Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    153s
  • platform
    windows7_x64
  • resource
    win7-20230220-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20230220-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
  • submitted
    24-03-2023 18:26

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 27 IoCs

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

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

    Detects payload of DCRat, commonly dropped by NSIS installers.

  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Checks whether UAC is enabled 1 TTPs 4 IoCs
  • Drops file in System32 directory 1 IoCs
  • Drops file in Program Files directory 11 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 7 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 27 IoCs

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

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 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 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:1060
    • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\HrcDr6ZXZM.bat"
      2⤵
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:628
      • C:\Windows\system32\w32tm.exe
        w32tm /stripchart /computer:localhost /period:5 /dataonly /samples:2
        3⤵
          PID:1620
        • C:\Program Files\7-Zip\Lang\WMIADAP.exe
          "C:\Program Files\7-Zip\Lang\WMIADAP.exe"
          3⤵
          • UAC bypass
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • Checks whether UAC is enabled
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          • System policy modification
          PID:1824
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "taskhostt" /sc MINUTE /mo 11 /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft\taskhost.exe'" /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Creates scheduled task(s)
      PID:1480
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "taskhost" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft\taskhost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Creates scheduled task(s)
      PID:564
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "taskhostt" /sc MINUTE /mo 7 /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft\taskhost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Creates scheduled task(s)
      PID:1552
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "SystemS" /sc MINUTE /mo 6 /tr "'C:\MSOCache\All Users\{90140000-002C-0409-0000-0000000FF1CE}-C\Proof.fr\System.exe'" /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Creates scheduled task(s)
      PID:572
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "System" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\MSOCache\All Users\{90140000-002C-0409-0000-0000000FF1CE}-C\Proof.fr\System.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Creates scheduled task(s)
      PID:972
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "SystemS" /sc MINUTE /mo 10 /tr "'C:\MSOCache\All Users\{90140000-002C-0409-0000-0000000FF1CE}-C\Proof.fr\System.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Creates scheduled task(s)
      PID:112
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "dwmd" /sc MINUTE /mo 12 /tr "'C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\dwm.exe'" /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Creates scheduled task(s)
      PID:1200
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "dwm" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\dwm.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Creates scheduled task(s)
      PID:1892
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "dwmd" /sc MINUTE /mo 8 /tr "'C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\dwm.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Creates scheduled task(s)
      PID:1900
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "WMIADAPW" /sc MINUTE /mo 8 /tr "'C:\Program Files\7-Zip\Lang\WMIADAP.exe'" /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Creates scheduled task(s)
      PID:1700
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "WMIADAP" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Program Files\7-Zip\Lang\WMIADAP.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Creates scheduled task(s)
      PID:436
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "WMIADAPW" /sc MINUTE /mo 6 /tr "'C:\Program Files\7-Zip\Lang\WMIADAP.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Creates scheduled task(s)
      PID:1556
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "csrssc" /sc MINUTE /mo 7 /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Reader 9.0\Setup Files\{AC76BA86-7AD7-1033-7B44-A90000000001}\csrss.exe'" /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Creates scheduled task(s)
      PID:1968
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "csrss" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Reader 9.0\Setup Files\{AC76BA86-7AD7-1033-7B44-A90000000001}\csrss.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Creates scheduled task(s)
      PID:1804
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "csrssc" /sc MINUTE /mo 9 /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Reader 9.0\Setup Files\{AC76BA86-7AD7-1033-7B44-A90000000001}\csrss.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Creates scheduled task(s)
      PID:1672
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "3041f94ecddb3116d07dc174c4297b43d022b48282df8acc25dfac2ffc5b07553" /sc MINUTE /mo 6 /tr "'C:\Windows\it-IT\3041f94ecddb3116d07dc174c4297b43d022b48282df8acc25dfac2ffc5b0755.exe'" /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Creates scheduled task(s)
      PID:960
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "3041f94ecddb3116d07dc174c4297b43d022b48282df8acc25dfac2ffc5b0755" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Windows\it-IT\3041f94ecddb3116d07dc174c4297b43d022b48282df8acc25dfac2ffc5b0755.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Creates scheduled task(s)
      PID:1256
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "3041f94ecddb3116d07dc174c4297b43d022b48282df8acc25dfac2ffc5b07553" /sc MINUTE /mo 7 /tr "'C:\Windows\it-IT\3041f94ecddb3116d07dc174c4297b43d022b48282df8acc25dfac2ffc5b0755.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Creates scheduled task(s)
      PID:1708
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "lsassl" /sc MINUTE /mo 12 /tr "'C:\Windows\Tasks\lsass.exe'" /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Creates scheduled task(s)
      PID:1648
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "lsass" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Windows\Tasks\lsass.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Creates scheduled task(s)
      PID:372
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "lsassl" /sc MINUTE /mo 13 /tr "'C:\Windows\Tasks\lsass.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Creates scheduled task(s)
      PID:1464
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "csrssc" /sc MINUTE /mo 10 /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Synchronization Services\ADO.NET\v1.0\csrss.exe'" /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Creates scheduled task(s)
      PID:2024
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "csrss" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Synchronization Services\ADO.NET\v1.0\csrss.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Creates scheduled task(s)
      PID:1276
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "csrssc" /sc MINUTE /mo 9 /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Synchronization Services\ADO.NET\v1.0\csrss.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Creates scheduled task(s)
      PID:1944
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "explorere" /sc MINUTE /mo 8 /tr "'C:\Windows\PolicyDefinitions\de-DE\explorer.exe'" /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Creates scheduled task(s)
      PID:1488
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "explorer" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Windows\PolicyDefinitions\de-DE\explorer.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Creates scheduled task(s)
      PID:832
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "explorere" /sc MINUTE /mo 14 /tr "'C:\Windows\PolicyDefinitions\de-DE\explorer.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Creates scheduled task(s)
      PID:1948
    • C:\Windows\system32\taskmgr.exe
      "C:\Windows\system32\taskmgr.exe" /4
      1⤵
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
      • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
      PID:1200
    • C:\Windows\system32\mmc.exe
      "C:\Windows\system32\mmc.exe" "C:\Windows\system32\eventvwr.msc" /s
      1⤵
      • Drops file in System32 directory
      • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      PID:652

    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

    System Information Discovery

    2
    T1082

    Query Registry

    1
    T1012

    Replay Monitor

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    Downloads

    • C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Reader 9.0\Setup Files\{AC76BA86-7AD7-1033-7B44-A90000000001}\csrss.exe
      Filesize

      2.4MB

      MD5

      0e444044fdfea512ca18fc3396abb65b

      SHA1

      8b601ccad5b2a76967c0ca7579dc13d092307f34

      SHA256

      3041f94ecddb3116d07dc174c4297b43d022b48282df8acc25dfac2ffc5b0755

      SHA512

      7b58b88c7fbcd7b97d1a08f2145794beefa2960382140bac74f1f4fe630cdd0314cd9bceb599a32c56788df1e0e9dccf84c1598c52f9c581389327428696e119

    • C:\Program Files\7-Zip\Lang\WMIADAP.exe
      Filesize

      2.4MB

      MD5

      0e444044fdfea512ca18fc3396abb65b

      SHA1

      8b601ccad5b2a76967c0ca7579dc13d092307f34

      SHA256

      3041f94ecddb3116d07dc174c4297b43d022b48282df8acc25dfac2ffc5b0755

      SHA512

      7b58b88c7fbcd7b97d1a08f2145794beefa2960382140bac74f1f4fe630cdd0314cd9bceb599a32c56788df1e0e9dccf84c1598c52f9c581389327428696e119

    • C:\Program Files\7-Zip\Lang\WMIADAP.exe
      Filesize

      2.4MB

      MD5

      0e444044fdfea512ca18fc3396abb65b

      SHA1

      8b601ccad5b2a76967c0ca7579dc13d092307f34

      SHA256

      3041f94ecddb3116d07dc174c4297b43d022b48282df8acc25dfac2ffc5b0755

      SHA512

      7b58b88c7fbcd7b97d1a08f2145794beefa2960382140bac74f1f4fe630cdd0314cd9bceb599a32c56788df1e0e9dccf84c1598c52f9c581389327428696e119

    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\HrcDr6ZXZM.bat
      Filesize

