Procedure examples

GravityRAT steals files with the following extensions: .docx, .doc, .pptx, .ppt, .xlsx, .xls, .rtf, and .pdf.

GravityRAT has a feature to list the available services on the system.

GravityRAT collects the victim IP address, MAC address, as well as the victim account domain name.

GravityRAT steals files based on an extension list if a USB drive is connected to the system.

The author of GravityRAT submitted samples to VirusTotal for testing, showing that the author modified the code to try to hide the DDE object in a different part of the document.

GravityRAT supports file encryption (AES with the key "lolomycin2017").

GravityRAT collects the victim username along with other account information (account type, description, full name, SID and status).

GravityRAT collects various information via WMI requests, including CPU information in the Win32_Processor entry (Processor ID, Name, Manufacturer and the clock speed).

GravityRAT uses the netstat command to find open ports on the victim’s machine.

GravityRAT creates a scheduled task to ensure it is re-executed everyday.

GravityRAT lists the running processes on the system.

GravityRAT executes commands remotely on the infected host.

GravityRAT uses HTTP for C2.

GravityRAT collects the MAC address, computer name, and CPU information.

GravityRAT collects the volumes mapped on the system, and also steals files with the following extensions: .docx, .doc, .pptx, .ppt, .xlsx, .xls, .rtf, and .pdf.

GravityRAT can obtain the date and time of a system.

GravityRAT uses WMI to check the BIOS and manufacturer information for strings like "VMWare", "Virtual", and "XEN" and another WMI request to get the current temperature of the hardware to determine if it's a virtual machine environment.

GravityRAT has been delivered via Word documents using DDE for execution.

GravityRAT has used HTTP over a non-standard port, such as TCP port 46769.