| File name: | fa6450bd0214817afcbead7acc0e469941f27f5dda838d1c16de6c6b326a80fc |
| Full analysis: | https://app.any.run/tasks/fc5a4ff0-5b77-4502-b651-4581c01eda6a |
| 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: | June 21, 2025, 04:23:18 |
| 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: | 54D541BD72BFCEAA0CC730EF0F9F6EE1 |
| SHA1: | CBACB5C79031398BD4E6071BE86343EC377ABB6F |
| SHA256: | FA6450BD0214817AFCBEAD7ACC0E469941F27F5DDA838D1C16DE6C6B326A80FC |
| SSDEEP: | 49152:3J6/C6ZCvN7z88988NtMJ+HyH9Nv4Y6BBBBBD2CPc/oouuEsoGc7BWVMtwkaCg9Y:Z6/C6ZI6+yfv4o/EgZSQSh5om |
MALICIOUS
GH0ST mutex has been found
- fa6450bd0214817afcbead7acc0e469941f27f5dda838d1c16de6c6b326a80fc.exe (PID: 1068)
- svchcst.exe (PID: 3608)
- svchcst.exe (PID: 2732)
- svchcst.exe (PID: 6268)
Uses sleep, probably for evasion detection (SCRIPT)
- wscript.exe (PID: 2116)
- wscript.exe (PID: 6656)
- wscript.exe (PID: 2864)
SUSPICIOUS
Executable content was dropped or overwritten
- fa6450bd0214817afcbead7acc0e469941f27f5dda838d1c16de6c6b326a80fc.exe (PID: 1068)
- svchcst.exe (PID: 3608)
The process executes VB scripts
- fa6450bd0214817afcbead7acc0e469941f27f5dda838d1c16de6c6b326a80fc.exe (PID: 1068)
- svchcst.exe (PID: 3608)
Reads security settings of Internet Explorer
- fa6450bd0214817afcbead7acc0e469941f27f5dda838d1c16de6c6b326a80fc.exe (PID: 1068)
- svchcst.exe (PID: 3608)
Executes WMI query (SCRIPT)
- wscript.exe (PID: 2116)
- wscript.exe (PID: 6656)
- wscript.exe (PID: 2864)
There is functionality for enable RDP (YARA)
- fa6450bd0214817afcbead7acc0e469941f27f5dda838d1c16de6c6b326a80fc.exe (PID: 1068)
- svchcst.exe (PID: 3608)
Accesses WMI object, sets custom ImpersonationLevel (SCRIPT)
- wscript.exe (PID: 2116)
- wscript.exe (PID: 6656)
- wscript.exe (PID: 2864)
There is functionality for taking screenshot (YARA)
- fa6450bd0214817afcbead7acc0e469941f27f5dda838d1c16de6c6b326a80fc.exe (PID: 1068)
- svchcst.exe (PID: 3608)
Runs shell command (SCRIPT)
- wscript.exe (PID: 2116)
- wscript.exe (PID: 6656)
- wscript.exe (PID: 2864)
The process executes via Task Scheduler
- updater.exe (PID: 1752)
Application launched itself
- updater.exe (PID: 1752)
INFO
Reads the computer name
- fa6450bd0214817afcbead7acc0e469941f27f5dda838d1c16de6c6b326a80fc.exe (PID: 1068)
- svchcst.exe (PID: 3608)
- updater.exe (PID: 1752)
Process checks computer location settings
- fa6450bd0214817afcbead7acc0e469941f27f5dda838d1c16de6c6b326a80fc.exe (PID: 1068)
- svchcst.exe (PID: 3608)
Creates files or folders in the user directory
- fa6450bd0214817afcbead7acc0e469941f27f5dda838d1c16de6c6b326a80fc.exe (PID: 1068)
- svchcst.exe (PID: 3608)
The sample compiled with chinese language support
- fa6450bd0214817afcbead7acc0e469941f27f5dda838d1c16de6c6b326a80fc.exe (PID: 1068)
- svchcst.exe (PID: 3608)
Checks supported languages
- fa6450bd0214817afcbead7acc0e469941f27f5dda838d1c16de6c6b326a80fc.exe (PID: 1068)
- svchcst.exe (PID: 3608)
- svchcst.exe (PID: 2732)
- svchcst.exe (PID: 6268)
- updater.exe (PID: 1752)
- updater.exe (PID: 6216)
Process checks whether UAC notifications are on
- updater.exe (PID: 1752)
Checks proxy server information
- slui.exe (PID: 5708)
Reads the software policy settings
- slui.exe (PID: 5708)
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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 01:03:36+00:00 |
| ImageFileCharacteristics: | No relocs, Executable, No line numbers, No symbols, 32-bit |
| PEType: | PE32 |
| LinkerVersion: | 6 |
| CodeSize: | 864256 |
| InitializedDataSize: | 245760 |
| UninitializedDataSize: | - |
| EntryPoint: | 0xb2656 |
| OSVersion: | 4 |
| ImageVersion: | - |
| SubsystemVersion: | 4 |
| Subsystem: | Windows GUI |
| FileVersionNumber: | 1.0.0.0 |
| ProductVersionNumber: | 1.0.0.0 |
| FileFlagsMask: | 0x0000 |
| FileFlags: | (none) |
| FileOS: | Win32 |
| ObjectFileType: | Executable application |
| FileSubtype: | - |
| LanguageCode: | Chinese (Simplified) |
| CharacterSet: | Unicode |
| FileVersion: | 1.0.0.0 |
| FileDescription: | Windows 配置程序 |
| ProductName: | Windows TM |
| ProductVersion: | 1.0.0.0 |
| LegalCopyright: | 作者版权所有 请尊重并使用正版 |
| Comments: | 本程序使用易语言编写(http://www.dywt.com.cn) |
Total processes
142
Monitored processes
10
Malicious processes
7
Suspicious processes
0
Behavior graph
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Process information
PID | CMD | Path | Indicators | Parent process | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1068 | "C:\Users\admin\Desktop\fa6450bd0214817afcbead7acc0e469941f27f5dda838d1c16de6c6b326a80fc.exe" | C:\Users\admin\Desktop\fa6450bd0214817afcbead7acc0e469941f27f5dda838d1c16de6c6b326a80fc.exe | explorer.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Integrity Level: MEDIUM Exit code: 4294967295 Modules
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| 1752 | "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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| 2116 | "C:\WINDOWS\System32\WScript.exe" "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\VBS3.vbs" | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\wscript.exe | — | fa6450bd0214817afcbead7acc0e469941f27f5dda838d1c16de6c6b326a80fc.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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| 2732 | "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\svchcst.exe" | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\svchcst.exe | wscript.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Windows 配置程序 Exit code: 0 Version: 1.0.0.0 Modules
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| 2864 | "C:\WINDOWS\System32\WScript.exe" "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\VBS3.vbs" | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\wscript.exe | — | svchcst.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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| 3608 | "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\svchcst.exe" | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\svchcst.exe | wscript.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Windows 配置程序 Exit code: 4294967295 Version: 1.0.0.0 Modules
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| 5708 | 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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| 6216 | "C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\GoogleUpdater\134.0.6985.0\updater.exe" --crash-handler --system "--database=C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\GoogleUpdater\134.0.6985.0\Crashpad" --url=https://clients2.google.com/cr/report --annotation=prod=Update4 --annotation=ver=134.0.6985.0 "--attachment=C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\GoogleUpdater\updater.log" --initial-client-data=0x29c,0x2a0,0x2a4,0x278,0x2a8,0x111c460,0x111c46c,0x111c478 | C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\GoogleUpdater\134.0.6985.0\updater.exe | — | updater.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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| 6268 | "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\svchcst.exe" | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\svchcst.exe | wscript.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Windows 配置程序 Exit code: 0 Version: 1.0.0.0 Modules
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| 6656 | "C:\WINDOWS\System32\WScript.exe" "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\VBS3.vbs" | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\wscript.exe | — | svchcst.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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Total events
10 027
Read events
10 021
Write events
6
Delete events
0
Modification events
| (PID) Process: | (1068) fa6450bd0214817afcbead7acc0e469941f27f5dda838d1c16de6c6b326a80fc.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\OneDrive\Accounts |
| Operation: | write | Name: | LastUpdate |
Value: BF33566800000000 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (1068) fa6450bd0214817afcbead7acc0e469941f27f5dda838d1c16de6c6b326a80fc.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer |
| Operation: | write | Name: | SlowContextMenuEntries |
Value: 6024B221EA3A6910A2DC08002B30309D0A010000BD0E0C47735D584D9CEDE91E22E23282770100000114020000000000C0000000000000468D0000006078A409B011A54DAFA526D86198A780390100009AD298B2EDA6DE11BA8CA68E55D895936E000000 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3608) svchcst.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer |
| Operation: | write | Name: | SlowContextMenuEntries |
Value: 6024B221EA3A6910A2DC08002B30309D0A010000BD0E0C47735D584D9CEDE91E22E23282770100000114020000000000C0000000000000468D0000006078A409B011A54DAFA526D86198A780390100009AD298B2EDA6DE11BA8CA68E55D895936E000000 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (6656) wscript.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer |
| Operation: | write | Name: | SlowContextMenuEntries |
Value: 6024B221EA3A6910A2DC08002B30309D0A010000BD0E0C47735D584D9CEDE91E22E23282770100000114020000000000C0000000000000468D0000006078A409B011A54DAFA526D86198A780390100009AD298B2EDA6DE11BA8CA68E55D895936E000000 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (2864) wscript.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer |
| Operation: | write | Name: | SlowContextMenuEntries |
Value: 6024B221EA3A6910A2DC08002B30309D0A010000BD0E0C47735D584D9CEDE91E22E23282770100000114020000000000C0000000000000468D0000006078A409B011A54DAFA526D86198A780390100009AD298B2EDA6DE11BA8CA68E55D895936E000000 | |||
Executable files
4
Suspicious files
0
Text files
4
Unknown types
0
Dropped files
PID | Process | Filename | Type | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1068 | fa6450bd0214817afcbead7acc0e469941f27f5dda838d1c16de6c6b326a80fc.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\svchcst.exe | executable | |
MD5:AE772ACBD5855AFE1FA7A2F39D8131AF | SHA256:41CB6A950129FBBAC820E8D6894F432D79F20FCC51A3C56B65C1A9A8CE3DB202 | |||
| 1068 | fa6450bd0214817afcbead7acc0e469941f27f5dda838d1c16de6c6b326a80fc.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Config.ini | text | |
MD5:67B9B3E2DED7086F393EBBC36C5E7BCA | SHA256:44063C266686263F14CD2A83FEE124FB3E61A9171A6AAB69709464F49511011D | |||
| 3608 | svchcst.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\svchcst.exe | executable | |
MD5:AE772ACBD5855AFE1FA7A2F39D8131AF | SHA256:41CB6A950129FBBAC820E8D6894F432D79F20FCC51A3C56B65C1A9A8CE3DB202 | |||
| 3608 | svchcst.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\VBS3.vbs | text | |
MD5:B87E7F7E5C522C182BEC3E9306D4F91F | SHA256:EA43DB77860491BB26C55F259FD800291F8B023D89857B28BF7F34732818D281 | |||
| 6216 | updater.exe | C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\GoogleUpdater\updater.log | text | |
MD5:CAE81F69F48ECF2DB24B8E4C804BF8A8 | SHA256:A8505647D99FC2B01F428A5EEA4290F125DC6DE2CA4E5422392266616D7E08DE | |||
| 1068 | fa6450bd0214817afcbead7acc0e469941f27f5dda838d1c16de6c6b326a80fc.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\VBS3.vbs | text | |
MD5:94674E85D1B85AF20C5C3FBDFBC02D4D | SHA256:1D34FDB826C284049EFDA5FBFA725D27F2A48C8E558C23A048BF42255186D77A | |||
| 1068 | fa6450bd0214817afcbead7acc0e469941f27f5dda838d1c16de6c6b326a80fc.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\svchcst.exe | executable | |
MD5:54D541BD72BFCEAA0CC730EF0F9F6EE1 | SHA256:FA6450BD0214817AFCBEAD7ACC0E469941F27F5DDA838D1C16DE6C6B326A80FC | |||
| 3608 | svchcst.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\svchcst.exe | executable | |
MD5:0FC28D9C1D8048B372628F8AE3281521 | SHA256:462F80C519B1A1C3269EA9B5C6A94B2BC76BD2FF5C485DA76190E385C632FCB8 | |||
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HTTP(S) requests
6
TCP/UDP connections
20
DNS requests
6
Threats
0
HTTP requests
PID | Process | Method | HTTP Code | IP | URL | CN | Type | Size | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1268 | svchost.exe | GET | 200 | 23.53.40.176:80 | http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
5944 | MoUsoCoreWorker.exe | GET | 200 | 23.53.40.176:80 | http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
2792 | RUXIMICS.exe | GET | 200 | 23.53.40.176:80 | http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
1268 | svchost.exe | GET | 200 | 184.30.21.171:80 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
4 | System | 192.168.100.255:137 | — | — | — | whitelisted |
5944 | MoUsoCoreWorker.exe | 20.73.194.208:443 | settings-win.data.microsoft.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | NL | whitelisted |
2792 | RUXIMICS.exe | 20.73.194.208:443 | settings-win.data.microsoft.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | NL | whitelisted |
1268 | svchost.exe | 20.73.194.208:443 | settings-win.data.microsoft.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | NL | whitelisted |
4 | System | 192.168.100.255:138 | — | — | — | whitelisted |
1268 | svchost.exe | 23.53.40.176:80 | crl.microsoft.com | Akamai International B.V. | DE | whitelisted |
5944 | MoUsoCoreWorker.exe | 23.53.40.176:80 | crl.microsoft.com | Akamai International B.V. | DE | whitelisted |
2792 | RUXIMICS.exe | 23.53.40.176:80 | crl.microsoft.com | Akamai International B.V. | DE | whitelisted |
1268 | svchost.exe | 184.30.21.171:80 | www.microsoft.com | AKAMAI-AS | DE | whitelisted |
6024 | svchost.exe | 20.73.194.208:443 | settings-win.data.microsoft.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | NL | whitelisted |
DNS requests
Domain | IP | Reputation |
|---|---|---|
google.com |
| whitelisted |
crl.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
www.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
settings-win.data.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
activation-v2.sls.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
self.events.data.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |