Analysis

  • max time kernel
    207s
  • max time network
    214s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20221111-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20221111-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
  • submitted
    30/11/2022, 15:14

General

  • Target
    01B17E643E75E0D4FFEC494FC9AE2253.exe
  • Size 1.8MB
  • Sample221130-sme1eabc94
  • SHA256 6367ba7e45c187cabf91fac6fa63d42ff02e329882788452386e5e487cdd85eb
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

Malware Config

Signatures

  • DcRat 6 IoCs

    DarkCrystal(DC) is a new .NET RAT active since June 2019 capable of loading additional plugins.

  • Process spawned unexpected child process 5 IoCs

    This typically indicates the parent process was compromised via an exploit or macro.

  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 3 IoCs

    Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.

  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 5 IoCs
  • Legitimate hosting services abused for malware hosting/C2 1 TTPs
  • Drops file in System32 directory 4 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • Creates scheduled task(s) 1 TTPs 5 IoCs

    Schtasks is often used by malware for persistence or to perform post-infection execution.

  • Modifies registry class 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 16 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\01B17E643E75E0D4FFEC494FC9AE2253.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\01B17E643E75E0D4FFEC494FC9AE2253.exe"
    1⤵
    • DcRat
    • Checks computer location settings
    • Modifies registry class
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2796
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WScript.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\WScript.exe" "C:\GeforceTempFilesUp\CYfUm2dewebOmnzCHhQYxXCHgdiaf4.vbe"
      2⤵
      • Checks computer location settings
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2868
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c ""C:\GeforceTempFilesUp\YM7Fc7xHf8HAvkpMww2Iow.bat" "
        3⤵
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:4172
        • C:\GeforceTempFilesUp\GeforceExperience.exe
          "C:\GeforceTempFilesUp\GeforceExperience.exe"
          4⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • Checks computer location settings
          • Adds Run key to start application
          • Drops file in System32 directory
          • Modifies registry class
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:896
          • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
            "powershell" -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\'
            5⤵
            • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
            PID:708
          • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
            "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\YSWnZi44qz.bat"
            5⤵
            • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
            PID:1304
            • C:\Windows\system32\w32tm.exe
              w32tm /stripchart /computer:localhost /period:5 /dataonly /samples:2
              6⤵
                PID:3804
              • C:\odt\RuntimeBroker.exe
                "C:\odt\RuntimeBroker.exe"
                6⤵
                • Executes dropped EXE
                • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
                PID:4304
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "RuntimeBroker" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\odt\RuntimeBroker.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • DcRat
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Creates scheduled task(s)
      PID:4316
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "backgroundTaskHost" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Documents and Settings\backgroundTaskHost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • DcRat
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Creates scheduled task(s)
      PID:5096
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "fontdrvhost" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Windows\System32\wdscore\fontdrvhost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • DcRat
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Creates scheduled task(s)
      PID:3656
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "sihost" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Windows\System32\CfgSPPolicy\sihost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • DcRat
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Creates scheduled task(s)
      PID:2932
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "System" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Documents and Settings\System.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • DcRat
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Creates scheduled task(s)
      PID:3868

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v6

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          Downloads

          CYfUm2dewebOmnzCHhQYxXCHgdiaf4.vbe

          • Path C:\GeforceTempFilesUp\CYfUm2dewebOmnzCHhQYxXCHgdiaf4.vbe
          • Size 228B
          • SHA256 4f5d189a6208749b271f6abcbb506f84e8a3c14d5a12c4ec63eb00b1b5b45620
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          GeforceExperience.exe

          • Path C:\GeforceTempFilesUp\GeforceExperience.exe
          • Size 1.4MB
          • SHA256 fb42130d145bd2749377a537384d4a00def7d654b35cb3a93a011c23c43f3a0e
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          GeforceExperience.exe

          • Path C:\GeforceTempFilesUp\GeforceExperience.exe
          • Size 1.4MB
          • SHA256 fb42130d145bd2749377a537384d4a00def7d654b35cb3a93a011c23c43f3a0e
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          YM7Fc7xHf8HAvkpMww2Iow.bat

          • Path C:\GeforceTempFilesUp\YM7Fc7xHf8HAvkpMww2Iow.bat
          • Size 56B
          • SHA256 4af06bcc36cb61737ac4e3dff8d414fa21f54e50592a377f86470a11e6b9c6fb
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          YSWnZi44qz.bat

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\YSWnZi44qz.bat
          • Size 188B
          • SHA256 4559f98973b8e6aca653106acd7ac3f650ec4623ccd9982e21d93fffb122bd12
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          RuntimeBroker.exe

          • Path C:\odt\RuntimeBroker.exe
          • Size 1.4MB
          • SHA256 fb42130d145bd2749377a537384d4a00def7d654b35cb3a93a011c23c43f3a0e
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          RuntimeBroker.exe

          • Path C:\odt\RuntimeBroker.exe
          • Size 1.4MB
          • SHA256 fb42130d145bd2749377a537384d4a00def7d654b35cb3a93a011c23c43f3a0e
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          memory/708-167-0x00007FFC42C70000-0x00007FFC43731000-memory.dmp

          memory/708-166-0x00007FFC42C70000-0x00007FFC43731000-memory.dmp

          memory/708-158-0x0000017930300000-0x0000017930322000-memory.dmp

          memory/896-152-0x000000001B7B5000-0x000000001B7BA000-memory.dmp

          memory/896-142-0x000000001B7B9000-0x000000001B7BF000-memory.dmp

          memory/896-145-0x000000001CAA0000-0x000000001CAA4000-memory.dmp

          memory/896-146-0x000000001CAA4000-0x000000001CAA7000-memory.dmp

          memory/896-147-0x000000001CAA0000-0x000000001CAA4000-memory.dmp

          memory/896-148-0x000000001CAA4000-0x000000001CAA7000-memory.dmp

          memory/896-149-0x000000001CAA7000-0x000000001CAAA000-memory.dmp

          memory/896-150-0x000000001CAA7000-0x000000001CAAA000-memory.dmp

          memory/896-151-0x000000001B7B5000-0x000000001B7BE000-memory.dmp

          memory/896-153-0x000000001CAA1000-0x000000001CAA9000-memory.dmp

          memory/896-154-0x000000001B7B5000-0x000000001B7BE000-memory.dmp

          memory/896-155-0x000000001B7B5000-0x000000001B7B8000-memory.dmp

          memory/896-143-0x00007FFC42C70000-0x00007FFC43731000-memory.dmp

          memory/896-139-0x0000000000750000-0x00000000008C6000-memory.dmp

          memory/896-144-0x000000001B7B9000-0x000000001B7BF000-memory.dmp

          memory/896-141-0x00007FFC42C70000-0x00007FFC43731000-memory.dmp

          memory/896-160-0x00007FFC42C70000-0x00007FFC43731000-memory.dmp

          memory/896-140-0x000000001B520000-0x000000001B570000-memory.dmp

          memory/896-163-0x000000001B7B5000-0x000000001B7BE000-memory.dmp

          memory/896-164-0x000000001B7B5000-0x000000001B7BA000-memory.dmp

          memory/896-161-0x000000001B7B9000-0x000000001B7BF000-memory.dmp

          memory/896-165-0x000000001B7B5000-0x000000001B7B8000-memory.dmp

          memory/4304-171-0x00007FFC42CF0000-0x00007FFC437B1000-memory.dmp