      204B

      MD5

      0df0a84cdcf2a8d75ce7d591cb841df1

      SHA1

      3ad5ba17350dba6e9f2a6a452f3eae39fe5fe8c4

      SHA256

      6369263c289c47b0f5ab98473be11e6dc2d3e196b8ee36b72fffab8caf6019b0

      SHA512

      a9a2562886b313328feb033ffd4391336fa2561dd81d418065681a72033bacff3ad320e4a21dc658ae64496ee4cc861caf238b217a826359ab45b08f08a30e9e

    • memory/652-99-0x0000000002030000-0x0000000002031000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      4KB

    • memory/652-113-0x0000000002BF0000-0x0000000002C70000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      512KB

    • memory/652-124-0x0000000002BF0000-0x0000000002C70000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      512KB

    • memory/652-102-0x0000000002BF0000-0x0000000002C70000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      512KB

    • memory/652-122-0x0000000002BF0000-0x0000000002C70000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      512KB

    • memory/652-121-0x0000000002BF0000-0x0000000002C70000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      512KB

    • memory/652-120-0x0000000002BF0000-0x0000000002C70000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      512KB

    • memory/652-115-0x0000000002BF0000-0x0000000002C70000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      512KB

    • memory/652-119-0x000007FFFFF00000-0x000007FFFFF10000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      64KB

    • memory/652-118-0x0000000002BF0000-0x0000000002C70000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      512KB

    • memory/652-117-0x0000000002BF0000-0x0000000002C70000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      512KB

    • memory/652-116-0x0000000002BF0000-0x0000000002C70000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      512KB

    • memory/652-114-0x0000000002BF0000-0x0000000002C70000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      512KB

    • memory/652-111-0x0000000002030000-0x0000000002031000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      4KB

    • memory/652-112-0x0000000002BF0000-0x0000000002C70000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      512KB

    • memory/652-110-0x0000000002BF0000-0x0000000002C70000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      512KB

    • memory/652-101-0x0000000002BF0000-0x0000000002C70000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      512KB

    • memory/652-109-0x0000000002BF0000-0x0000000002C70000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      512KB

    • memory/652-97-0x00000000027C0000-0x00000000027DE000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      120KB

    • memory/652-98-0x000000001D030000-0x000000001D376000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      3.3MB

    • memory/652-108-0x0000000002BF0000-0x0000000002C70000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      512KB

    • memory/652-100-0x0000000002BF0000-0x0000000002C70000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      512KB

    • memory/652-103-0x0000000002BF0000-0x0000000002C70000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      512KB

    • memory/652-123-0x0000000002BF0000-0x0000000002C70000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      512KB

    • memory/652-107-0x0000000002BF0000-0x0000000002C70000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      512KB

    • memory/652-104-0x0000000002BF0000-0x0000000002C70000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      512KB

    • memory/652-105-0x000007FFFFF00000-0x000007FFFFF10000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      64KB

    • memory/652-106-0x0000000002BF0000-0x0000000002C70000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      512KB

    • memory/1060-65-0x0000000001210000-0x0000000001218000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      32KB

    • memory/1060-64-0x0000000001220000-0x000000000122E000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      56KB

    • memory/1060-57-0x0000000000C10000-0x0000000000C2C000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      112KB

    • memory/1060-56-0x0000000000540000-0x000000000054E000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      56KB

    • memory/1060-60-0x00000000012D0000-0x0000000001326000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      344KB

    • memory/1060-61-0x0000000000C60000-0x0000000000C6C000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      48KB

    • memory/1060-59-0x0000000000C50000-0x0000000000C5A000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      40KB

    • memory/1060-54-0x0000000001350000-0x00000000015C8000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      2.5MB

    • memory/1060-55-0x000000001AEE0000-0x000000001AF60000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      512KB

    • memory/1060-62-0x0000000000C70000-0x0000000000C7C000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      48KB

    • memory/1060-63-0x0000000000C80000-0x0000000000C8C000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      48KB

    • memory/1060-58-0x0000000000C30000-0x0000000000C46000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      88KB

    • memory/1200-92-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001405E8000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      5.9MB

    • memory/1200-95-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001405E8000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      5.9MB

    • memory/1200-93-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001405E8000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      5.9MB

    • memory/1824-94-0x00000000009D0000-0x0000000000A50000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      512KB

    • memory/1824-96-0x00000000009D0000-0x0000000000A50000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      512KB

    • memory/1824-91-0x0000000001100000-0x0000000001378000-memory.dmp
      Filesize

      2.5MB