Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    152s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20221111-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20221111-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
  • submitted
    02/01/2023, 13:16

General

  • Target
    CEFE39AB766DEBCFB1A3850E6036FAB8.exe
  • Size 2.8MB
  • Sample230102-qhsplaed25
  • SHA256 a0df043771d7abc922ee467a92bad5e31001e36f978b5d56e415e853cba7f761
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

Malware Config

Signatures

  • DcRat 19 IoCs

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

  • Modifies WinLogon for persistence 2 TTPs 6 IoCs
  • Process spawned unexpected child process 18 IoCs

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

  • UAC bypass 3 TTPs 6 IoCs
  • DCRat payload 3 IoCs

    Detects payload of DCRat, commonly dropped by NSIS installers.

  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 12 IoCs
  • Checks whether UAC is enabled 1 TTPs 4 IoCs
  • Drops file in Program Files directory 6 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 2 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 18 IoCs

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

  • Modifies registry class 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 14 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 10 IoCs
  • System policy modification 1 TTPs 6 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\CEFE39AB766DEBCFB1A3850E6036FAB8.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\CEFE39AB766DEBCFB1A3850E6036FAB8.exe"
    1⤵
    • DcRat
    • Modifies WinLogon for persistence
    • UAC bypass
    • Checks computer location settings
    • Adds Run key to start application
    • Checks whether UAC is enabled
    • Drops file in Program Files directory
    • Drops file in Windows directory
    • Modifies registry class
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    • System policy modification
    PID:1572
    • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\c9Hz5DPa6g.bat"
      2⤵
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4296
      • C:\Windows\system32\w32tm.exe
        w32tm /stripchart /computer:localhost /period:5 /dataonly /samples:2
        3⤵
          PID:2112
        • C:\Program Files\Windows Mail\WmiPrvSE.exe
          "C:\Program Files\Windows Mail\WmiPrvSE.exe"
          3⤵
          • UAC bypass
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • Checks computer location settings
          • Checks whether UAC is enabled
          • Modifies registry class
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          • System policy modification
          PID:4676
          • C:\Windows\System32\WScript.exe
            "C:\Windows\System32\WScript.exe" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\e41248d1-5b89-4423-8659-c245b5954959.vbs"
            4⤵
              PID:3388
            • C:\Windows\System32\WScript.exe
              "C:\Windows\System32\WScript.exe" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\cea3bd62-5b5f-4976-a806-a1fc93b5e797.vbs"
              4⤵
                PID:4620
        • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
          schtasks.exe /create /tn "csrssc" /sc MINUTE /mo 13 /tr "'C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\csrss.exe'" /f
          1⤵
          • DcRat
          • Process spawned unexpected child process
          • Creates scheduled task(s)
          PID:60
        • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
          schtasks.exe /create /tn "csrss" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\csrss.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
          1⤵
          • DcRat
          • Process spawned unexpected child process
          • Creates scheduled task(s)
          PID:2884
        • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
          schtasks.exe /create /tn "csrssc" /sc MINUTE /mo 13 /tr "'C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\csrss.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
          1⤵
          • DcRat
          • Process spawned unexpected child process
          • Creates scheduled task(s)
          PID:3292
        • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
          schtasks.exe /create /tn "SystemS" /sc MINUTE /mo 7 /tr "'C:\Program Files\Windows Sidebar\System.exe'" /f
          1⤵
          • DcRat
          • Process spawned unexpected child process
          • Creates scheduled task(s)
          PID:3164
        • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
          schtasks.exe /create /tn "System" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Program Files\Windows Sidebar\System.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
          1⤵
          • DcRat
          • Process spawned unexpected child process
          • Creates scheduled task(s)
          PID:3576
        • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
          schtasks.exe /create /tn "SystemS" /sc MINUTE /mo 13 /tr "'C:\Program Files\Windows Sidebar\System.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
          1⤵
          • DcRat
          • Process spawned unexpected child process
          • Creates scheduled task(s)
          PID:100
        • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
          schtasks.exe /create /tn "SearchAppS" /sc MINUTE /mo 6 /tr "'C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\SearchApp.exe'" /f
          1⤵
          • DcRat
          • Process spawned unexpected child process
          • Creates scheduled task(s)
          PID:116
        • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
          schtasks.exe /create /tn "SearchApp" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\SearchApp.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
          1⤵
          • DcRat
          • Process spawned unexpected child process
          • Creates scheduled task(s)
          PID:640
        • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
          schtasks.exe /create /tn "SearchAppS" /sc MINUTE /mo 11 /tr "'C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\SearchApp.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
          1⤵
          • DcRat
          • Process spawned unexpected child process
          • Creates scheduled task(s)
          PID:4040
        • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
          schtasks.exe /create /tn "sppsvcs" /sc MINUTE /mo 10 /tr "'C:\Windows\Logs\MeasuredBoot\sppsvc.exe'" /f
          1⤵
          • DcRat
          • Process spawned unexpected child process
          • Creates scheduled task(s)
          PID:1316
        • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
          schtasks.exe /create /tn "sppsvc" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Windows\Logs\MeasuredBoot\sppsvc.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
          1⤵
          • DcRat
          • Process spawned unexpected child process
          • Creates scheduled task(s)
          PID:2324
        • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
          schtasks.exe /create /tn "sppsvcs" /sc MINUTE /mo 14 /tr "'C:\Windows\Logs\MeasuredBoot\sppsvc.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
          1⤵
          • DcRat
          • Process spawned unexpected child process
          • Creates scheduled task(s)
          PID:3360
        • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
          schtasks.exe /create /tn "WmiPrvSEW" /sc MINUTE /mo 9 /tr "'C:\Program Files\Windows Mail\WmiPrvSE.exe'" /f
          1⤵
          • DcRat
          • Process spawned unexpected child process
          • Creates scheduled task(s)
          PID:3780
        • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
          schtasks.exe /create /tn "WmiPrvSE" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Program Files\Windows Mail\WmiPrvSE.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
          1⤵
          • DcRat
          • Process spawned unexpected child process
          • Creates scheduled task(s)
          PID:3200
        • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
          schtasks.exe /create /tn "WmiPrvSEW" /sc MINUTE /mo 6 /tr "'C:\Program Files\Windows Mail\WmiPrvSE.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
          1⤵
          • DcRat
          • Process spawned unexpected child process
          • Creates scheduled task(s)
          PID:3636
        • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
          schtasks.exe /create /tn "smsss" /sc MINUTE /mo 11 /tr "'C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\smss.exe'" /f
          1⤵
          • DcRat
          • Process spawned unexpected child process
          • Creates scheduled task(s)
          PID:3632
        • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
          schtasks.exe /create /tn "smss" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\smss.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
          1⤵
          • DcRat
          • Process spawned unexpected child process
          • Creates scheduled task(s)
          PID:4332
        • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
          schtasks.exe /create /tn "smsss" /sc MINUTE /mo 5 /tr "'C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\smss.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
          1⤵
          • DcRat
          • Process spawned unexpected child process
          • Creates scheduled task(s)
          PID:3612

