Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    154s
  • platform
    windows7_x64
  • resource
    win7-20220414-en
  • submitted
    24-05-2022 22:17

General

  • Target

    2b959cad110bb477bfa1cfae45927c3d02fe5eab7043d8d67f71e2d5d054c446.exe

  • Size

    1.6MB

  • MD5

    e85965a416297e42529e543082e768db

  • SHA1

    63183601121650f80f85cbaf6c561c68613a5001

  • SHA256

    2b959cad110bb477bfa1cfae45927c3d02fe5eab7043d8d67f71e2d5d054c446

  • SHA512

    b6783897b060391c256a82ceac32e88bff83c2dc0faafff2c1cda83311af4b031c0921df8b6702ce2e22b9569812b635913070dde75cd823450fec056e93ee78

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

darkcomet

Botnet

Sazan

C2

127.0.0.1:1604

Mutex

DC_MUTEX-U4PFWCK

Attributes
  • gencode

    Ne7VJi8yzj7V

  • install

    false

  • offline_keylogger

    true

  • persistence

    false

Signatures

  • Darkcomet

    DarkComet is a remote access trojan (RAT) developed by Jean-Pierre Lesueur.

  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 4 IoCs
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

    Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s). Likely ransomware behaviour.

  • Enumerates system info in registry 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Modifies Internet Explorer settings 1 TTPs 31 IoCs
  • Modifies registry class 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 46 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 14 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2b959cad110bb477bfa1cfae45927c3d02fe5eab7043d8d67f71e2d5d054c446.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2b959cad110bb477bfa1cfae45927c3d02fe5eab7043d8d67f71e2d5d054c446.exe"
    1⤵
    • Loads dropped DLL
    • Adds Run key to start application
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1672
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_2b959cad110bb477bfa1cfae45927c3d02fe5eab7043d8d67f71e2d5d054c446.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_2b959cad110bb477bfa1cfae45927c3d02fe5eab7043d8d67f71e2d5d054c446.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:1036
      • C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
        "C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe"
        3⤵
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
        PID:1152
    • C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe
      "C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe" InjUpdate
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      PID:2020
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE
    "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE" /automation -Embedding
    1⤵
    • Enumerates system info in registry
    • Modifies Internet Explorer settings
    • Modifies registry class
    • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    PID:1720

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Matrix ATT&CK v6

Persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

1
T1060

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

2
T1112

Discovery

System Information Discovery

2
T1082

Query Registry

1
T1012

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Downloads

  • C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe
    Filesize

    939KB

    MD5

    4431d23847904ab8bd03aa6505ef9012

    SHA1

    983f6c25926404cb1b8183e8977464f4fed722f0

    SHA256

    6dc69ae06ba3401d0bc3ebd18f7bc30b9e4f796d1dca85443aeb34c3ac719bbc

    SHA512

    8de3c5215a16d524221fe5c466b16cc1eadce200f910d2c891611b5a8fdeea963f5134fe918aaa2c9582ff02e2ab39dc7d3b93f87aa5b3724df9dafcb442ae1c

  • C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe
    Filesize

    939KB

    MD5

    4431d23847904ab8bd03aa6505ef9012

    SHA1

    983f6c25926404cb1b8183e8977464f4fed722f0

    SHA256

    6dc69ae06ba3401d0bc3ebd18f7bc30b9e4f796d1dca85443aeb34c3ac719bbc

    SHA512

    8de3c5215a16d524221fe5c466b16cc1eadce200f910d2c891611b5a8fdeea963f5134fe918aaa2c9582ff02e2ab39dc7d3b93f87aa5b3724df9dafcb442ae1c

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_2b959cad110bb477bfa1cfae45927c3d02fe5eab7043d8d67f71e2d5d054c446.exe
    Filesize

    658KB

    MD5

    44293d6792c2ecf5470b9c69b15e8811

    SHA1

    48df36cb442c7984c2391e5d072e5d2606854332

    SHA256

    4dc4c3ffed634fad94c878d2683d2716b21da62655f7fe188c8f35dcdeda4337

    SHA512

    812325043852f11dc3d36e9799fa41b5bb2449fb33fb7bd68f835ce7ebf83d4b00a251b103ef0b691a3fdaccc07e733071b7f92d54c882d5b8abb332cb4ca340

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_2b959cad110bb477bfa1cfae45927c3d02fe5eab7043d8d67f71e2d5d054c446.exe
    Filesize

    658KB

    MD5

    44293d6792c2ecf5470b9c69b15e8811

    SHA1

    48df36cb442c7984c2391e5d072e5d2606854332

    SHA256

    4dc4c3ffed634fad94c878d2683d2716b21da62655f7fe188c8f35dcdeda4337

    SHA512

    812325043852f11dc3d36e9799fa41b5bb2449fb33fb7bd68f835ce7ebf83d4b00a251b103ef0b691a3fdaccc07e733071b7f92d54c882d5b8abb332cb4ca340

