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Database Entry



Gh0stRAT


Vendor detections: 16


Intelligence 16 IOCs 1 YARA 15 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: e1b5ae8f8dbc1c90f63cb4bd97e365d5813e6601fee3a5df97b2e9807ba3781b
SHA3-384 hash: 24a3034cba2a8701dcabbcd424e7e205f9c996071d0c6485ba7701df9ff29ea32682ed173de2c17f275cf9688bb901cf
SHA1 hash: 2f007a067fe925018ce2bfb784af3cf84d20a0ee
MD5 hash: b17045656ad9cd0b839afd8d09609841
humanhash: six-april-salami-winter
File name:B17045656AD9CD0B839AFD8D09609841.exe
Download: download sample
Signature Gh0stRAT
File size:524'288 bytes
First seen:2025-07-04 09:15:17 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash a0158c18d7c57554131cbbf4101b1cab (13 x Gh0stRAT, 1 x Nitol)
ssdeep 12288:HruM9FNaty43gNCpOdn/ubEFcZNJ7QY7H:K+atyupOd/IESzJp7H
TLSH T13CB4E021FBC24026E4DC41F080D29B7AA77CAE77571311CFE7A4E45A0E745C66932AAF
TrID 34.2% (.EXE) InstallShield setup (43053/19/16)
24.8% (.EXE) Win32 Executable MS Visual C++ (generic) (31206/45/13)
13.1% (.EXE) Microsoft Visual C++ compiled executable (generic) (16529/12/5)
8.3% (.EXE) Win64 Executable (generic) (10522/11/4)
5.2% (.DLL) Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (6578/25/2)
Magika pebin
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:exe Gh0stRAT RAT


Avatar
abuse_ch
Gh0stRAT C2:
49.232.159.76:8000

Indicators Of Compromise (IOCs)


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

IOCThreatFox Reference
49.232.159.76:8000 https://threatfox.abuse.ch/ioc/1552102/

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
39
Origin country :
NL NL
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware family:
n/a
ID:
1
File name:
rl_e1b5ae8f8dbc1c90f63cb4bd97e365d5813e6601fee3a5df97b2e9807ba3781b
Verdict:
Suspicious activity
Analysis date:
2025-07-04 09:16:32 UTC
Tags:
auto-reg nspack rdp

Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
99.9%
Tags:
shellcode kryptik zegost gh0st
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Сreating synchronization primitives
Creating a file in the Windows subdirectories
Connection attempt
Sending a custom TCP request
Searching for the window
Enabling autorun with the standard Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run registry branch
Verdict:
Suspicious
Threat level:
  5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
adaptive-context anti-debug microsoft_visual_cc
Result
Threat name:
GhostRat, Nitol
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
bank.troj.spyw.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
Contains functionality to detect sleep reduction / modifications
Contains functionality to detect virtual machines (IN, VMware)
Drops executables to the windows directory (C:\Windows) and starts them
Found stalling execution ending in API Sleep call
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic
Yara detected GhostRat
Yara detected Nitol
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
Verdict:
inconclusive
YARA:
4 match(es)
Tags:
Executable PE (Portable Executable) Win 32 Exe x86
Threat name:
Win32.Trojan.Redosdru
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2025-07-01 21:25:05 UTC
File Type:
PE (Exe)
Extracted files:
8
AV detection:
36 of 38 (94.74%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
gh0strat
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:gh0strat discovery persistence rat
Behaviour
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
Drops file in Windows directory
Drops file in System32 directory
Adds Run key to start application
Executes dropped EXE
Gh0st RAT payload
Gh0strat
Gh0strat family
Verdict:
Malicious
Tags:
Win.Malware.Generickdz-6957625-0 Gh0st PCRAT RAT Win32_Gh0stRat
YARA:
n/a
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
e1b5ae8f8dbc1c90f63cb4bd97e365d5813e6601fee3a5df97b2e9807ba3781b
MD5 hash:
b17045656ad9cd0b839afd8d09609841
SHA1 hash:
2f007a067fe925018ce2bfb784af3cf84d20a0ee
SH256 hash:
1142b3563b57c0261ee7b3d054b843ba211f2c083ede0db3222e41a6fd647552
MD5 hash:
60abbf4a8cc77de022fea6a867cf59ba
SHA1 hash:
dd89d767bcc7efb99838f8f0c1a1443f77ad3a09
Detections:
INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_RegKeyComb_RDP MALWARE_Win_Nitol
SH256 hash:
6f056a0f94e43a399421bd87bdef6995c47c0d82db557aa228bd78ec6c0a3d6c
MD5 hash:
a97d5755e9cfa8c388a3c9a65368d320
SHA1 hash:
77462b0fc8526d60c792cd1b6752ede73c49035f
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

YARA Signatures


MalwareBazaar uses YARA rules from several public and non-public repositories, such as YARAhub and Malpedia. Those are being matched against malware samples uploaded to MalwareBazaar as well as against any suspicious process dumps they may create. Please note that only results from TLP:CLEAR rules are being displayed.

Rule name:Check_OutputDebugStringA_iat
Rule name:DebuggerException__SetConsoleCtrl
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:dgaaga
Author:Harshit
Description:Detects suspicious PowerShell or registry activity
Rule name:FreddyBearDropper
Author:Dwarozh Hoshiar
Description:Freddy Bear Dropper is dropping a malware through base63 encoded powershell scrip.
Rule name:golang_bin_JCorn_CSC846
Author:Justin Cornwell
Description:CSC-846 Golang detection ruleset
Rule name:INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_RegKeyComb_RDP
Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detects executables embedding registry key / value combination manipulating RDP / Terminal Services
Rule name:InstallShield2000
Author:malware-lu
Rule name:MALWARE_Win_Nitol
Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detects Nitol backdoor
Rule name:meth_stackstrings
Author:Willi Ballenthin
Rule name:NET
Author:malware-lu
Rule name:NSPack3xLiuXingPing
Author:malware-lu
Rule name:NsPacKV36LiuXingPing
Author:malware-lu
Rule name:Sus_CMD_Powershell_Usage
Author:XiAnzheng
Description:May Contain(Obfuscated or no) Powershell or CMD Command that can be abused by threat actor(can create FP)
Rule name:Sus_Obf_Enc_Spoof_Hide_PE
Author:XiAnzheng
Description:Check for Overlay, Obfuscating, Encrypting, Spoofing, Hiding, or Entropy Technique(can create FP)
Rule name:vmdetect
Author:nex
Description:Possibly employs anti-virtualization techniques

File information


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

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
WIN32_PROCESS_APICan Create Process and ThreadsKERNEL32.dll::CloseHandle
WIN_BASE_APIUses Win Base APIKERNEL32.dll::TerminateProcess
KERNEL32.dll::LoadLibraryA
KERNEL32.dll::GetStartupInfoA
KERNEL32.dll::GetCommandLineA
WIN_BASE_EXEC_APICan Execute other programsKERNEL32.dll::SetConsoleCtrlHandler
KERNEL32.dll::SetStdHandle

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