Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    152s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20230220-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20230220-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
  • submitted
    23-03-2023 01:00

General

  • Target

    3041f94ecddb3116d07dc174c4297b43d022b48282df8acc25dfac2ffc5b0755.exe

  • Size

    2.4MB

  • MD5

    0e444044fdfea512ca18fc3396abb65b

  • SHA1

    8b601ccad5b2a76967c0ca7579dc13d092307f34

  • SHA256

    3041f94ecddb3116d07dc174c4297b43d022b48282df8acc25dfac2ffc5b0755

  • SHA512

    7b58b88c7fbcd7b97d1a08f2145794beefa2960382140bac74f1f4fe630cdd0314cd9bceb599a32c56788df1e0e9dccf84c1598c52f9c581389327428696e119

  • SSDEEP

    49152:bkcwlRFUh2b69Cs9MR3uh+tytRY1aLXYqIiiJd2EHt:bkdlRI3ceI1azYqWj

Malware Config

Signatures

  • DcRat

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

  • Process spawned unexpected child process 51 IoCs

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

  • UAC bypass 3 TTPs 6 IoCs
  • DCRat payload 4 IoCs

    Detects payload of DCRat, commonly dropped by NSIS installers.

  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Checks whether UAC is enabled 1 TTPs 4 IoCs
  • Drops file in Program Files directory 10 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 8 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 51 IoCs

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

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 2 IoCs
  • System policy modification 1 TTPs 6 IoCs
  • Uses Task Scheduler COM API 1 TTPs

    The Task Scheduler COM API can be used to schedule applications to run on boot or at set times.

