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Gh0stRAT


Vendor detections: 13


Intelligence 13 IOCs YARA 10 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: f098e96d7548e39f9184d9c26172b0fcf90d1ba2e6fc4665df4d47e81f6c601f
SHA3-384 hash: 7a5f55dfc4c75aab28bbde379dc9378681e338d1d31a259cef0ea96c2d323fee6e2828e328bf00abed7c5c610768c0cf
SHA1 hash: 9ba46b43436d9147fb350fccc03e3251c544ec70
MD5 hash: a9e94f9096f3981c48283bd57c09209b
humanhash: pasta-fruit-lactose-delaware
File name:VC_radist.x64.exe
Download: download sample
Signature Gh0stRAT
File size:19'577'804 bytes
First seen:2025-12-29 09:38:30 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash efd455830ba918de67076b7c65d86586 (74 x Gh0stRAT, 19 x ValleyRAT, 6 x OffLoader)
ssdeep 393216:nazKfA6Z845DTaTnV/jwqXXBT8MO5+0e5E+pE:amfA6ZxkVkyXB+5sE+e
TLSH T17C17331762CB203EE07B45724D6BDB12683FFA69A5164C6BF2E7442CDE250E12D3E247
TrID 62.3% (.EXE) Inno Setup installer (107240/4/30)
24.1% (.EXE) Win32 EXE PECompact compressed (generic) (41569/9/9)
6.1% (.EXE) Win64 Executable (generic) (10522/11/4)
2.6% (.EXE) Win32 Executable (generic) (4504/4/1)
1.2% (.EXE) Win16/32 Executable Delphi generic (2072/23)
Magika pebin
Reporter Ling
Tags:exe Gh0stRAT Malgent TrojanDropper:Win32/Malgent!MSR


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CNGaoLing
This sample has been reviewed by Microsoft researchers and determined to be malware. (TrojanDropper:Win32/Malgent!MSR)

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
147
Origin country :
US US
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware family:
n/a
ID:
1
File name:
_f098e96d7548e39f9184d9c26172b0fcf90d1ba2e6fc4665df4d47e81f6c601f.exe
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2025-12-29 09:41:40 UTC
Tags:
n/a

Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
97.4%
Tags:
shellcode dropper spawn
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
anti-debug embarcadero_delphi expired-cert fingerprint inno installer installer installer-heuristic invalid-signature masquerade overlay packed signed zero
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
exe x32
First seen:
2025-12-29T05:21:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2025-12-30T10:09:00Z UTC
Hits:
~100
Detections:
Trojan.Win32.Waldek.sb Trojan.MSIL.BypassUAC.sb HEUR:Trojan.Win32.Agentb.gen Trojan.Win64.Agentb.lfyn Backdoor.Win32.Farfli.dbfq Backdoor.Farfli.TCP.ServerRequest Trojan-Spy.Win64.Agent.sb Trojan-Spy.Win32.Stealer.sb
Gathering data
Threat name:
Win32.Dropper.Malgent
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2025-12-29 09:39:18 UTC
File Type:
PE (Exe)
Extracted files:
33
AV detection:
10 of 24 (41.67%)
Threat level:
  3/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  8/10
Tags:
discovery execution installer persistence
Behaviour
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Uses Task Scheduler COM API
Inno Setup is an open-source installation builder for Windows applications.
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
Executes dropped EXE
Loads dropped DLL
Modifies file permissions
Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
f098e96d7548e39f9184d9c26172b0fcf90d1ba2e6fc4665df4d47e81f6c601f
MD5 hash:
a9e94f9096f3981c48283bd57c09209b
SHA1 hash:
9ba46b43436d9147fb350fccc03e3251c544ec70
SH256 hash:
d052bd56b9d24d41b5a92e88d2612d3cbc6405c6c64dadf6a8882bd8f6daaf5c
MD5 hash:
680a424c0f673d6f737b70871149e036
SHA1 hash:
8cf3c2a6d7cc411ee1d0b045895b8053de2a5ccb
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

YARA Signatures


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Rule name:Borland
Author:malware-lu
Rule name:cobalt_strike_tmp01925d3f
Author:The DFIR Report
Description:files - file ~tmp01925d3f.exe
Reference:https://thedfirreport.com
Rule name:CP_Script_Inject_Detector
Author:DiegoAnalytics
Description:Detects attempts to inject code into another process across PE, ELF, Mach-O binaries
Rule name:DebuggerCheck__API
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:golang_bin_JCorn_CSC846
Author:Justin Cornwell
Description:CSC-846 Golang detection ruleset
Rule name:malware_shellcode_hash
Author:JPCERT/CC Incident Response Group
Description:detect shellcode api hash value
Rule name:pe_detect_tls_callbacks
Rule name:PE_Digital_Certificate
Author:albertzsigovits
Rule name:shellcode
Author:nex
Description:Matched shellcode byte patterns

File information


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

Web download

Gh0stRAT

Executable exe f098e96d7548e39f9184d9c26172b0fcf90d1ba2e6fc4665df4d47e81f6c601f

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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