3edd563c35.exe
  • Size 4.1MB
  • Sample261101-3ftv4ady5w
  • SHA256 132d0c5cb10a60b39e48e82450d443fea0c328a105095e379c7bcb3edd563c35
  • 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 1 IoCs
  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Run Powershell to modify Windows Defender settings to add exclusions for file extensions, paths, and processes.

  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 8 IoCs
  • Reads user/profile data of web browsers 3 TTPs

    Infostealers often target stored browser data, which can include saved credentials etc.

  • Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 22 IoCs

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

  • Drops file in System32 directory 20 IoCs
  • UPX packed file 26 IoCs

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

  • Drops file in Program Files directory 64 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 1 IoCs
  • Enumerates video capture drivers 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Queries the legacy Video for Windows capture drivers. This is commonly abused by RATs to check for available webcams on the system before reporting to their C2.

  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry 1 TTPs 4 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 2 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 2 IoCs

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

  • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 27 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 2 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\132d0c5cb10a60b39e48e82450d443fea0c328a105095e379c7bcb3edd563c35.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\132d0c5cb10a60b39e48e82450d443fea0c328a105095e379c7bcb3edd563c35.exe"
    1⤵
    • Drops file in System32 directory
    • Drops file in Program Files directory
    • Drops file in Windows directory
    • Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry
    • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4052
    • C:\Users\Public\0800B30309D\21EC2020.exe
      "C:\Users\Public\0800B30309D\21EC2020.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • Enumerates connected drives
      • Enumerates video capture drivers
      • Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Checks processor information in registry
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4500
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
        "C:\Windows\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -WindowStyle Hidden -Command "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\Users\Public\0800B30309D'"
        3⤵
        • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:4832

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        DisabledGoogleUpdate.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Update\DisabledGoogleUpdate.exe
        • Size 6.4MB
        • SHA256 96df62e29603041841bbbdf33e19ca7605ddbe9e156edb071fa019074d91c134
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        elevation_service.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\139.0.3405.125\elevation_service.exe
        • Size 2.9MB
        • SHA256 2c6c98190b623b268818971c189b2c20c14973b6003a825a788197a743098633
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Uninstall.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Maintenance Service\Uninstall.exe
        • Size 820KB
        • SHA256 0b16d9a7651870cfe46ef07ec23f748a62f7208a876389a170752a201fdb3bed
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        maintenanceservice.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Maintenance Service\maintenanceservice.exe
        • Size 1017KB
        • SHA256 c856c507b9fd6a0b3692a18ecd0bf8def9b78125a1ee308aa79af1dfae546283
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        OSE.EXE

        • Path C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\Source Engine\OSE.EXE
        • Size 997KB
        • SHA256 a209cb1c5028a3e81ed1675a7dfdc8f2bac4f9e4343fabd92a6c6bd7d8758bfc
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        setup.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\Installer\setup.exe
        • Size 6.8MB
        • SHA256 151db5911331d3837952a2c6242dce7922b146631a28be27e26ff465da8e4758
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        elevation_service.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\elevation_service.exe
        • Size 3.0MB
        • SHA256 97dcbf5adee71c2d74a33aafe5a6a75c31f46d9cdcbfc52185968f1a866995c2
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        MsSense.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection\MsSense.exe
        • Size 1.2MB
        • SHA256 4d8f42c268ad182711ab6610defb670bc7bc877b0fe6bd337aea9c9a843d07d0
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        NisSrv.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Windows Defender\NisSrv.exe
        • Size 3.7MB
        • SHA256 a1ec6b6020e43e77be1756c61af20dd56508fd5c6499e5ceea930ad9107704dc
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        wmpnetwk.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\wmpnetwk.exe
        • Size 1.6MB
        • SHA256 4af1dd16dc0459e38763a1dd6337ec24b710a2413749dbb219af02caff5337da
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        __PSScriptPolicyTest_yfrs21ly.35s.psm1

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_yfrs21ly.35s.psm1
        • Size 60B
        • SHA256 96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        21EC2020.dat

        • Path C:\Users\Public\0800B30309D\21EC2020.dat
        • Size 61B
        • SHA256 cb59c7a1e35da6f7b497ba1d88ef9f3a345c4e4c3b3adb2105989d161fd0453b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        21EC2020.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Public\0800B30309D\21EC2020.exe
        • Size 2.9MB
        • SHA256 729d22ef6f8765e79f76209d19822a08e0f696ae26b8396beadf47207931d9e9
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        LIBEAY32.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Public\0800B30309D\LIBEAY32.dll
        • Size 1.0MB
        • SHA256 95a9bf1f13ef61c063b3705dbc457a2891ef35947f09bc8360d6e439e05d77b5
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        libSWASync.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Public\0800B30309D\libSWASync.dll
        • Size 104KB
        • SHA256 694a94215e721f718aec8dbe9a4b4ce4e276d83e93fc3e150b03e312b04c6ae5
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        libcurl.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Public\0800B30309D\libcurl.dll
        • Size 390KB
        • SHA256 45da86a8059f9a4dc6bb6b0eff1e7f48d9eabf71bb05900b0b37433275c245a3
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        liboauth.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Public\0800B30309D\liboauth.dll
        • Size 21KB
        • SHA256 231a753658d8bff56419783f68dfc7b9ce295bb72dd2ccd8cfbe0a1d67674074
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        original_libSWASync.DLL

        • Path C:\Users\Public\0800B30309D\original_libSWASync.DLL
        • Size 599KB
        • SHA256 b7697f1c734bb64176c09ebe9b1a16eee5e14eae58a7bd5d6ba02695ec732056
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        sqlite3.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Public\0800B30309D\sqlite3.dll
        • Size 508KB
        • SHA256 de818c832308b82c2fabd5d3d4339c489e6f4e9d32bb8152c0dcd8359392695f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        task.dat

        • Path C:\Users\Public\0800B30309D\task.dat
        • Size 114B
        • SHA256 1f58b562491071aba811ef75491ab372d1b88632964d49f7b2281cb71dc5ee18
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        uEYYJqJOwXXJ.xcp

        • Path C:\Users\Public\0800B30309D\uEYYJqJOwXXJ.xcp
        • Size 583KB
        • SHA256 bc3072097cfbbce9181d5b7cf5e7d22fd8beed5607ea30c7cf3224d578bf9c1c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        perfhost.exe

        • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\perfhost.exe
        • Size 778KB
        • SHA256 796c32e97c0a6b1b82270e66af524fb54c3f3a93f2b43855465e842f743c2327
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        AgentService.exe

        • Path C:\Windows\System32\AgentService.exe
        • Size 1.6MB
        • SHA256 5ef9db9b18203590eed64482cab2e4d38bdf3277170cbac9adeede6e5036f584
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        AppVClient.exe

        • Path C:\Windows\System32\AppVClient.exe
        • Size 1.5MB
        • SHA256 6c6c574b6876a3d1cac8d9ccd5176d3d11fd4a41d53171bb3f8a7ebbe2fe7b1c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        GameInputSvc.exe

        • Path C:\Windows\System32\GameInputSvc.exe
        • Size 828KB
        • SHA256 b280e1d52bee89ba30ecd598b9b56baf371f05c9ee75325266c5b764e72ab9bf
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Locator.exe

        • Path C:\Windows\System32\Locator.exe
        • Size 792KB
        • SHA256 8aaae289ed54892c4c1c0591d5a7525f8fb513b16189261d6300e0745c600043
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ssh-agent.exe

        • Path C:\Windows\System32\OpenSSH\ssh-agent.exe
        • Size 1.3MB
        • SHA256 0c576b29dbcb4e97e6ef55d8b1bd64cfc0e0440bab591bb6af83b1390b03f068
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        PerceptionSimulationService.exe

        • Path C:\Windows\System32\PerceptionSimulation\PerceptionSimulationService.exe
        • Size 996KB
        • SHA256 a177b812b4c765ddf0b39edb0181ad19931ff7840e26f600e3a182179d58c849
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ReFsDedupSvc.exe

        • Path C:\Windows\System32\ReFsDedupSvc.exe
        • Size 2.8MB
        • SHA256 358bfed92409d92ebf58d3f12cebe3f2c1decb6d487ad573e568349e2e840176
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        SearchIndexer.exe

        • Path C:\Windows\System32\SearchIndexer.exe
        • Size 1.6MB
        • SHA256 9a317e1a5b1129a2fa6a42271de0b8c5db2ad61147e10a1ca852bf453786358a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        SensorDataService.exe

        • Path C:\Windows\System32\SensorDataService.exe
        • Size 1.9MB
        • SHA256 9439234f19afb70b8aa7f9675fc7e12938489f3170a1b27458190b0019f6425b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        SgrmBroker.exe

        • Path C:\Windows\System32\Sgrm\SgrmBroker.exe
        • Size 1.1MB
        • SHA256 df8e1c235e469c39ca0c09a8e1caaac6d080742b2ad7d51f98c3f9fafad7a312
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        TieringEngineService.exe

        • Path C:\Windows\System32\TieringEngineService.exe
        • Size 1.1MB
        • SHA256 1b828b6eebf255b190833d77a27bf5f3162c48549a7834f993c5f85c34faa745
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        VSSVC.exe

        • Path C:\Windows\System32\VSSVC.exe
        • Size 2.1MB
        • SHA256 25b80fc383ba3b0a5b7948c15ebbe44024eeedd3ce08cff0fdda5c06dcf23da9
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        alg.exe

        • Path C:\Windows\System32\alg.exe
        • Size 944KB
        • SHA256 8874c02e2428f13b2a8d5fd7214738e5d9a4d11f1322f5476a62e45d6896554b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        msdtc.exe

        • Path C:\Windows\System32\msdtc.exe
        • Size 928KB
        • SHA256 a0e32629833d3d3a2da1e76f86c22ffb8b5e792c2d85310d6a4f18813ef3c9ab
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        msiexec.exe

        • Path C:\Windows\System32\msiexec.exe
        • Size 936KB
        • SHA256 0a608a369d86608e1a124b26a5ebeb82ece6e64056add606fc0a543f6ce699c8
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        snmptrap.exe

        • Path C:\Windows\System32\snmptrap.exe
        • Size 800KB
        • SHA256 39f3620e0e72581cfef8c72fddc9eedeb70b82cc706eec12101599f0ebd9341d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        vds.exe

        • Path C:\Windows\System32\vds.exe
        • Size 1.4MB
        • SHA256 2e484aed5f4c47457dfade6478a3638a8b7d3fd3db85e60fd042923f9344490a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        WmiApSrv.exe

        • Path C:\Windows\System32\wbem\WmiApSrv.exe
        • Size 960KB
        • SHA256 cd3b1b794e2f760a086a94a634dd95c0f805e25ef383018afb2f15c14f41d28a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        wbengine.exe

        • Path C:\Windows\System32\wbengine.exe
        • Size 2.2MB
        • SHA256 e7e80c05a118102379560c9ea92a81c9a732587e157c7d58c671d4e7cfe70f29
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        memory/4052-0-0x000001D37EC80000-0x000001D37EDEB000-memory.dmp

        memory/4052-3-0x000001D37EF00000-0x000001D37EF83000-memory.dmp

        memory/4052-1-0x000001D37EF00000-0x000001D37EF83000-memory.dmp

        memory/4500-75-0x0000000003010000-0x000000000308B000-memory.dmp

        memory/4500-84-0x0000000060900000-0x0000000060970000-memory.dmp

        memory/4500-73-0x00000000030A0000-0x0000000003137000-memory.dmp

        memory/4500-49-0x0000000001530000-0x0000000001592000-memory.dmp

        memory/4832-62-0x0000000070A10000-0x0000000070A5C000-memory.dmp

        memory/4832-60-0x0000000006100000-0x000000000614C000-memory.dmp

        memory/4832-67-0x0000000007A70000-0x00000000080EC000-memory.dmp

        memory/4832-66-0x00000000072F0000-0x0000000007393000-memory.dmp

        memory/4832-65-0x00000000066B0000-0x00000000066D0000-memory.dmp

        memory/4832-69-0x00000000074A0000-0x00000000074AA000-memory.dmp

        memory/4832-61-0x0000000007090000-0x00000000070C6000-memory.dmp

        memory/4832-68-0x0000000007430000-0x000000000744A000-memory.dmp

        memory/4832-59-0x00000000060B0000-0x00000000060CE000-memory.dmp

        memory/4832-58-0x0000000005C70000-0x0000000005FCB000-memory.dmp

        memory/4832-55-0x00000000054F0000-0x0000000005556000-memory.dmp

        memory/4832-54-0x0000000005480000-0x00000000054E6000-memory.dmp

        memory/4832-53-0x00000000052E0000-0x0000000005302000-memory.dmp

        memory/4832-52-0x0000000005620000-0x0000000005C6A000-memory.dmp

        memory/4832-51-0x0000000002850000-0x0000000002886000-memory.dmp

        memory/4832-70-0x00000000076A0000-0x0000000007736000-memory.dmp