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\3041f94ecddb3116d07dc174c4297b43d022b48282df8acc25dfac2ffc5b0755.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\3041f94ecddb3116d07dc174c4297b43d022b48282df8acc25dfac2ffc5b0755.exe"
    1⤵
    • UAC bypass
    • Checks computer location settings
    • Checks whether UAC is enabled
    • Drops file in Program Files directory
    • Drops file in Windows directory
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    • System policy modification
    PID:2000
    • C:\Windows\L2Schemas\csrss.exe
      "C:\Windows\L2Schemas\csrss.exe"
      2⤵
      • UAC bypass
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Checks whether UAC is enabled
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • System policy modification
      PID:1896
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "fontdrvhostf" /sc MINUTE /mo 13 /tr "'C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\fontdrvhost.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Creates scheduled task(s)
    PID:1220
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "fontdrvhost" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\fontdrvhost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Creates scheduled task(s)
    PID:4028
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "fontdrvhostf" /sc MINUTE /mo 8 /tr "'C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\fontdrvhost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Creates scheduled task(s)
    PID:480
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "dwmd" /sc MINUTE /mo 6 /tr "'C:\odt\dwm.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Creates scheduled task(s)
    PID:2780
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "dwm" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\odt\dwm.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Creates scheduled task(s)
    PID:428
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "dwmd" /sc MINUTE /mo 12 /tr "'C:\odt\dwm.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Creates scheduled task(s)
    PID:4672
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "StartMenuExperienceHostS" /sc MINUTE /mo 5 /tr "'C:\odt\StartMenuExperienceHost.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Creates scheduled task(s)
    PID:116
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "StartMenuExperienceHost" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\odt\StartMenuExperienceHost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Creates scheduled task(s)
    PID:224
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "StartMenuExperienceHostS" /sc MINUTE /mo 7 /tr "'C:\odt\StartMenuExperienceHost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Creates scheduled task(s)
    PID:100
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "csrssc" /sc MINUTE /mo 5 /tr "'C:\Windows\L2Schemas\csrss.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Creates scheduled task(s)
    PID:4184
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "csrss" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Windows\L2Schemas\csrss.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Creates scheduled task(s)
    PID:3992
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "csrssc" /sc MINUTE /mo 6 /tr "'C:\Windows\L2Schemas\csrss.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Creates scheduled task(s)
    PID:4424
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "taskhostwt" /sc MINUTE /mo 9 /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\SetupMetrics\taskhostw.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Creates scheduled task(s)
    PID:4756
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "taskhostw" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\SetupMetrics\taskhostw.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Creates scheduled task(s)
    PID:3864
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "taskhostwt" /sc MINUTE /mo 8 /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\SetupMetrics\taskhostw.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Creates scheduled task(s)
    PID:1328
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "RuntimeBrokerR" /sc MINUTE /mo 10 /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Update\Download\RuntimeBroker.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Creates scheduled task(s)
    PID:4676
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "RuntimeBroker" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Update\Download\RuntimeBroker.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Creates scheduled task(s)
    PID:4296
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "RuntimeBrokerR" /sc MINUTE /mo 7 /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Update\Download\RuntimeBroker.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Creates scheduled task(s)
    PID:536
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "winlogonw" /sc MINUTE /mo 12 /tr "'C:\Windows\SystemResources\Windows.UI.Search\Images\winlogon.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Creates scheduled task(s)
    PID:3084
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "winlogon" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Windows\SystemResources\Windows.UI.Search\Images\winlogon.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Creates scheduled task(s)
    PID:1156
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "winlogonw" /sc MINUTE /mo 9 /tr "'C:\Windows\SystemResources\Windows.UI.Search\Images\winlogon.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Creates scheduled task(s)
    PID:4880
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "backgroundTaskHostb" /sc MINUTE /mo 6 /tr "'C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\backgroundTaskHost.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Creates scheduled task(s)
    PID:2628
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "backgroundTaskHost" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\backgroundTaskHost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Creates scheduled task(s)
    PID:3364
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "backgroundTaskHostb" /sc MINUTE /mo 10 /tr "'C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\backgroundTaskHost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Creates scheduled task(s)
    PID:3788
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "StartMenuExperienceHostS" /sc MINUTE /mo 14 /tr "'C:\Windows\Web\Wallpaper\Theme1\StartMenuExperienceHost.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Creates scheduled task(s)
    PID:3336
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "StartMenuExperienceHost" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Windows\Web\Wallpaper\Theme1\StartMenuExperienceHost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Creates scheduled task(s)
    PID:3512
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "StartMenuExperienceHostS" /sc MINUTE /mo 9 /tr "'C:\Windows\Web\Wallpaper\Theme1\StartMenuExperienceHost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Creates scheduled task(s)
    PID:2620
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "upfcu" /sc MINUTE /mo 10 /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\PackageManagement\upfc.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Creates scheduled task(s)
    PID:4876
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "upfc" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\PackageManagement\upfc.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Creates scheduled task(s)
    PID:4592
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "upfcu" /sc MINUTE /mo 9 /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\PackageManagement\upfc.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Creates scheduled task(s)
    PID:4684
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "SearchAppS" /sc MINUTE /mo 13 /tr "'C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\SearchApp.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Creates scheduled task(s)
    PID:3108
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "SearchApp" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\SearchApp.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Creates scheduled task(s)
    PID:3368
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "SearchAppS" /sc MINUTE /mo 7 /tr "'C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\SearchApp.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Creates scheduled task(s)
    PID:768
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "SystemS" /sc MINUTE /mo 10 /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\CrashReports\System.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Creates scheduled task(s)
    PID:1528
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "System" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\CrashReports\System.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Creates scheduled task(s)
    PID:1640
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "SystemS" /sc MINUTE /mo 12 /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\CrashReports\System.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Creates scheduled task(s)
    PID:2016
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "winlogonw" /sc MINUTE /mo 10 /tr "'C:\odt\winlogon.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Creates scheduled task(s)
    PID:4600
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "winlogon" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\odt\winlogon.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Creates scheduled task(s)
    PID:4312
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "winlogonw" /sc MINUTE /mo 14 /tr "'C:\odt\winlogon.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Creates scheduled task(s)
    PID:1884
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "backgroundTaskHostb" /sc MINUTE /mo 10 /tr "'C:\Windows\PLA\backgroundTaskHost.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Creates scheduled task(s)
    PID:4200
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "backgroundTaskHost" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Windows\PLA\backgroundTaskHost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Creates scheduled task(s)
    PID:4444
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "backgroundTaskHostb" /sc MINUTE /mo 8 /tr "'C:\Windows\PLA\backgroundTaskHost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Creates scheduled task(s)
    PID:4656
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "SystemS" /sc MINUTE /mo 10 /tr "'C:\Users\Admin\.oracle_jre_usage\System.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Creates scheduled task(s)
    PID:4192
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "System" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Users\Admin\.oracle_jre_usage\System.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Creates scheduled task(s)
    PID:4496
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "SystemS" /sc MINUTE /mo 9 /tr "'C:\Users\Admin\.oracle_jre_usage\System.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Creates scheduled task(s)
    PID:1360
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "dllhostd" /sc MINUTE /mo 9 /tr "'C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\dllhost.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Creates scheduled task(s)
    PID:2004
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "dllhost" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\dllhost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Creates scheduled task(s)
    PID:1732
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "dllhostd" /sc MINUTE /mo 8 /tr "'C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\dllhost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Creates scheduled task(s)
    PID:4548
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "SystemS" /sc MINUTE /mo 12 /tr "'C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\System.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Creates scheduled task(s)
    PID:1048
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "System" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\System.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Creates scheduled task(s)
    PID:1084
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "SystemS" /sc MINUTE /mo 8 /tr "'C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\System.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Creates scheduled task(s)
    PID:1668

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Matrix ATT&CK v6

Execution

Scheduled Task

1
T1053

Persistence

Scheduled Task

1
T1053

Privilege Escalation

Bypass User Account Control

1
T1088

Scheduled Task

1
T1053

Defense Evasion

Bypass User Account Control

1
T1088

Disabling Security Tools

1
T1089

Modify Registry

2
T1112

Discovery

Query Registry

2
T1012

System Information Discovery

3
T1082

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Downloads

  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\SetupMetrics\taskhostw.exe
    Filesize

    2.4MB

    MD5

    0e444044fdfea512ca18fc3396abb65b

    SHA1

    8b601ccad5b2a76967c0ca7579dc13d092307f34

    SHA256

    3041f94ecddb3116d07dc174c4297b43d022b48282df8acc25dfac2ffc5b0755

    SHA512

    7b58b88c7fbcd7b97d1a08f2145794beefa2960382140bac74f1f4fe630cdd0314cd9bceb599a32c56788df1e0e9dccf84c1598c52f9c581389327428696e119

  • C:\Windows\L2Schemas\csrss.exe
    Filesize

    2.4MB

    MD5

    0e444044fdfea512ca18fc3396abb65b

    SHA1

    8b601ccad5b2a76967c0ca7579dc13d092307f34

    SHA256

    3041f94ecddb3116d07dc174c4297b43d022b48282df8acc25dfac2ffc5b0755

    SHA512

    7b58b88c7fbcd7b97d1a08f2145794beefa2960382140bac74f1f4fe630cdd0314cd9bceb599a32c56788df1e0e9dccf84c1598c52f9c581389327428696e119

  • C:\Windows\L2Schemas\csrss.exe
    Filesize

    2.4MB

    MD5

    0e444044fdfea512ca18fc3396abb65b

    SHA1

    8b601ccad5b2a76967c0ca7579dc13d092307f34

    SHA256

    3041f94ecddb3116d07dc174c4297b43d022b48282df8acc25dfac2ffc5b0755

    SHA512

    7b58b88c7fbcd7b97d1a08f2145794beefa2960382140bac74f1f4fe630cdd0314cd9bceb599a32c56788df1e0e9dccf84c1598c52f9c581389327428696e119

  • memory/2000-133-0x0000000000AC0000-0x0000000000D38000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    2.5MB

  • memory/2000-134-0x000000001B830000-0x000000001B840000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    64KB

  • memory/2000-135-0x000000001D090000-0x000000001D0E0000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    320KB