Analysis

  • max time kernel
    90s
  • max time network
    152s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20220901-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20220901-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
  • submitted
    02-02-2023 11:51

General

  • Target

    HEUR-Trojan-Spy.MSIL.Stealer.gen-6aedcdfc3f6f.exe

  • Size

    1.4MB

  • MD5

    dd32729dcf73c31a478099c25da5789c

  • SHA1

    dad05d17829936c6136d16962c38d2981e56bb21

  • SHA256

    6aedcdfc3f6fdc1ca86554a6ba351d9dbccec6c0ab5a0aec82ef583a4e690f0e

  • SHA512

    fcf113386c292d03c39071587907f0700936d0ac060c8b96f1ce71683b5e78b1c4b730fdc79b35bb1fe097010844e237034a4184e32fc0b4566ef2f31d382fc0

  • SSDEEP

    24576:U2G/nvxW3Ww0tdGyavpdrgnar7l2odPdcsZHpa+AGO05d2GqXW+lWR++40:UbA30alr7tcsZHpaVwulmJ

Malware Config

Signatures

  • DcRat 9 IoCs

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

  • Process spawned unexpected child process 8 IoCs

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

  • DCRat payload 6 IoCs

    Detects payload of DCRat, commonly dropped by NSIS installers.

  • Executes dropped EXE 3 IoCs
  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 4 IoCs

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

  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 8 IoCs
  • Drops file in System32 directory 6 IoCs
  • Drops file in Program Files directory 3 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 3 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 8 IoCs

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

  • Modifies registry class 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 12 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 12 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\HEUR-Trojan-Spy.MSIL.Stealer.gen-6aedcdfc3f6f.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\HEUR-Trojan-Spy.MSIL.Stealer.gen-6aedcdfc3f6f.exe"
    1⤵
    • DcRat
    • Checks computer location settings
    • Modifies registry class
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4252
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WScript.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\WScript.exe" "C:\winPerfdhcpCommonSvc\nuhjZzEl1l8CltfoWi77.vbe"
      2⤵
      • Checks computer location settings
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2404
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c ""C:\winPerfdhcpCommonSvc\qBt7GIlH160.bat" "
        3⤵
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:216
        • C:\winPerfdhcpCommonSvc\winPerfdhcpCommonSvcsavesperfMonitor.exe
          "C:\winPerfdhcpCommonSvc\winPerfdhcpCommonSvcsavesperfMonitor.exe"
          4⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • Checks computer location settings
          • Adds Run key to start application
          • Drops file in System32 directory
          • Drops file in Windows directory
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:3968
          • C:\winPerfdhcpCommonSvc\winPerfdhcpCommonSvcsavesperfMonitor.exe
            "C:\winPerfdhcpCommonSvc\winPerfdhcpCommonSvcsavesperfMonitor.exe"
            5⤵
            • Executes dropped EXE
            • Checks computer location settings
            • Adds Run key to start application
            • Drops file in System32 directory
            • Drops file in Program Files directory
            • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
            • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
            • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
            PID:3308
            • C:\Windows\System32\werdiagcontroller\fontdrvhost.exe
              "C:\Windows\System32\werdiagcontroller\fontdrvhost.exe"
              6⤵
              • Executes dropped EXE
              • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
              • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
              PID:1844
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "SearchApp" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\resources\SearchApp.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 "wininit" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\odt\wininit.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • DcRat
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Creates scheduled task(s)
    PID:3532
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "RuntimeBroker" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Windows\System32\PeerDistHttpTrans\RuntimeBroker.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • DcRat
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Creates scheduled task(s)
    PID:1992
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "RuntimeBroker" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Photo Viewer\en-US\RuntimeBroker.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • DcRat
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Creates scheduled task(s)
    PID:3808
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "taskhostw" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Windows\System32\wincredui\taskhostw.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • DcRat
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Creates scheduled task(s)
    PID:2128
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "fontdrvhost" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Windows\System32\werdiagcontroller\fontdrvhost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • DcRat
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Creates scheduled task(s)
    PID:1936
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "RuntimeBroker" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\RuntimeBroker.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • DcRat
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Creates scheduled task(s)
    PID:2420
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "winPerfdhcpCommonSvcsavesperfMonitor" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\winPerfdhcpCommonSvc\qBt7GIlH160\winPerfdhcpCommonSvcsavesperfMonitor.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • DcRat
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Creates scheduled task(s)
    PID:856

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Matrix ATT&CK v6

Execution

Scheduled Task

1
T1053

Persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

1
T1060

Scheduled Task

1
T1053

Privilege Escalation

Scheduled Task

1
T1053

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

1
T1112

Discovery

Query Registry

1
T1012

System Information Discovery

2
T1082

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Downloads

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0\UsageLogs\winPerfdhcpCommonSvcsavesperfMonitor.exe.log
    Filesize

    1KB

    MD5

    b7c0c43fc7804baaa7dc87152cdc9554

    SHA1

    1bab62bd56af745678d4e967d91e1ccfdeed4038

    SHA256

    46386a61f3aaf1b1c2e6efc9fc7e9e9ff16cd13ae58b8d856835771fedb6d457

    SHA512

    9fda3dd00a3406137e0113f13f78e77b20a76512b35820d38df696842cbbf2e2ebabfb99a3846c9637ecb54af858ec1551521187e379872973006426a253f769

  • C:\Windows\System32\werdiagcontroller\fontdrvhost.exe
    Filesize

    1.1MB

    MD5

    4f85fd9da0e6d825b520f09905b16301

    SHA1

    11b96ca925a09cd96569c4be2930b9b2bad9dd07

    SHA256

    fd9e479531a11076bfa97269d4562bda4571f3f03f00e049e3e125d82099e942

    SHA512

    cd7d31d8cec1f0aca5597216baffa5fbdaa7b4cf8134f8b0de7f2ed0b97c24c5964cf0508dc115360d5264e093436081970d7acfa6917e0d1a14d34a4774003e

  • C:\Windows\System32\werdiagcontroller\fontdrvhost.exe
    Filesize

    1.1MB

    MD5

    4f85fd9da0e6d825b520f09905b16301

    SHA1

    11b96ca925a09cd96569c4be2930b9b2bad9dd07

    SHA256

    fd9e479531a11076bfa97269d4562bda4571f3f03f00e049e3e125d82099e942

    SHA512

    cd7d31d8cec1f0aca5597216baffa5fbdaa7b4cf8134f8b0de7f2ed0b97c24c5964cf0508dc115360d5264e093436081970d7acfa6917e0d1a14d34a4774003e

  • C:\winPerfdhcpCommonSvc\nuhjZzEl1l8CltfoWi77.vbe
    Filesize

    205B

    MD5

    abd20005732c70524b80234027cf0db4

    SHA1

    d0cdbcfce900f87af778847ef0d3cab111d81a96

    SHA256

    a3f95542fdf730753c47edb849267864f0cff972bfa20cab36065c24953c45d6

    SHA512

    c3a71016fa58d8d1cd173c9b9ba32c157d2277535fd8f658cc87981cc4721d7c04e822b96a58d8f31d87724237b24c81635c13bb746dc12db1f2379e4867f7ba

  • C:\winPerfdhcpCommonSvc\qBt7GIlH160.bat
    Filesize

    66B

    MD5

    58afc535c3d36e78abb3677a61dc4737

    SHA1

    bd3914278bba89d1b88dac33ca2b1ca9c04c3aa4

    SHA256

    ebdb6f3c9799886ce3dd7e9ed19333446b94303c8ad00d5b49d744a0c867d4d4

    SHA512

    8f609700f10ce525feee7a3e7bd1799e573bd6b1e67783478cf5e1390a18de5eb37bf179bbd805532f7e05d12602205af00e7b3c214d09516bdcbd90c25aa4b3

  • C:\winPerfdhcpCommonSvc\winPerfdhcpCommonSvcsavesperfMonitor.exe
    Filesize

    1.1MB

    MD5

    4f85fd9da0e6d825b520f09905b16301

    SHA1

    11b96ca925a09cd96569c4be2930b9b2bad9dd07

    SHA256

    fd9e479531a11076bfa97269d4562bda4571f3f03f00e049e3e125d82099e942

    SHA512

    cd7d31d8cec1f0aca5597216baffa5fbdaa7b4cf8134f8b0de7f2ed0b97c24c5964cf0508dc115360d5264e093436081970d7acfa6917e0d1a14d34a4774003e

  • C:\winPerfdhcpCommonSvc\winPerfdhcpCommonSvcsavesperfMonitor.exe
    Filesize

    1.1MB

    MD5

    4f85fd9da0e6d825b520f09905b16301

    SHA1

    11b96ca925a09cd96569c4be2930b9b2bad9dd07

    SHA256

    fd9e479531a11076bfa97269d4562bda4571f3f03f00e049e3e125d82099e942

    SHA512

    cd7d31d8cec1f0aca5597216baffa5fbdaa7b4cf8134f8b0de7f2ed0b97c24c5964cf0508dc115360d5264e093436081970d7acfa6917e0d1a14d34a4774003e

  • C:\winPerfdhcpCommonSvc\winPerfdhcpCommonSvcsavesperfMonitor.exe
    Filesize

    1.1MB

    MD5

    4f85fd9da0e6d825b520f09905b16301

    SHA1

    11b96ca925a09cd96569c4be2930b9b2bad9dd07

    SHA256

    fd9e479531a11076bfa97269d4562bda4571f3f03f00e049e3e125d82099e942

    SHA512

    cd7d31d8cec1f0aca5597216baffa5fbdaa7b4cf8134f8b0de7f2ed0b97c24c5964cf0508dc115360d5264e093436081970d7acfa6917e0d1a14d34a4774003e

  • memory/216-135-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
  • memory/1844-146-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
  • memory/1844-150-0x00007FF8F91A0000-0x00007FF8F9C61000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    10.8MB

  • memory/1844-151-0x00007FF8F91A0000-0x00007FF8F9C61000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    10.8MB

  • memory/2404-132-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
  • memory/3308-141-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp
  • memory/3308-145-0x00007FF8F91A0000-0x00007FF8F9C61000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    10.8MB

  • memory/3308-149-0x00007FF8F91A0000-0x00007FF8F9C61000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    10.8MB

  • memory/3968-140-0x00007FF8F91A0000-0x00007FF8F9C61000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    10.8MB

  • memory/3968-139-0x0000000000520000-0x0000000000642000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    1.1MB

  • memory/3968-144-0x00007FF8F91A0000-0x00007FF8F9C61000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    10.8MB

  • memory/3968-136-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp