| File name: | b99bf9785ee2e67c45345753cb2aaa6ecc9c48904fe66f2b177e12e570500af6.exe |
| Full analysis: | https://app.any.run/tasks/45b2b95b-8ce7-4ee7-b32f-1b1e2e01c993 |
| 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: | August 01, 2025, 01:23:57 |
| OS: | Windows 10 Professional (build: 19044, 64 bit) |
| Tags: | |
| Indicators: | |
| MIME: | application/vnd.microsoft.portable-executable |
| File info: | PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows, 5 sections |
| MD5: | F235C67E2F96EEFAE912DAA3527A7F5D |
| SHA1: | F43B6A22433DFEE74A588BDA1AF6064C68A4AB8E |
| SHA256: | B99BF9785EE2E67C45345753CB2AAA6ECC9C48904FE66F2B177E12E570500AF6 |
| SSDEEP: | 49152:TJ6/C6ZCvN7z88988NtMJ+HyH9bv4Y6BBBBBD2CPc/oouuEsoGc7BWVMtwkaCg93:l6/C6ZM6+y9v4o/EgZSQSh54H |
MALICIOUS
GH0ST mutex has been found
- b99bf9785ee2e67c45345753cb2aaa6ecc9c48904fe66f2b177e12e570500af6.exe (PID: 1592)
- svchcst.exe (PID: 5084)
- svchcst.exe (PID: 4888)
- svchcst.exe (PID: 6180)
- svchcst.exe (PID: 4820)
- svchcst.exe (PID: 2848)
- svchcst.exe (PID: 7016)
- svchcst.exe (PID: 3620)
- svchcst.exe (PID: 4748)
- svchcst.exe (PID: 4100)
- svchcst.exe (PID: 6796)
- svchcst.exe (PID: 2620)
- svchcst.exe (PID: 5460)
- svchcst.exe (PID: 7032)
- svchcst.exe (PID: 4884)
- svchcst.exe (PID: 5780)
- svchcst.exe (PID: 5552)
- svchcst.exe (PID: 2612)
- svchcst.exe (PID: 3740)
Uses sleep, probably for evasion detection (SCRIPT)
- wscript.exe (PID: 1216)
- wscript.exe (PID: 1100)
SUSPICIOUS
The process executes VB scripts
- b99bf9785ee2e67c45345753cb2aaa6ecc9c48904fe66f2b177e12e570500af6.exe (PID: 1592)
Executable content was dropped or overwritten
- b99bf9785ee2e67c45345753cb2aaa6ecc9c48904fe66f2b177e12e570500af6.exe (PID: 1592)
Reads security settings of Internet Explorer
- b99bf9785ee2e67c45345753cb2aaa6ecc9c48904fe66f2b177e12e570500af6.exe (PID: 1592)
Accesses WMI object, sets custom ImpersonationLevel (SCRIPT)
- wscript.exe (PID: 1100)
- wscript.exe (PID: 1216)
Executes WMI query (SCRIPT)
- wscript.exe (PID: 1216)
- wscript.exe (PID: 1100)
Runs shell command (SCRIPT)
- wscript.exe (PID: 1216)
- wscript.exe (PID: 1100)
The process executes via Task Scheduler
- updater.exe (PID: 3704)
Application launched itself
- updater.exe (PID: 3704)
INFO
Checks supported languages
- b99bf9785ee2e67c45345753cb2aaa6ecc9c48904fe66f2b177e12e570500af6.exe (PID: 1592)
- svchcst.exe (PID: 5084)
- svchcst.exe (PID: 4888)
- svchcst.exe (PID: 4100)
- svchcst.exe (PID: 6796)
- svchcst.exe (PID: 4820)
- svchcst.exe (PID: 2848)
- svchcst.exe (PID: 7016)
- svchcst.exe (PID: 3620)
- svchcst.exe (PID: 4748)
- svchcst.exe (PID: 4884)
- svchcst.exe (PID: 6180)
- svchcst.exe (PID: 5552)
- svchcst.exe (PID: 2620)
- svchcst.exe (PID: 2612)
- svchcst.exe (PID: 3740)
- svchcst.exe (PID: 5460)
- svchcst.exe (PID: 7032)
- svchcst.exe (PID: 5780)
- updater.exe (PID: 3704)
- updater.exe (PID: 4120)
Reads the computer name
- b99bf9785ee2e67c45345753cb2aaa6ecc9c48904fe66f2b177e12e570500af6.exe (PID: 1592)
- updater.exe (PID: 3704)
Process checks computer location settings
- b99bf9785ee2e67c45345753cb2aaa6ecc9c48904fe66f2b177e12e570500af6.exe (PID: 1592)
Creates files or folders in the user directory
- b99bf9785ee2e67c45345753cb2aaa6ecc9c48904fe66f2b177e12e570500af6.exe (PID: 1592)
Process checks whether UAC notifications are on
- updater.exe (PID: 3704)
Reads the software policy settings
- slui.exe (PID: 2276)
Checks proxy server information
- slui.exe (PID: 2276)
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TRiD
| .exe | | | Win32 Executable MS Visual C++ (generic) (35.8) |
|---|---|---|
| .exe | | | Win64 Executable (generic) (31.7) |
| .scr | | | Windows screen saver (15) |
| .dll | | | Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (7.5) |
| .exe | | | Win32 Executable (generic) (5.1) |
EXIF
EXE
| MachineType: | Intel 386 or later, and compatibles |
|---|---|
| TimeStamp: | 2021:12:26 00:25:29+00:00 |
| ImageFileCharacteristics: | No relocs, Executable, No line numbers, No symbols, 32-bit |
| PEType: | PE32 |
| LinkerVersion: | 6 |
| CodeSize: | 57344 |
| InitializedDataSize: | 512000 |
| UninitializedDataSize: | - |
| EntryPoint: | 0xb2656 |
| OSVersion: | 4 |
| ImageVersion: | - |
| SubsystemVersion: | 4 |
| Subsystem: | Windows GUI |
Total processes
156
Monitored processes
24
Malicious processes
21
Suspicious processes
0
Behavior graph
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Process information
PID | CMD | Path | Indicators | Parent process | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1100 | "C:\WINDOWS\System32\WScript.exe" "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\VBS3.vbs" | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\wscript.exe | — | b99bf9785ee2e67c45345753cb2aaa6ecc9c48904fe66f2b177e12e570500af6.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Microsoft ® Windows Based Script Host Exit code: 0 Version: 5.812.10240.16384 Modules
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| 1216 | "C:\WINDOWS\System32\WScript.exe" "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\VBS3.vbs" | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\wscript.exe | — | b99bf9785ee2e67c45345753cb2aaa6ecc9c48904fe66f2b177e12e570500af6.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Microsoft ® Windows Based Script Host Exit code: 0 Version: 5.812.10240.16384 Modules
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| 1592 | "C:\Users\admin\Desktop\b99bf9785ee2e67c45345753cb2aaa6ecc9c48904fe66f2b177e12e570500af6.exe" | C:\Users\admin\Desktop\b99bf9785ee2e67c45345753cb2aaa6ecc9c48904fe66f2b177e12e570500af6.exe | explorer.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Integrity Level: MEDIUM Exit code: 4294967295 Modules
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| 2276 | C:\WINDOWS\System32\slui.exe -Embedding | C:\Windows\System32\slui.exe | svchost.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Windows Activation Client Exit code: 0 Version: 10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Modules
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| 2612 | "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\svchcst.exe" | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\svchcst.exe | wscript.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Integrity Level: MEDIUM Exit code: 0 Modules
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| 2620 | "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\svchcst.exe" | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\svchcst.exe | wscript.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Integrity Level: MEDIUM Exit code: 0 Modules
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| 2848 | "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\svchcst.exe" | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\svchcst.exe | wscript.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Integrity Level: MEDIUM Exit code: 0 Modules
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| 3620 | "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\svchcst.exe" | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\svchcst.exe | wscript.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Integrity Level: MEDIUM Exit code: 0 Modules
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| 3704 | "C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\GoogleUpdater\134.0.6985.0\updater.exe" --wake --system | C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\GoogleUpdater\134.0.6985.0\updater.exe | — | svchost.exe | |||||||||||
User: SYSTEM Company: Google LLC Integrity Level: SYSTEM Description: Google Updater Exit code: 0 Version: 134.0.6985.0 Modules
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| 3740 | "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\svchcst.exe" | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\svchcst.exe | wscript.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Integrity Level: MEDIUM Exit code: 0 Modules
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Total events
17 413
Read events
17 409
Write events
4
Delete events
0
Modification events
| (PID) Process: | (1592) b99bf9785ee2e67c45345753cb2aaa6ecc9c48904fe66f2b177e12e570500af6.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\OneDrive\Accounts |
| Operation: | write | Name: | LastUpdate |
Value: 37178C6800000000 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (1592) b99bf9785ee2e67c45345753cb2aaa6ecc9c48904fe66f2b177e12e570500af6.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer |
| Operation: | write | Name: | SlowContextMenuEntries |
Value: 6024B221EA3A6910A2DC08002B30309D0A010000BD0E0C47735D584D9CEDE91E22E23282770100000114020000000000C0000000000000468D0000006078A409B011A54DAFA526D86198A780390100009AD298B2EDA6DE11BA8CA68E55D895936E000000 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (1216) wscript.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer |
| Operation: | write | Name: | SlowContextMenuEntries |
Value: 6024B221EA3A6910A2DC08002B30309D0A010000BD0E0C47735D584D9CEDE91E22E23282770100000114020000000000C0000000000000468D0000006078A409B011A54DAFA526D86198A780390100009AD298B2EDA6DE11BA8CA68E55D895936E000000 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (1100) wscript.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer |
| Operation: | write | Name: | SlowContextMenuEntries |
Value: 6024B221EA3A6910A2DC08002B30309D0A010000BD0E0C47735D584D9CEDE91E22E23282770100000114020000000000C0000000000000468D0000006078A409B011A54DAFA526D86198A780390100009AD298B2EDA6DE11BA8CA68E55D895936E000000 | |||
Executable files
2
Suspicious files
0
Text files
3
Unknown types
0
Dropped files
PID | Process | Filename | Type | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1592 | b99bf9785ee2e67c45345753cb2aaa6ecc9c48904fe66f2b177e12e570500af6.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\svchcst.exe | executable | |
MD5:F235C67E2F96EEFAE912DAA3527A7F5D | SHA256:B99BF9785EE2E67C45345753CB2AAA6ECC9C48904FE66F2B177E12E570500AF6 | |||
| 1592 | b99bf9785ee2e67c45345753cb2aaa6ecc9c48904fe66f2b177e12e570500af6.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\VBS3.vbs | text | |
MD5:ED6F28395C4ECFE3085722317A75FB9B | SHA256:0F243CBB2D69794C14308AECC9EDC840A54A539D1FDDA5C9469D922CDE771F64 | |||
| 1592 | b99bf9785ee2e67c45345753cb2aaa6ecc9c48904fe66f2b177e12e570500af6.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\svchcst.exe | executable | |
MD5:99D1E2331D2E208E1436767898344C2F | SHA256:213446FAB9D8651C100CA202B9CA02BC37F34DB23A9750EA00D37D90543A1F9F | |||
| 1592 | b99bf9785ee2e67c45345753cb2aaa6ecc9c48904fe66f2b177e12e570500af6.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Config.ini | text | |
MD5:67B9B3E2DED7086F393EBBC36C5E7BCA | SHA256:44063C266686263F14CD2A83FEE124FB3E61A9171A6AAB69709464F49511011D | |||
| 4120 | updater.exe | C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\GoogleUpdater\updater.log | text | |
MD5:4ED2C7981C41713591072A02D74684C0 | SHA256:C2ACC079D9CF7731EF5A0ED0FB579D13DCF634CAEDF4E7E948DB53498FAA118A | |||
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HTTP(S) requests
8
TCP/UDP connections
19
DNS requests
7
Threats
0
HTTP requests
PID | Process | Method | HTTP Code | IP | URL | CN | Type | Size | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
5944 | MoUsoCoreWorker.exe | GET | 200 | 23.216.77.6:80 | http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
1268 | svchost.exe | GET | 200 | 23.216.77.6:80 | http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
5944 | MoUsoCoreWorker.exe | GET | 200 | 23.35.229.160:80 | http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/MicSecSerCA2011_2011-10-18.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
3480 | RUXIMICS.exe | GET | 200 | 23.216.77.6:80 | http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
3480 | RUXIMICS.exe | GET | 200 | 23.35.229.160:80 | http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/MicSecSerCA2011_2011-10-18.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
1268 | svchost.exe | GET | 200 | 23.35.229.160:80 | http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/MicSecSerCA2011_2011-10-18.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
— | — | POST | 500 | 40.91.76.224:443 | https://activation-v2.sls.microsoft.com/SLActivateProduct/SLActivateProduct.asmx?configextension=Retail | unknown | xml | 512 b | whitelisted |
— | — | POST | 500 | 40.91.76.224:443 | https://activation-v2.sls.microsoft.com/SLActivateProduct/SLActivateProduct.asmx?configextension=Retail | unknown | xml | 512 b | whitelisted |
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Connections
PID | Process | IP | Domain | ASN | CN | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
5944 | MoUsoCoreWorker.exe | 51.104.136.2:443 | settings-win.data.microsoft.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | IE | whitelisted |
4 | System | 192.168.100.255:137 | — | — | — | whitelisted |
3480 | RUXIMICS.exe | 51.104.136.2:443 | settings-win.data.microsoft.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | IE | whitelisted |
1268 | svchost.exe | 51.104.136.2:443 | settings-win.data.microsoft.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | IE | whitelisted |
4 | System | 192.168.100.255:138 | — | — | — | whitelisted |
5944 | MoUsoCoreWorker.exe | 23.216.77.6:80 | crl.microsoft.com | Akamai International B.V. | DE | whitelisted |
1268 | svchost.exe | 23.216.77.6:80 | crl.microsoft.com | Akamai International B.V. | DE | whitelisted |
3480 | RUXIMICS.exe | 23.216.77.6:80 | crl.microsoft.com | Akamai International B.V. | DE | whitelisted |
5944 | MoUsoCoreWorker.exe | 23.35.229.160:80 | www.microsoft.com | AKAMAI-AS | DE | whitelisted |
1268 | svchost.exe | 23.35.229.160:80 | www.microsoft.com | AKAMAI-AS | DE | whitelisted |
DNS requests
Domain | IP | Reputation |
|---|---|---|
settings-win.data.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
google.com |
| whitelisted |
crl.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
www.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
self.events.data.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
activation-v2.sls.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |