| File name: | d47417717a878aa63ec6bd53e54111e058242c764f7b70e4bab1853d514d752c |
| Full analysis: | https://app.any.run/tasks/a5c940f0-baa4-463c-baa2-98568a7a8b42 |
| 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: | April 19, 2025, 21:51:19 |
| 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, 4 sections |
| MD5: | AB024B753D719130A602220DA7E68FD6 |
| SHA1: | 5B32F8E04A09BC7C47915B2688FF9656B7871D6F |
| SHA256: | D47417717A878AA63EC6BD53E54111E058242C764F7B70E4BAB1853D514D752C |
| SSDEEP: | 12288:jKqhgjhin/B2hDWGhEVksO2SGjaiPQCfTifp6VZuNBfVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVNVVVw:jKqhehin/B2hDWGhAODGjaiPP |
MALICIOUS
GH0ST has been detected (SURICATA)
- tapisrv.exe (PID: 7868)
SUSPICIOUS
Process drops legitimate windows executable
- d47417717a878aa63ec6bd53e54111e058242c764f7b70e4bab1853d514d752c.exe (PID: 7360)
Executable content was dropped or overwritten
- d47417717a878aa63ec6bd53e54111e058242c764f7b70e4bab1853d514d752c.exe (PID: 7360)
The process drops C-runtime libraries
- d47417717a878aa63ec6bd53e54111e058242c764f7b70e4bab1853d514d752c.exe (PID: 7360)
Reads security settings of Internet Explorer
- d47417717a878aa63ec6bd53e54111e058242c764f7b70e4bab1853d514d752c.exe (PID: 7360)
Likely accesses (executes) a file from the Public directory
- tapisrv.exe (PID: 7820)
- tapisrv.exe (PID: 7868)
There is functionality for taking screenshot (YARA)
- tapisrv.exe (PID: 7868)
- tapisrv.exe (PID: 8016)
Contacting a server suspected of hosting an CnC
- tapisrv.exe (PID: 7868)
Connects to unusual port
- tapisrv.exe (PID: 7868)
INFO
The sample compiled with english language support
- d47417717a878aa63ec6bd53e54111e058242c764f7b70e4bab1853d514d752c.exe (PID: 7360)
Checks supported languages
- d47417717a878aa63ec6bd53e54111e058242c764f7b70e4bab1853d514d752c.exe (PID: 7360)
- tapisrv.exe (PID: 7868)
Reads the computer name
- d47417717a878aa63ec6bd53e54111e058242c764f7b70e4bab1853d514d752c.exe (PID: 7360)
- tapisrv.exe (PID: 7868)
The sample compiled with chinese language support
- d47417717a878aa63ec6bd53e54111e058242c764f7b70e4bab1853d514d752c.exe (PID: 7360)
Process checks computer location settings
- d47417717a878aa63ec6bd53e54111e058242c764f7b70e4bab1853d514d752c.exe (PID: 7360)
Reads the machine GUID from the registry
- tapisrv.exe (PID: 7868)
Manual execution by a user
- tapisrv.exe (PID: 7968)
- notepad.exe (PID: 8068)
- tapisrv.exe (PID: 8016)
- notepad.exe (PID: 8116)
- notepad.exe (PID: 8156)
- notepad.exe (PID: 7316)
- notepad.exe (PID: 7264)
- notepad.exe (PID: 2140)
- notepad.exe (PID: 7200)
Reads security settings of Internet Explorer
- notepad.exe (PID: 8068)
- notepad.exe (PID: 8116)
- notepad.exe (PID: 8156)
- notepad.exe (PID: 7264)
- notepad.exe (PID: 2140)
- notepad.exe (PID: 7200)
- notepad.exe (PID: 7316)
Reads CPU info
- tapisrv.exe (PID: 7868)
Checks proxy server information
- slui.exe (PID: 7752)
Reads the software policy settings
- slui.exe (PID: 7752)
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TRiD
| .exe | | | InstallShield setup (34.8) |
|---|---|---|
| .exe | | | Win32 Executable MS Visual C++ (generic) (25.2) |
| .exe | | | Win64 Executable (generic) (22.3) |
| .scr | | | Windows screen saver (10.6) |
| .exe | | | Win32 Executable (generic) (3.6) |
EXIF
EXE
| MachineType: | Intel 386 or later, and compatibles |
|---|---|
| TimeStamp: | 2025:04:10 14:16:11+00:00 |
| ImageFileCharacteristics: | No relocs, Executable, No line numbers, No symbols, 32-bit |
| PEType: | PE32 |
| LinkerVersion: | 6 |
| CodeSize: | 266240 |
| InitializedDataSize: | 1060864 |
| UninitializedDataSize: | - |
| EntryPoint: | 0xa7a6 |
| OSVersion: | 4 |
| ImageVersion: | - |
| SubsystemVersion: | 4 |
| Subsystem: | Windows GUI |
Total processes
138
Monitored processes
13
Malicious processes
2
Suspicious processes
0
Behavior graph
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Process information
