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Database Entry



Gh0stRAT


Vendor detections: 12


Intelligence 12 IOCs 1 YARA 5 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 8cd0a1d8e18cc3adee5fa5c4293b7bb89be489c3d9a98f2afb4bb1ea840a4163
SHA3-384 hash: 51fed9efaf723273fb1881508fe26d96b4ae1c21a4944efd7aeb6477bd3663733b7f01bea491acd256a2fa9429af112e
SHA1 hash: 556b15f7e04a92e623b4c12e4e979dad815cfed7
MD5 hash: ea042785385f78e162dcc66ff447b858
humanhash: chicken-alabama-timing-five
File name:EA042785385F78E162DCC66FF447B858.dll
Download: download sample
Signature Gh0stRAT
File size:15'467'008 bytes
First seen:2025-05-25 14:35:24 UTC
Last seen:2025-05-25 16:30:21 UTC
File type:DLL dll
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash 23c4cac4f5148bd624211e44dcd1d8b7 (1 x Gh0stRAT)
ssdeep 12288:s6+4ClFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFj:sL4Cv
TLSH T1DBF6D07F5FFD85C2CE52E93890265950B76197335788AB2029FCF3C98BAD4489E2046F
TrID 37.8% (.EXE) Win32 Executable MS Visual C++ (generic) (31206/45/13)
20.0% (.EXE) Microsoft Visual C++ compiled executable (generic) (16529/12/5)
12.7% (.EXE) Win64 Executable (generic) (10522/11/4)
7.9% (.DLL) Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (6578/25/2)
6.1% (.EXE) Win16 NE executable (generic) (5038/12/1)
Magika pebin
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:dll Gh0stRAT RAT


Avatar
abuse_ch
Gh0stRAT C2:
47.88.148.135:80

Indicators Of Compromise (IOCs)


Below is a list of indicators of compromise (IOCs) associated with this malware samples.

IOCThreatFox Reference
47.88.148.135:80 https://threatfox.abuse.ch/ioc/1534135/

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
2
# of downloads :
638
Origin country :
NL NL
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
92.5%
Tags:
shellcode dropper madi remo
Verdict:
Likely Malicious
Threat level:
  7.5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
adaptive-context evasive gh0st installer keylogger microsoft_visual_cc overlay overlay packed packer_detected
Result
Threat name:
GhostRat
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Antivirus detection for dropped file
C2 URLs / IPs found in malware configuration
Changes security center settings (notifications, updates, antivirus, firewall)
Contains functionality to detect sleep reduction / modifications
Found evasive API chain (may stop execution after checking mutex)
Found malware configuration
Joe Sandbox ML detected suspicious sample
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic
System process connects to network (likely due to code injection or exploit)
Yara detected GhostRat
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1698778 Sample: jtuQ4pksom.dll Startdate: 25/05/2025 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 46 pc3694247.gnway.org 2->46 54 Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic 2->54 56 Found malware configuration 2->56 58 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->58 60 6 other signatures 2->60 8 loaddll32.exe 4 2->8         started        10 svchost.exe 2->10         started        14 svchost.exe 2->14         started        16 7 other processes 2->16 signatures3 process4 dnsIp5 18 rundll32.exe 1 4 8->18         started        21 cmd.exe 1 8->21         started        23 rundll32.exe 2 1 8->23         started        31 6 other processes 8->31 48 pc3694247.gnway.org 47.88.148.135, 49718, 49726, 49736 CNNIC-ALIBABA-US-NET-APAlibabaUSTechnologyCoLtdC United States 10->48 62 System process connects to network (likely due to code injection or exploit) 10->62 64 Changes security center settings (notifications, updates, antivirus, firewall) 14->64 25 MpCmdRun.exe 1 14->25         started        27 WerFault.exe 2 16->27         started        29 WerFault.exe 2 16->29         started        signatures6 process7 signatures8 50 Found evasive API chain (may stop execution after checking mutex) 18->50 52 Contains functionality to detect sleep reduction / modifications 18->52 33 rundll32.exe 2 3 21->33         started        36 WerFault.exe 16 23->36         started        38 conhost.exe 25->38         started        40 WerFault.exe 22 16 31->40         started        process9 file10 42 C:\Windows\FileName.jpg, PE32 33->42 dropped 44 C:\Windows\FileName.jpg:Zone.Identifier, ASCII 33->44 dropped
Threat name:
Win32.Backdoor.Ghostnet
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2025-05-22 15:13:00 UTC
File Type:
PE (Dll)
Extracted files:
3
AV detection:
35 of 38 (92.11%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
gh0strat
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:gh0strat discovery rat
Behaviour
Checks processor information in registry
Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
Drops file in Windows directory
Loads dropped DLL
Gh0st RAT payload
Gh0strat
Gh0strat family
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
8cd0a1d8e18cc3adee5fa5c4293b7bb89be489c3d9a98f2afb4bb1ea840a4163
MD5 hash:
ea042785385f78e162dcc66ff447b858
SHA1 hash:
556b15f7e04a92e623b4c12e4e979dad815cfed7
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YARA Signatures


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Rule name:Armadillov1xxv2xx
Author:malware-lu
Rule name:gh0st
Author:https://github.com/jackcr/
Rule name:meth_stackstrings
Author:Willi Ballenthin
Rule name:NET
Author:malware-lu
Rule name:Sus_Obf_Enc_Spoof_Hide_PE
Author:XiAnzheng
Description:Check for Overlay, Obfuscating, Encrypting, Spoofing, Hiding, or Entropy Technique(can create FP)

File information


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