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Database Entry



Gh0stRAT


Vendor detections: 12


Intelligence 12 IOCs YARA 3 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: de8c1aa37dd523e0699a10be71185f7a8ac1cde972d04107068f49250ef7317e
SHA3-384 hash: d415cecec9e8cbb12abc6dc9fafa19b9c78786866c1b07a5038930d7e60424f5cd0e692ea8796e6cae807f97c05e1e26
SHA1 hash: e798e703bfb90707a2872b51da73f32af566aedb
MD5 hash: be689578752179e22bf915dbcf4f7520
humanhash: magnesium-bakerloo-minnesota-georgia
File name:file
Download: download sample
Signature Gh0stRAT
File size:1'181'696 bytes
First seen:2022-12-23 23:18:42 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 12288:0MSApJVYG5lDLyjsb0eOzkv4R7QnvUUilQ35+6G75V9VO25nQopSchf:0nsJ39LyjbJkQFMhmC+6GD9t1pSa
Threatray 159 similar samples on MalwareBazaar
TLSH T10C458D22B2D29137D1325A3D8C5B93A4883E7F512E38795E3BF83E5C5E7938138552A3
TrID 92.9% (.EXE) Win32 Executable Borland Delphi 7 (664796/42/58)
1.9% (.EXE) Win32 Executable Delphi generic (14182/79/4)
1.4% (.EXE) Win64 Executable (generic) (10523/12/4)
1.3% (.EXE) DOS Borland compiled Executable (generic) (10000/1/2)
0.6% (.EXE) Win32 Executable (generic) (4505/5/1)
File icon (PE):PE icon
dhash icon 0abaa2ba8eb2b244 (1 x Gh0stRAT)
Reporter jstrosch
Tags:exe Gh0stRAT RAT

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
185
Origin country :
n/a
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware family:
n/a
ID:
1
File name:
https://parcelinvoice.com/DHL/shipping-invoice.exe
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2022-11-06 22:05:53 UTC
Tags:
loader opendir trojan

Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Searching for the window
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
DNS request
Sending an HTTP GET request
Sending a UDP request
Enabling autorun with the standard Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run registry branch
Query of malicious DNS domain
Sending a TCP request to an infection source
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
cmd.exe evasive greyware hacktool keylogger macros macros-on-close macros-on-open shell32.dll
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.
Malware family:
Malicious Packer
Verdict:
Malicious
Result
Threat name:
GhostRat, Nitol
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
bank.troj.spyw.expl.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Antivirus detection for dropped file
Checks if browser processes are running
Contains functionality to capture and log keystrokes
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
Found stalling execution ending in API Sleep call
Machine Learning detection for dropped file
Machine Learning detection for sample
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Multi AV Scanner detection for domain / URL
Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Snort IDS alert for network traffic
Uses dynamic DNS services
Yara detected GhostRat
Yara detected Nitol
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 signatures2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 772979 Sample: file.exe Startdate: 24/12/2022 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 58 Snort IDS alert for network traffic 2->58 60 Multi AV Scanner detection for domain / URL 2->60 62 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->62 64 13 other signatures 2->64 7 file.exe 1 6 2->7         started        10 EXCEL.EXE 23 19 2->10         started        12 ._cache_file.exe 13 2->12         started        14 2 other processes 2->14 process3 file4 28 C:\Users\user\Desktop\._cache_file.exe, PE32 7->28 dropped 30 C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe, PE32 7->30 dropped 32 C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\RCX26C8.tmp, PE32 7->32 dropped 34 C:\...\Synaptics.exe:Zone.Identifier, ASCII 7->34 dropped 16 ._cache_file.exe 3 13 7->16         started        20 Synaptics.exe 14 7->20         started        process5 dnsIp6 36 47.93.60.63, 49692, 80 CNNIC-ALIBABA-CN-NET-APHangzhouAlibabaAdvertisingCoLtd China 16->36 38 106.52.15.123, 49691, 49720, 49729 CNNIC-TENCENT-NET-APShenzhenTencentComputerSystemsCompa China 16->38 48 Antivirus detection for dropped file 16->48 50 Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file 16->50 52 Machine Learning detection for dropped file 16->52 56 3 other signatures 16->56 40 accounts.google.com 172.217.168.45, 443, 49700, 49701 GOOGLEUS United States 20->40 42 docs.google.com 172.217.168.46, 443, 49694, 49695 GOOGLEUS United States 20->42 44 2 other IPs or domains 20->44 26 C:\Users\user\Documents\CZQKSDDMWR\~$cache1, PE32 20->26 dropped 54 Drops PE files to the document folder of the user 20->54 23 WerFault.exe 24 9 20->23         started        file7 signatures8 process9 dnsIp10 46 192.168.2.1 unknown unknown 23->46
Threat name:
Win32.Backdoor.DarkComet
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2022-11-03 11:51:00 UTC
File Type:
PE (Exe)
Extracted files:
81
AV detection:
25 of 26 (96.15%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
chinese_generic_botnet
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:chinese_generic_botnet botnet persistence
Behaviour
Checks processor information in registry
Enumerates system info in registry
Modifies Internet Explorer settings
Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
Modifies registry class
Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Enumerates physical storage devices
Drops file in Program Files directory
Drops file in System32 directory
Adds Run key to start application
Enumerates connected drives
Checks computer location settings
Loads dropped DLL
Executes dropped EXE
Chinese Botnet payload
Generic Chinese Botnet
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
ef29f3caa35e26ce6e10a402acea84fa0583618e4a6839356de6f7e58a1b6f04
MD5 hash:
2fb972f3f9680c4629a97df7f26b7955
SHA1 hash:
eee7a6e723bb058cfdc2ea76d28d0f940bdefecb
SH256 hash:
ffe1c9fbf6e6116cdca430b1200d3b4fa940ab2fc7e8b42be40d0c2f29a03cb3
MD5 hash:
294806cca6905bf319403a7bb03fcca8
SHA1 hash:
ac4cbec2eee51ef58fc96726a6c8eb6bc529a40a
SH256 hash:
de8c1aa37dd523e0699a10be71185f7a8ac1cde972d04107068f49250ef7317e
MD5 hash:
be689578752179e22bf915dbcf4f7520
SHA1 hash:
e798e703bfb90707a2872b51da73f32af566aedb
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

YARA Signatures


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Rule name:meth_stackstrings
Author:Willi Ballenthin
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


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Web download

Gh0stRAT

Executable exe de8c1aa37dd523e0699a10be71185f7a8ac1cde972d04107068f49250ef7317e

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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