        Network

              MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v6

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              Downloads

              WmiPrvSE.exe

              • Path C:\Program Files\Windows Mail\WmiPrvSE.exe
              • Size 2.8MB
              • SHA256 a0df043771d7abc922ee467a92bad5e31001e36f978b5d56e415e853cba7f761
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

              WmiPrvSE.exe

              • Path C:\Program Files\Windows Mail\WmiPrvSE.exe
              • Size 2.8MB
              • SHA256 a0df043771d7abc922ee467a92bad5e31001e36f978b5d56e415e853cba7f761
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

              c9Hz5DPa6g.bat

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\c9Hz5DPa6g.bat
              • Size 207B
              • SHA256 84f2646f565dafd7c53b4d723bfccfd52161d0b971f5b53cf0ad3ec8234dbece
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

              cea3bd62-5b5f-4976-a806-a1fc93b5e797.vbs

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\cea3bd62-5b5f-4976-a806-a1fc93b5e797.vbs
              • Size 494B
              • SHA256 5abed28466c2fe49be83baa895602d4a8d10cc0025273a4ba8fd610bb9ef9cb5
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

              e41248d1-5b89-4423-8659-c245b5954959.vbs

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\e41248d1-5b89-4423-8659-c245b5954959.vbs
              • Size 718B
              • SHA256 0c413571bd2f3d10a93b66a41f0ac83c12927ad300b499ad56f984d0309dbf45
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

              memory/1572-133-0x00007FFBD4DF0000-0x00007FFBD58B1000-memory.dmp

              memory/1572-134-0x000000001D7C0000-0x000000001D810000-memory.dmp

              memory/1572-135-0x000000001DED0000-0x000000001E3F8000-memory.dmp

              memory/1572-132-0x0000000000CB0000-0x0000000000F90000-memory.dmp

              memory/1572-139-0x00007FFBD4DF0000-0x00007FFBD58B1000-memory.dmp

              memory/4676-143-0x00007FFBD4DF0000-0x00007FFBD58B1000-memory.dmp

              memory/4676-148-0x00007FFBD4DF0000-0x00007FFBD58B1000-memory.dmp