PID | CMD | Path | Indicators | Parent process | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2140 | "C:\WINDOWS\system32\NOTEPAD.EXE" "C:\Users\admin\Desktop\directui license.txt" | C:\Windows\System32\notepad.exe | — | explorer.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Notepad Version: 10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Modules
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| 7200 | "C:\WINDOWS\system32\NOTEPAD.EXE" "C:\Users\admin\Desktop\opencv license.txt" | C:\Windows\System32\notepad.exe | — | explorer.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Notepad Version: 10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Modules
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| 7264 | "C:\WINDOWS\system32\NOTEPAD.EXE" "C:\Users\admin\Desktop\duilib license.txt" | C:\Windows\System32\notepad.exe | — | explorer.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Notepad Version: 10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Modules
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| 7316 | "C:\WINDOWS\system32\NOTEPAD.EXE" C:\Users\admin\Desktop\Config.ini | C:\Windows\System32\notepad.exe | — | explorer.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Notepad Version: 10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Modules
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| 7360 | "C:\Users\admin\Desktop\d47417717a878aa63ec6bd53e54111e058242c764f7b70e4bab1853d514d752c.exe" | C:\Users\admin\Desktop\d47417717a878aa63ec6bd53e54111e058242c764f7b70e4bab1853d514d752c.exe | explorer.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Integrity Level: MEDIUM Modules
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| 7752 | 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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| 7820 | "C:\Users\Public\McAfee\tapisrv.exe" | C:\Users\Public\McAfee\tapisrv.exe | — | d47417717a878aa63ec6bd53e54111e058242c764f7b70e4bab1853d514d752c.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: 巧课教育科技(深圳)有限公司 Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: 巧课客户端 Exit code: 3221226540 Version: 2.0.0.0 Modules
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| 7868 | "C:\Users\Public\McAfee\tapisrv.exe" | C:\Users\Public\McAfee\tapisrv.exe | d47417717a878aa63ec6bd53e54111e058242c764f7b70e4bab1853d514d752c.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Company: 巧课教育科技(深圳)有限公司 Integrity Level: HIGH Description: 巧课客户端 Version: 2.0.0.0 Modules
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| 7968 | "C:\Users\admin\Desktop\tapisrv.exe" | C:\Users\admin\Desktop\tapisrv.exe | — | explorer.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: 巧课教育科技(深圳)有限公司 Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: 巧课客户端 Exit code: 3221226540 Version: 2.0.0.0 Modules
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| 8016 | "C:\Users\admin\Desktop\tapisrv.exe" | C:\Users\admin\Desktop\tapisrv.exe | explorer.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Company: 巧课教育科技(深圳)有限公司 Integrity Level: HIGH Description: 巧课客户端 Exit code: 3221225781 Version: 2.0.0.0 Modules
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Total events
5 302
Read events
5 302
Write events
0
Delete events
0
Modification events
Executable files
45
Suspicious files
1
Text files
9
Unknown types
1
Dropped files
PID | Process | Filename | Type | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7360 | d47417717a878aa63ec6bd53e54111e058242c764f7b70e4bab1853d514d752c.exe | C:\Users\Public\Downloads\utotu.dat | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 7360 | d47417717a878aa63ec6bd53e54111e058242c764f7b70e4bab1853d514d752c.exe | C:\Users\Public\McAfee\api-ms-win-core-file-l1-2-0.dll | executable | |
MD5:79EE4A2FCBE24E9A65106DE834CCDA4A | SHA256:9F7BDA59FAAFC8A455F98397A63A7F7D114EFC4E8A41808C791256EBF33C7613 | |||
| 7360 | d47417717a878aa63ec6bd53e54111e058242c764f7b70e4bab1853d514d752c.exe | C:\Users\Public\McAfee\api-ms-win-core-file-l2-1-0.dll | executable | |
MD5:3F224766FE9B090333FDB43D5A22F9EA | SHA256:AE5E73416EB64BC18249ACE99F6847024ECEEA7CE9C343696C84196460F3A357 | |||
| 7360 | d47417717a878aa63ec6bd53e54111e058242c764f7b70e4bab1853d514d752c.exe | C:\Users\Public\McAfee\alibabacloud-oss-cpp-sdk.dll | executable | |
MD5:0AAEB781E651BE69F6D643A72B15C6CB | SHA256:E9359D5C42B6767D63525AE73EB194A88C3E68111CEE4EC1A2BDBB8ECF530BB9 | |||
| 7360 | d47417717a878aa63ec6bd53e54111e058242c764f7b70e4bab1853d514d752c.exe | C:\Users\Public\McAfee\api-ms-win-crt-heap-l1-1-0.dll | executable | |
MD5:1776A2B85378B27825CF5E5A3A132D9A | SHA256:675B1B82DD485CC8C8A099272DB9241D0D2A7F45424901F35231B79186EC47EE | |||
| 7360 | d47417717a878aa63ec6bd53e54111e058242c764f7b70e4bab1853d514d752c.exe | C:\Users\Public\McAfee\api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-2-0.dll | executable | |
MD5:6E704280D632C2F8F2CADEFCAE25AD85 | SHA256:758A2F9EF6908B51745DB50D89610FE1DE921D93B2DBEA919BFDBA813D5D8893 | |||
| 7360 | d47417717a878aa63ec6bd53e54111e058242c764f7b70e4bab1853d514d752c.exe | C:\Users\Public\McAfee\api-ms-win-crt-convert-l1-1-0.dll | executable | |
MD5:9DDEA3CC96E0FDD3443CC60D649931B3 | SHA256:B7C3EBC36C84630A52D23D1C0E79D61012DFA44CDEBDF039AF31EC9E322845A5 | |||
| 7360 | d47417717a878aa63ec6bd53e54111e058242c764f7b70e4bab1853d514d752c.exe | C:\Users\Public\McAfee\api-ms-win-crt-environment-l1-1-0.dll | executable | |
MD5:39325E5F023EB564C87D30F7E06DFF23 | SHA256:56D8B7EE7619579A3C648EB130C9354BA1BA5B33A07A4F350370EE7B3653749A | |||
| 7360 | d47417717a878aa63ec6bd53e54111e058242c764f7b70e4bab1853d514d752c.exe | C:\Users\Public\McAfee\api-ms-win-crt-locale-l1-1-0.dll | executable | |
MD5:034379BCEA45EB99DB8CDFEACBC5E281 | SHA256:8B543B1BB241F5B773EB76F652DAD7B12E3E4A09230F2E804CD6B0622E8BAF65 | |||
| 7360 | d47417717a878aa63ec6bd53e54111e058242c764f7b70e4bab1853d514d752c.exe | C:\Users\Public\Downloads\rtihr.dat | compressed | |
MD5:6A068A1C5E024FFFF14E7DA0E94F10C2 | SHA256:20B9DAD18D70FD0FF2A78A1D1E5505B43CA1E0EBB997403DE324C1B233441C6F | |||
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HTTP(S) requests
5
TCP/UDP connections
27
DNS requests
7
Threats
2
HTTP requests
PID | Process | Method | HTTP Code | IP | URL | CN | Type | Size | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
7360 | d47417717a878aa63ec6bd53e54111e058242c764f7b70e4bab1853d514d752c.exe | GET | 200 | 27.124.44.75:80 | http://download.linuxroot.site/download/6108.dat | unknown | — | — | unknown |
2104 | svchost.exe | GET | 200 | 23.216.77.19:80 | http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
7868 | tapisrv.exe | GET | — | 14.128.50.89:80 | http://da.jib-a.com/ | unknown | — | — | unknown |
— | — | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2104 | svchost.exe | 51.104.136.2:443 | settings-win.data.microsoft.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | IE | whitelisted |
4 | System | 192.168.100.255:137 | — | — | — | whitelisted |
— | — | 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 |
7360 | d47417717a878aa63ec6bd53e54111e058242c764f7b70e4bab1853d514d752c.exe | 27.124.44.75:80 | download.linuxroot.site | BGPNET Global ASN | SG | unknown |
2104 | svchost.exe | 23.216.77.19:80 | crl.microsoft.com | Akamai International B.V. | DE | whitelisted |
2104 | svchost.exe | 40.127.240.158:443 | settings-win.data.microsoft.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | IE | whitelisted |
6808 | slui.exe | 40.91.76.224:443 | activation-v2.sls.microsoft.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | US | whitelisted |
7868 | tapisrv.exe | 14.128.50.89:80 | da.jib-a.com | BGPNET Global ASN | SG | unknown |
2196 | svchost.exe | 224.0.0.252:5355 | — | — | — | whitelisted |
DNS requests
Domain | IP | Reputation |
|---|---|---|
settings-win.data.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
google.com |
| whitelisted |
download.linuxroot.site |
| unknown |
crl.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
activation-v2.sls.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
da.jib-a.com |
| unknown |
Threats
PID | Process | Class | Message |
|---|---|---|---|
7868 | tapisrv.exe | Misc Attack | ET DROP Spamhaus DROP Listed Traffic Inbound group 1 |
7868 | tapisrv.exe | Malware Command and Control Activity Detected | REMOTE [ANY.RUN] Gh0stRAT TCP Packet |