File name:

xd.exe

Full analysis: https://app.any.run/tasks/2762b3ba-375a-47f4-bf72-048e502b1327
Verdict: Malicious activity
Threats:

Gh0st RAT is a malware with advanced trojan functionality that enables attackers to establish full control over the victim’s system. The spying capabilities of Gh0st RAT made it a go-to tool for numerous criminal groups in high-profile attacks against government and corporate organizations. The most common vector of attack involving this malware begins with spam and phishing emails.

Analysis date: March 05, 2019, 19:10:44
OS: Windows 7 Professional Service Pack 1 (build: 7601, 32 bit)
Tags:
trojan
rat
gh0st
pcrat
Indicators:
MIME: application/x-dosexec
File info: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows
MD5:

5765ACC80262F3A96BBA079178FA13EA

SHA1:

A52F2A8E86D712D477F25E9A41BE9F150BD612A1

SHA256:

873DF098203C98F2364321FA1295A8CB3542AF83727B9DC335829F5BA0DC1C97

SSDEEP:

3072:Ca9hda3MN+xxziSpdEMFI+9n4zDs0MZiTKk2HKAXeasTw/r:Cghdac8ziJ0ZQnaOer

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  • MALICIOUS

    • GH0ST was detected

      • xd.exe (PID: 3076)
    • Changes the autorun value in the registry

      • xd.exe (PID: 3076)
    • Connects to CnC server

      • xd.exe (PID: 3076)
  • SUSPICIOUS

    • Connects to unusual port

      • xd.exe (PID: 3076)
  • INFO

    • Application launched itself

      • AcroRd32.exe (PID: 2408)
      • RdrCEF.exe (PID: 3320)
      • iexplore.exe (PID: 2548)
    • Changes internet zones settings

      • iexplore.exe (PID: 2548)
    • Reads internet explorer settings

      • iexplore.exe (PID: 2888)
    • Reads Internet Cache Settings

      • iexplore.exe (PID: 2888)
    • Creates files in the user directory

      • iexplore.exe (PID: 2888)
    • Reads settings of System Certificates

      • iexplore.exe (PID: 2548)
    • Adds / modifies Windows certificates

      • iexplore.exe (PID: 2548)
    • Changes settings of System certificates

      • iexplore.exe (PID: 2548)
Find more information about signature artifacts and mapping to MITRE ATT&CK™ MATRIX at the full report
No Malware configuration.

TRiD

.exe | Win32 Executable (generic) (52.9)
.exe | Generic Win/DOS Executable (23.5)
.exe | DOS Executable Generic (23.5)

EXIF

EXE

MachineType: Intel 386 or later, and compatibles
TimeStamp: 2013:07:23 02:49:55+02:00
PEType: PE32
LinkerVersion: 6
CodeSize: -
InitializedDataSize: 147456
UninitializedDataSize: -
EntryPoint: 0x22def
OSVersion: 4
ImageVersion: -
SubsystemVersion: 4
Subsystem: Windows GUI

Summary

Architecture: IMAGE_FILE_MACHINE_I386
Subsystem: IMAGE_SUBSYSTEM_WINDOWS_GUI
Compilation Date: 23-Jul-2013 00:49:55

DOS Header

Magic number: MZ
Bytes on last page of file: 0x3435
Pages in file: 0x3432
Relocations: 0x0038
Size of header: 0x0004
Min extra paragraphs: 0x0000
Max extra paragraphs: 0xFFFF
Initial SS value: 0x0000
Initial SP value: 0x00B8
Checksum: 0x0000
Initial IP value: 0x0000
Initial CS value: 0x0000
Overlay number: 0x0000
OEM identifier: 0x0000
OEM information: 0x0000
Address of NE header: 0x00000108

PE Headers

Signature: PE
Machine: IMAGE_FILE_MACHINE_I386
Number of sections: 3
Time date stamp: 23-Jul-2013 00:49:55
Pointer to Symbol Table: 0x00000000
Number of symbols: 0
Size of Optional Header: 0x00E0
Characteristics:
  • IMAGE_FILE_32BIT_MACHINE
  • IMAGE_FILE_EXECUTABLE_IMAGE
  • IMAGE_FILE_LINE_NUMS_STRIPPED
  • IMAGE_FILE_LOCAL_SYMS_STRIPPED
  • IMAGE_FILE_RELOCS_STRIPPED

Sections

Name
Virtual Address
Virtual Size
Raw Size
Charateristics
Entropy
.rdata
0x00001000
0x000039E8
0x00004000
IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ
4.74757
.data
0x00005000
0x000200F4
0x0001F000
IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_WRITE
6.35752
.rsrc
0x00026000
0x0000007C
0x00001000
IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ
2.93072

Resources

Title
Entropy
Size
Codepage
Language
Type
MD5
3.57662
19
Latin 1 / Western European
UNKNOWN
MD5

Imports

ADVAPI32.dll
GDI32.dll
KERNEL32.dll
MFC42.DLL
MSVCP60.dll
MSVCRT.dll
MSVFW32.dll
NETAPI32.dll
PSAPI.DLL
SHELL32.dll
No data.
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Total processes
40
Monitored processes
9
Malicious processes
1
Suspicious processes
0

Behavior graph

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start #GH0ST xd.exe PhotoViewer.dll no specs acrord32.exe no specs acrord32.exe no specs rdrcef.exe no specs rdrcef.exe no specs rdrcef.exe no specs iexplore.exe iexplore.exe

Process information

PID
CMD
Path
Indicators
Parent process
2396"C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\RdrCEF.exe" --type=renderer --disable-3d-apis --disable-databases --disable-direct-npapi-requests --disable-file-system --disable-notifications --disable-shared-workers --disable-direct-write --lang=en-US --lang=en-US --log-severity=disable --product-version="ReaderServices/15.23.20053 Chrome/45.0.2454.85" --device-scale-factor=1 --enable-delegated-renderer --num-raster-threads=2 --gpu-rasterization-msaa-sample-count=8 --content-image-texture-target=3553 --video-image-texture-target=3553 --disable-accelerated-video-decode --disable-webrtc-hw-encoding --disable-gpu-compositing --channel="3320.0.1124427651\980465468" --allow-no-sandbox-job /prefetch:673131151C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\RdrCEF.exeRdrCEF.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Adobe Systems Incorporated
Integrity Level:
LOW
Description:
Adobe RdrCEF
Exit code:
0
Version:
15.23.20053.211670
Modules
Images
c:\program files\adobe\acrobat reader dc\reader\acrocef\rdrcef.exe
c:\systemroot\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\lpk.dll
c:\windows\system32\usp10.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll
2408"C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroRd32.exe" C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroRd32.exeexplorer.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Adobe Systems Incorporated
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Adobe Acrobat Reader DC
Exit code:
1
Version:
15.23.20070.215641
Modules
Images
c:\program files\adobe\acrobat reader dc\reader\acrord32.exe
c:\systemroot\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll
c:\windows\system32\lpk.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\usp10.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll
2548"C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
explorer.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Internet Explorer
Exit code:
0
Version:
8.00.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)
Modules
Images
c:\program files\internet explorer\iexplore.exe
c:\systemroot\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
2652"C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\RdrCEF.exe" --type=renderer --disable-3d-apis --disable-databases --disable-direct-npapi-requests --disable-file-system --disable-notifications --disable-shared-workers --disable-direct-write --lang=en-US --lang=en-US --log-severity=disable --product-version="ReaderServices/15.23.20053 Chrome/45.0.2454.85" --device-scale-factor=1 --enable-delegated-renderer --num-raster-threads=2 --gpu-rasterization-msaa-sample-count=8 --content-image-texture-target=3553 --video-image-texture-target=3553 --disable-accelerated-video-decode --disable-webrtc-hw-encoding --disable-gpu-compositing --channel="3320.1.493769953\1250518880" --allow-no-sandbox-job /prefetch:673131151C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\RdrCEF.exeRdrCEF.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Adobe Systems Incorporated
Integrity Level:
LOW
Description:
Adobe RdrCEF
Exit code:
0
Version:
15.23.20053.211670
Modules
Images
c:\program files\adobe\acrobat reader dc\reader\acrocef\rdrcef.exe
c:\systemroot\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\lpk.dll
c:\windows\system32\usp10.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll
2888"C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" SCODEF:2548 CREDAT:71937C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
iexplore.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
LOW
Description:
Internet Explorer
Exit code:
0
Version:
8.00.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)
Modules
Images
c:\program files\internet explorer\iexplore.exe
c:\systemroot\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
3076"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\xd.exe" C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\xd.exe
explorer.exe
User:
admin
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Exit code:
0
Modules
Images
c:\users\admin\appdata\local\temp\xd.exe
c:\systemroot\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll
c:\windows\system32\lpk.dll
c:\windows\system32\usp10.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll
3284C:\Windows\system32\DllHost.exe /Processid:{76D0CB12-7604-4048-B83C-1005C7DDC503}C:\Windows\system32\DllHost.exesvchost.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
COM Surrogate
Exit code:
0
Version:
6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\dllhost.exe
c:\systemroot\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\ole32.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll
c:\windows\system32\lpk.dll
c:\windows\system32\usp10.dll
3320"C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\RdrCEF.exe" --backgroundcolor=16448250C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\RdrCEF.exeAcroRd32.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Adobe Systems Incorporated
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Adobe RdrCEF
Exit code:
3221225547
Version:
15.23.20053.211670
Modules
Images
c:\program files\adobe\acrobat reader dc\reader\acrocef\rdrcef.exe
c:\systemroot\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\lpk.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\usp10.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll
3744"C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroRd32.exe" --type=rendererC:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroRd32.exeAcroRd32.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Adobe Systems Incorporated
Integrity Level:
LOW
Description:
Adobe Acrobat Reader DC
Exit code:
1
Version:
15.23.20070.215641
Modules
Images
c:\program files\adobe\acrobat reader dc\reader\acrord32.exe
c:\systemroot\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll
c:\windows\system32\gdi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\lpk.dll
c:\windows\system32\usp10.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll
Total events
639
Read events
475
Write events
162
Delete events
2

Modification events

(PID) Process:(3076) xd.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Operation:writeName:jiangshanVIP
Value:
C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\xd.exe
(PID) Process:(3284) DllHost.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Direct3D\MostRecentApplication
Operation:writeName:Name
Value:
DllHost.exe
(PID) Process:(3284) DllHost.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows Photo Viewer\Viewer
Operation:writeName:MainWndPos
Value:
6000000034000000A00400008002000000000000
(PID) Process:(3744) AcroRd32.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\DC\ExitSection
Operation:writeName:bLastExitNormal
Value:
0
(PID) Process:(3744) AcroRd32.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\DC\ExitSection
Operation:writeName:bLastExitNormal
Value:
1
(PID) Process:(3744) AcroRd32.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\DC\AcroApp\cRegistered\c0
Operation:writeName:tDescription
Value:
Create a PDF from any format
(PID) Process:(3744) AcroRd32.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\DC\AcroApp\cRegistered\c0
Operation:writeName:aID
Value:
CPDFAppFull
(PID) Process:(3744) AcroRd32.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\DC\AcroApp\cRegistered\c0
Operation:writeName:tPath
Value:
CPDF_Full.aapp
(PID) Process:(3744) AcroRd32.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\DC\AcroApp\cRegistered\c0
Operation:writeName:tTitle
Value:
Create PDF
(PID) Process:(3744) AcroRd32.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\DC\AcroApp\cRegistered\c1
Operation:writeName:tDescription
Value:
Convert PDFs to Word, Excel, PowerPoint and more
Executable files
0
Suspicious files
2
Text files
10
Unknown types
3

Dropped files

PID
Process
Filename
Type
3744AcroRd32.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Adobe\Acrobat\DC\ReaderMessages-journal
MD5:
SHA256:
2548iexplore.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\RB73MZ6Y\favicon[1].ico
MD5:
SHA256:
2548iexplore.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Services\search_{0633EE93-D776-472f-A0FF-E1416B8B2E3A}.ico
MD5:
SHA256:
2888iexplore.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Cookies\Low\admin@google[1].txt
MD5:
SHA256:
2888iexplore.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\Low\Content.IE5\OCDM6JB6\google_com[1].txt
MD5:
SHA256:
3320RdrCEF.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Adobe\AcroCef\DC\Acrobat\Cache\data_1binary
MD5:
SHA256:
3744AcroRd32.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\LocalLow\Adobe\Acrobat\DC\ReaderMessagessqlite
MD5:
SHA256:
3744AcroRd32.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Adobe\Acrobat\DC\IconCacheRdr65536.datbinary
MD5:
SHA256:
2888iexplore.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\Low\Content.IE5\OCDM6JB6\google_com[1].htmhtml
MD5:
SHA256:
2888iexplore.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\Low\Content.IE5\BWPPCY0O\rs=ACT90oEMk6a6O5JjcCZYRFDVdR0sHstsDw[1]text
MD5:
SHA256:
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HTTP(S) requests
2
TCP/UDP connections
10
DNS requests
8
Threats
2

HTTP requests

PID
Process
Method
HTTP Code
IP
URL
CN
Type
Size
Reputation
2888
iexplore.exe
GET
302
216.58.201.228:80
http://www.google.com/
US
html
231 b
malicious
2548
iexplore.exe
GET
200
204.79.197.200:80
http://www.bing.com/favicon.ico
US
image
237 b
whitelisted
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Connections

PID
Process
IP
Domain
ASN
CN
Reputation
3076
xd.exe
180.124.59.32:89
duowanxieyi.f3322.org
No.31,Jin-rong Street
CN
malicious
2548
iexplore.exe
204.79.197.200:80
www.bing.com
Microsoft Corporation
US
whitelisted
2888
iexplore.exe
216.58.201.228:80
www.google.com
Google Inc.
US
whitelisted
2888
iexplore.exe
216.58.201.228:443
www.google.com
Google Inc.
US
whitelisted
2548
iexplore.exe
216.58.201.228:443
www.google.com
Google Inc.
US
whitelisted
2888
iexplore.exe
216.58.204.110:443
www.youtube.com
Google Inc.
US
whitelisted

DNS requests

Domain
IP
Reputation
duowanxieyi.f3322.org
  • 180.124.59.32
malicious
www.bing.com
  • 204.79.197.200
whitelisted
www.google.com
  • 216.58.201.228
malicious
www.youtube.com
  • 216.58.204.110
whitelisted

Threats

PID
Process
Class
Message
A Network Trojan was detected
ET TROJAN Gh0st Trojan CnC 2
A Network Trojan was detected
ET TROJAN Gh0st Trojan CnC 2
No debug info