Analysis

  • max time kernel
    79s
  • max time network
    153s
  • platform
    windows7_x64
  • resource
    win7-20230220-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20230220-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
  • submitted
    31/03/2023, 17:51

General

  • Target
    1bfc612d584aa106f9784450c67dd4b7.exe
  • Size 1.4MB
  • Sample230331-we54eade6s
  • SHA256 bb00399cf42ca87f984e2cfce9ffeeb514c66f24036a305989ecddca7857cf62
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

Malware Config

Signatures

  • DcRat

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

  • Modifies WinLogon for persistence 2 TTPs 7 IoCs
  • Process spawned unexpected child process 21 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 1 IoCs
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 14 IoCs
  • Looks up external IP address via web service 2 IoCs

    Uses a legitimate IP lookup service to find the infected system's external IP.

  • Drops file in Program Files directory 8 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 21 IoCs

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

  • Modifies system certificate store 2 TTPs 6 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 10 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 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\1bfc612d584aa106f9784450c67dd4b7.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1bfc612d584aa106f9784450c67dd4b7.exe"
    1⤵
    • Modifies WinLogon for persistence
    • Adds Run key to start application
    • Drops file in Program Files directory
    • Drops file in Windows directory
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1320
    • C:\Program Files\Windows Sidebar\Shared Gadgets\csrss.exe
      "C:\Program Files\Windows Sidebar\Shared Gadgets\csrss.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Modifies system certificate store
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:1544
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "SystemS" /sc MINUTE /mo 7 /tr "'C:\MSOCache\All Users\{90140000-0044-0409-0000-0000000FF1CE}-C\System.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Creates scheduled task(s)
    PID:860
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "System" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\MSOCache\All Users\{90140000-0044-0409-0000-0000000FF1CE}-C\System.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Creates scheduled task(s)
    PID:852
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "SystemS" /sc MINUTE /mo 6 /tr "'C:\MSOCache\All Users\{90140000-0044-0409-0000-0000000FF1CE}-C\System.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Creates scheduled task(s)
    PID:672
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "taskhostt" /sc MINUTE /mo 14 /tr "'C:\Users\Admin\taskhost.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Creates scheduled task(s)
    PID:1556
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "taskhost" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Users\Admin\taskhost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Creates scheduled task(s)
    PID:1040
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "taskhostt" /sc MINUTE /mo 9 /tr "'C:\Users\Admin\taskhost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Creates scheduled task(s)
    PID:1068
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "WMIADAPW" /sc MINUTE /mo 8 /tr "'C:\Windows\Globalization\WMIADAP.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Creates scheduled task(s)
    PID:676
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "WMIADAP" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Windows\Globalization\WMIADAP.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Creates scheduled task(s)
    PID:1248
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "WMIADAPW" /sc MINUTE /mo 5 /tr "'C:\Windows\Globalization\WMIADAP.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Creates scheduled task(s)
    PID:1152
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "spoolsvs" /sc MINUTE /mo 13 /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Photo Viewer\de-DE\spoolsv.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Creates scheduled task(s)
    PID:1240
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "spoolsv" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Photo Viewer\de-DE\spoolsv.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 "spoolsvs" /sc MINUTE /mo 10 /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Photo Viewer\de-DE\spoolsv.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Creates scheduled task(s)
    PID:1076
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "IdleI" /sc MINUTE /mo 9 /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Synchronization Services\ADO.NET\v1.0\Idle.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Creates scheduled task(s)
    PID:1084
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "Idle" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Synchronization Services\ADO.NET\v1.0\Idle.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Creates scheduled task(s)
    PID:1680
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "IdleI" /sc MINUTE /mo 14 /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Synchronization Services\ADO.NET\v1.0\Idle.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Creates scheduled task(s)
    PID:884
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "IdleI" /sc MINUTE /mo 11 /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows NT\TableTextService\fr-FR\Idle.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Creates scheduled task(s)
    PID:1216
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "Idle" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows NT\TableTextService\fr-FR\Idle.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 "IdleI" /sc MINUTE /mo 10 /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows NT\TableTextService\fr-FR\Idle.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Creates scheduled task(s)
    PID:1592
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "csrssc" /sc MINUTE /mo 8 /tr "'C:\Program Files\Windows Sidebar\Shared Gadgets\csrss.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Creates scheduled task(s)
    PID:1196
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "csrss" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Program Files\Windows Sidebar\Shared Gadgets\csrss.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Creates scheduled task(s)
    PID:580
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "csrssc" /sc MINUTE /mo 14 /tr "'C:\Program Files\Windows Sidebar\Shared Gadgets\csrss.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Creates scheduled task(s)
    PID:764

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v6

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        Downloads

        Idle.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Synchronization Services\ADO.NET\v1.0\Idle.exe
        • Size 1.4MB
        • SHA256 bb00399cf42ca87f984e2cfce9ffeeb514c66f24036a305989ecddca7857cf62
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

        csrss.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Windows Sidebar\Shared Gadgets\csrss.exe
        • Size 1.4MB
        • SHA256 bb00399cf42ca87f984e2cfce9ffeeb514c66f24036a305989ecddca7857cf62
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

        csrss.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Windows Sidebar\Shared Gadgets\csrss.exe
        • Size 1.4MB
        • SHA256 bb00399cf42ca87f984e2cfce9ffeeb514c66f24036a305989ecddca7857cf62
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

        Cab589E.tmp

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Cab589E.tmp
        • Size 61KB
        • SHA256 10f3deb6c452d749a7451b5d065f4c0449737e5ee8a44f4d15844b503141e65b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

        Tar9360.tmp

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Tar9360.tmp
        • Size 161KB
        • SHA256 c0cf8cc04c34b5b80a2d86ad0eafb2dd71436f070c86b0321fba0201879625fd
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

        memory/1320-62-0x0000000000630000-0x000000000063C000-memory.dmp

        memory/1320-60-0x0000000000610000-0x000000000061C000-memory.dmp

        memory/1320-61-0x0000000000620000-0x000000000062A000-memory.dmp

        memory/1320-54-0x0000000000210000-0x0000000000378000-memory.dmp

        memory/1320-59-0x0000000000600000-0x000000000060C000-memory.dmp

        memory/1320-57-0x00000000003E0000-0x00000000003F6000-memory.dmp

        memory/1320-58-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000410000-memory.dmp

        memory/1320-56-0x00000000003C0000-0x00000000003DC000-memory.dmp

        memory/1320-55-0x0000000000650000-0x00000000006D0000-memory.dmp

        memory/1544-83-0x00000000009A0000-0x0000000000B08000-memory.dmp

        memory/1544-84-0x000000001AC50000-0x000000001ACD0000-memory.dmp

        memory/1544-103-0x000000001AC50000-0x000000001ACD0000-memory.dmp