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\cvgrWaqz.xlsm
    Filesize

    17KB

    MD5

    e566fc53051035e1e6fd0ed1823de0f9

    SHA1

    00bc96c48b98676ecd67e81a6f1d7754e4156044

    SHA256

    8e574b4ae6502230c0829e2319a6c146aebd51b7008bf5bbfb731424d7952c15

    SHA512

    a12f56ff30ea35381c2b8f8af2446cf1daa21ee872e98cad4b863db060acd4c33c5760918c277dadb7a490cb4ca2f925d59c70dc5171e16601a11bc4a6542b04

  • \ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe
    Filesize

    939KB

    MD5

    4431d23847904ab8bd03aa6505ef9012

    SHA1

    983f6c25926404cb1b8183e8977464f4fed722f0

    SHA256

    6dc69ae06ba3401d0bc3ebd18f7bc30b9e4f796d1dca85443aeb34c3ac719bbc

    SHA512

    8de3c5215a16d524221fe5c466b16cc1eadce200f910d2c891611b5a8fdeea963f5134fe918aaa2c9582ff02e2ab39dc7d3b93f87aa5b3724df9dafcb442ae1c

  • \ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe
    Filesize

    939KB

    MD5

    4431d23847904ab8bd03aa6505ef9012

    SHA1

    983f6c25926404cb1b8183e8977464f4fed722f0

    SHA256

    6dc69ae06ba3401d0bc3ebd18f7bc30b9e4f796d1dca85443aeb34c3ac719bbc

    SHA512

    8de3c5215a16d524221fe5c466b16cc1eadce200f910d2c891611b5a8fdeea963f5134fe918aaa2c9582ff02e2ab39dc7d3b93f87aa5b3724df9dafcb442ae1c

  • \Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_2b959cad110bb477bfa1cfae45927c3d02fe5eab7043d8d67f71e2d5d054c446.exe
    Filesize

    658KB

    MD5

    44293d6792c2ecf5470b9c69b15e8811

    SHA1

    48df36cb442c7984c2391e5d072e5d2606854332

    SHA256

    4dc4c3ffed634fad94c878d2683d2716b21da62655f7fe188c8f35dcdeda4337

    SHA512

    812325043852f11dc3d36e9799fa41b5bb2449fb33fb7bd68f835ce7ebf83d4b00a251b103ef0b691a3fdaccc07e733071b7f92d54c882d5b8abb332cb4ca340

  • \Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_2b959cad110bb477bfa1cfae45927c3d02fe5eab7043d8d67f71e2d5d054c446.exe
    Filesize

    658KB

    MD5

    44293d6792c2ecf5470b9c69b15e8811

    SHA1

    48df36cb442c7984c2391e5d072e5d2606854332

    SHA256

    4dc4c3ffed634fad94c878d2683d2716b21da62655f7fe188c8f35dcdeda4337

    SHA512

    812325043852f11dc3d36e9799fa41b5bb2449fb33fb7bd68f835ce7ebf83d4b00a251b103ef0b691a3fdaccc07e733071b7f92d54c882d5b8abb332cb4ca340

  • memory/1036-57-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
  • memory/1672-54-0x00000000763C1000-0x00000000763C3000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    8KB

  • memory/1720-71-0x0000000000888000-0x000000000088E000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    24KB

  • memory/1720-77-0x0000000000888000-0x000000000088E000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    24KB

  • memory/1720-67-0x0000000071521000-0x0000000071523000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    8KB

  • memory/1720-66-0x000000002F101000-0x000000002F104000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    12KB

  • memory/1720-72-0x0000000000888000-0x000000000088E000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    24KB

  • memory/1720-73-0x0000000000888000-0x000000000088E000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    24KB

  • memory/1720-74-0x0000000000888000-0x000000000088E000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    24KB

  • memory/1720-75-0x0000000000888000-0x000000000088E000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    24KB

  • memory/1720-76-0x0000000000888000-0x000000000088E000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    24KB

  • memory/1720-68-0x000000005FFF0000-0x0000000060000000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    64KB

  • memory/1720-78-0x0000000000888000-0x000000000088E000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    24KB

  • memory/1720-79-0x0000000000888000-0x000000000088E000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    24KB

  • memory/1720-81-0x0000000000888000-0x000000000088E000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    24KB

  • memory/1720-80-0x0000000000888000-0x000000000088E000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    24KB

  • memory/1720-82-0x0000000000888000-0x000000000088E000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    24KB

  • memory/1720-83-0x000000007250D000-0x0000000072518000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    44KB

  • memory/2020-63-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp