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Database Entry



Gh0stRAT


Vendor detections: 17


Intelligence 17 IOCs YARA 7 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: a70fe514acbae5c180dbd53901ac1b9cfeab7d9c20b8c096eeb0fe124d3f28ca
SHA3-384 hash: 22057baac60b608bf8b37048f77ebd177482727c5b3c8cedf07e3fb40bbc488be262158287300cc0753600d3ad8b76e6
SHA1 hash: 135782fae43c702daa401e2faaaf963f66e95d46
MD5 hash: 6bd5512a96b83249d901a839219d2b0a
humanhash: johnny-nitrogen-lion-carpet
File name:sterverexe.exe
Download: download sample
Signature Gh0stRAT
File size:2'725'888 bytes
First seen:2024-06-27 16:53:42 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash 332f7ce65ead0adfb3d35147033aabe9 (81 x XRed, 18 x SnakeKeylogger, 7 x DarkComet)
ssdeep 49152:KnsHyjtk2MYC5GDbZnsHyjtk2MYC5GD+TncLwB/S5jSWIOva6DwmI7qmPV8WXTlh:Knsmtk2aaZnsmtk2apcL
Threatray 131 similar samples on MalwareBazaar
TLSH T18CC53917627263B9D02101B84C9572C12CFFF9932F28743E77B6C98BE92D27515E93A2
TrID 86.3% (.EXE) Win32 Executable Borland Delphi 7 (664796/42/58)
7.4% (.CPL) Windows Control Panel Item (generic) (57583/11/19)
1.8% (.EXE) Win32 Executable Delphi generic (14182/79/4)
1.3% (.EXE) Win64 Executable (generic) (10523/12/4)
1.2% (.EXE) DOS Borland compiled Executable (generic) (10000/1/2)
dhash icon e8b233b2cce827c2 (1 x Gh0stRAT)
Reporter mautshim
Tags:exe Gh0stRAT

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
378
Origin country :
ID ID
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware family:
fatalrat
ID:
1
File name:
a70fe514acbae5c180dbd53901ac1b9cfeab7d9c20b8c096eeb0fe124d3f28ca.exe
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2024-06-27 16:56:09 UTC
Tags:
fatalrat rat

Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
99.9%
Tags:
Execution Exploit Generic Infostealer Network Static Stealth Trojan
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Сreating synchronization primitives
Creating a window
Searching for synchronization primitives
Creating a file
Enabling the 'hidden' option for recently created files
Creating a process from a recently created file
Moving a recently created file
Searching for the window
Connection attempt
Sending an HTTP GET request
Launching a process
Creating a process with a hidden window
DNS request
Sending a UDP request
Sending a custom TCP request
Using the Windows Management Instrumentation requests
Enabling autorun with the standard Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run registry branch
Query of malicious DNS domain
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
borland_delphi cmd dropper evasive fingerprint hacktool keylogger lolbin macros macros-on-close macros-on-open packed remote shell32
Result
Verdict:
MALICIOUS
Details
Windows PE Executable
Found a Windows Portable Executable (PE) binary. Depending on context, the presence of a binary is suspicious or malicious.
Result
Threat name:
FatalRAT, GhostRat, Nitol
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
bank.troj.spyw.expl.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
AI detected suspicious sample
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Antivirus detection for dropped file
Antivirus detection for URL or domain
Checks if browser processes are running
Contains functionality of a second stage malware downloader
Contains functionality to access PhysicalDrive, possible boot sector overwrite
Contains functionality to automate explorer (e.g. start an application)
Contains functionality to capture and log keystrokes
Contains functionality to detect virtual machines (IN, VMware)
Contains functionality to determine the online IP of the system
Contains functionality to infect the boot sector
Contains functionality to inject threads in other processes
Creates an undocumented autostart registry key
Document contains an embedded VBA macro with suspicious strings
Document contains an embedded VBA with functions possibly related to ADO stream file operations
Document contains an embedded VBA with functions possibly related to HTTP operations
Document contains an embedded VBA with functions possibly related to WSH operations (process, registry, environment, or keystrokes)
Drops PE files to the document folder of the user
Machine Learning detection for dropped file
Machine Learning detection for sample
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Snort IDS alert for network traffic
Uses dynamic DNS services
Uses known network protocols on non-standard ports
Yara detected FatalRAT
Yara detected GhostRat
Yara detected Nitol
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1463755 Sample: sterverexe.exe Startdate: 27/06/2024 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 44 freedns.afraid.org 2->44 46 xred.mooo.com 2->46 48 5 other IPs or domains 2->48 60 Snort IDS alert for network traffic 2->60 62 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->62 64 Antivirus detection for URL or domain 2->64 68 14 other signatures 2->68 8 sterverexe.exe 1 6 2->8         started        11 EXCEL.EXE 137 54 2->11         started        14 Synaptics.exe 2->14         started        16 2 other processes 2->16 signatures3 66 Uses dynamic DNS services 44->66 process4 dnsIp5 36 C:\Users\user\...\._cache_sterverexe.exe, PE32 8->36 dropped 38 C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe, PE32 8->38 dropped 40 C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\RCX7C7.tmp, PE32 8->40 dropped 42 C:\...\Synaptics.exe:Zone.Identifier, ASCII 8->42 dropped 18 ._cache_sterverexe.exe 5 16 8->18         started        23 Synaptics.exe 538 8->23         started        58 s-part-0032.t-0009.t-msedge.net 13.107.246.60, 443, 50089, 50090 MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCKUS United States 11->58 25 splwow64.exe 11->25         started        file6 process7 dnsIp8 50 120.131.13.101, 49731, 49732, 49801 KSYUNGLOBAL-AS-APKingsoftcloudcorporationlimitedHK China 18->50 32 C:\Users\user\...\._cache_sterverexe.exe, PE32 18->32 dropped 70 Contains functionality to determine the online IP of the system 18->70 72 Contains functionality to detect virtual machines (IN, VMware) 18->72 74 Contains functionality to automate explorer (e.g. start an application) 18->74 84 6 other signatures 18->84 27 ._cache_sterverexe.exe 18->27         started        30 WINWORD.EXE 18->30         started        52 freedns.afraid.org 69.42.215.252, 49748, 80 AWKNET-LLCUS United States 23->52 54 drive.usercontent.google.com 142.250.181.225, 443, 49753, 49754 GOOGLEUS United States 23->54 56 docs.google.com 142.250.186.174, 443, 49743, 49744 GOOGLEUS United States 23->56 34 C:\Users\user\Documents\DTBZGIOOSO\~$cache1, PE32 23->34 dropped 76 Antivirus detection for dropped file 23->76 78 Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file 23->78 80 Drops PE files to the document folder of the user 23->80 82 Machine Learning detection for dropped file 23->82 file9 signatures10 process11 signatures12 86 Antivirus detection for dropped file 27->86 88 Creates an undocumented autostart registry key 27->88 90 Contains functionality to determine the online IP of the system 27->90 92 7 other signatures 27->92
Threat name:
Win32.Trojan.Synaptics
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2024-06-27 16:54:13 UTC
File Type:
PE (Exe)
Extracted files:
147
AV detection:
23 of 24 (95.83%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
fatalrat
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:fatalrat infostealer persistence rat
Behaviour
Checks processor information in registry
Enumerates system info in registry
Modifies registry class
Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Enumerates physical storage devices
Adds Run key to start application
Checks computer location settings
Executes dropped EXE
Loads dropped DLL
Fatal Rat payload
FatalRat
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
b9eae90f8e942cc4586d31dc484f29079651ad64c49f90d99f86932630c66af2
MD5 hash:
c0ef4d6237d106bf51c8884d57953f92
SHA1 hash:
f1da7ecbbee32878c19e53c7528c8a7a775418eb
SH256 hash:
9a0bae848970e20845388c3e3c5fad1ec0c62643d4b51c218a62fc93469240e9
MD5 hash:
9237593cf042143439e5ffd5acccedd6
SHA1 hash:
7f6a54ecb4b490b016d697c6f6bd86dfbc14abc1
SH256 hash:
a70fe514acbae5c180dbd53901ac1b9cfeab7d9c20b8c096eeb0fe124d3f28ca
MD5 hash:
6bd5512a96b83249d901a839219d2b0a
SHA1 hash:
135782fae43c702daa401e2faaaf963f66e95d46
Detections:
mal_xred_backdoor
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

YARA Signatures


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Rule name:BobSoftMiniDelphiBoBBobSoft
Author:malware-lu
Rule name:Borland
Author:malware-lu
Rule name:D1S1Gv11betaD1N
Author:malware-lu
Rule name:meth_stackstrings
Author:Willi Ballenthin
Rule name:shellcode
Author:nex
Description:Matched shellcode byte patterns
Rule name:vbaproject_bin
Author:CD_R0M_
Description:{76 62 61 50 72 6f 6a 65 63 74 2e 62 69 6e} is hex for vbaproject.bin. Macros are often used by threat actors. Work in progress - Ran out of time
Rule name:yara_template

File information


The table below shows additional information about this malware sample such as delivery method and external references.

Web download

Gh0stRAT

Executable exe a70fe514acbae5c180dbd53901ac1b9cfeab7d9c20b8c096eeb0fe124d3f28ca

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

BLint


The following table provides more information about this file using BLint. BLint is a Binary Linter to check the security properties, and capabilities in executables.

Findings
IDTitleSeverity
CHECK_AUTHENTICODEMissing Authenticodehigh
CHECK_NXMissing Non-Executable Memory Protectioncritical
CHECK_PIEMissing Position-Independent Executable (PIE) Protectionhigh
Reviews
IDCapabilitiesEvidence
COM_BASE_APICan Download & Execute componentsole32.dll::CLSIDFromProgID
ole32.dll::CoCreateInstance
SECURITY_BASE_APIUses Security Base APIadvapi32.dll::AdjustTokenPrivileges
SHELL_APIManipulates System Shellshell32.dll::ShellExecuteExA
WIN32_PROCESS_APICan Create Process and Threadskernel32.dll::CreateProcessA
advapi32.dll::OpenProcessToken
kernel32.dll::OpenProcess
kernel32.dll::CloseHandle
wininet.dll::InternetCloseHandle
kernel32.dll::CreateThread
WIN_BASE_APIUses Win Base APIkernel32.dll::TerminateProcess
kernel32.dll::LoadLibraryExA
kernel32.dll::LoadLibraryA
kernel32.dll::GetDriveTypeA
kernel32.dll::GetSystemInfo
kernel32.dll::GetStartupInfoA
WIN_BASE_IO_APICan Create Fileskernel32.dll::CopyFileA
kernel32.dll::CreateDirectoryA
kernel32.dll::CreateFileA
kernel32.dll::CreateFileMappingA
kernel32.dll::DeleteFileA
kernel32.dll::MoveFileA
WIN_BASE_USER_APIRetrieves Account Informationkernel32.dll::GetComputerNameA
advapi32.dll::GetUserNameA
advapi32.dll::LookupPrivilegeValueA
WIN_REG_APICan Manipulate Windows Registryadvapi32.dll::RegCreateKeyExA
advapi32.dll::RegNotifyChangeKeyValue
advapi32.dll::RegOpenKeyExA
advapi32.dll::RegQueryValueExA
advapi32.dll::RegSetValueExA
WIN_SVC_APICan Manipulate Windows Servicesadvapi32.dll::OpenSCManagerA
WIN_USER_APIPerforms GUI Actionsuser32.dll::ActivateKeyboardLayout
user32.dll::CreateMenu
user32.dll::FindWindowA
user32.dll::PeekMessageA
user32.dll::CreateWindowExA

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