Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    149s
  • platform
    windows7_x64
  • resource
    win7-20231020-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20231020-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
  • submitted
    09/12/2023, 03:10

General

  • Target
    642ab556168baf4ec41c4e9f55bdc60e.exe
  • Size 1.1MB
  • Sample231209-dpcwhaedap
  • SHA256 1f9168ebe5c0fb87e5d3a637d2dfc6d6271ef1ad37c9da811743cc28dffccb1e
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

Malware Config

Signatures

  • DcRat 27 IoCs

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

  • Modifies WinLogon for persistence 2 TTPs 9 IoCs
  • Process spawned unexpected child process 27 IoCs

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

  • DCRat payload 5 IoCs

    Detects payload of DCRat, commonly dropped by NSIS installers.

  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 18 IoCs
  • Legitimate hosting services abused for malware hosting/C2 1 TTPs
  • 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).

  • 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 22 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 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\642ab556168baf4ec41c4e9f55bdc60e.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\642ab556168baf4ec41c4e9f55bdc60e.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:1264
    • C:\Windows\LiveKernelReports\lsass.exe
      "C:\Windows\LiveKernelReports\lsass.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:1048
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "csrssc" /sc MINUTE /mo 7 /tr "'C:\MSOCache\All Users\csrss.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • DcRat
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Creates scheduled task(s)
    PID:2500
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "csrss" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\MSOCache\All Users\csrss.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • DcRat
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Creates scheduled task(s)
    PID:2852
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "csrssc" /sc MINUTE /mo 9 /tr "'C:\MSOCache\All Users\csrss.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • DcRat
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Creates scheduled task(s)
    PID:2756
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "SystemS" /sc MINUTE /mo 10 /tr "'C:\Recovery\dc2a2482-6fc2-11ee-ac24-e54deae2f792\System.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • DcRat
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Creates scheduled task(s)
    PID:2592
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "System" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Recovery\dc2a2482-6fc2-11ee-ac24-e54deae2f792\System.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • DcRat
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Creates scheduled task(s)
    PID:2704
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "SystemS" /sc MINUTE /mo 11 /tr "'C:\Recovery\dc2a2482-6fc2-11ee-ac24-e54deae2f792\System.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • DcRat
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Creates scheduled task(s)
    PID:2736
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "dwmd" /sc MINUTE /mo 13 /tr "'C:\Program Files\MSBuild\dwm.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • DcRat
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Creates scheduled task(s)
    PID:2576
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "dwm" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Program Files\MSBuild\dwm.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • DcRat
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Creates scheduled task(s)
    PID:2644
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "dwmd" /sc MINUTE /mo 7 /tr "'C:\Program Files\MSBuild\dwm.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • DcRat
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Creates scheduled task(s)
    PID:2124
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "csrssc" /sc MINUTE /mo 9 /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Sidebar\Shared Gadgets\csrss.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • DcRat
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Creates scheduled task(s)
    PID:108
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "csrss" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Sidebar\Shared Gadgets\csrss.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • DcRat
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Creates scheduled task(s)
    PID:1564
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "csrssc" /sc MINUTE /mo 13 /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Sidebar\Shared Gadgets\csrss.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • DcRat
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Creates scheduled task(s)
    PID:2744
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "SystemS" /sc MINUTE /mo 13 /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\Common7\System.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • DcRat
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Creates scheduled task(s)
    PID:740
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "System" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\Common7\System.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • DcRat
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Creates scheduled task(s)
    PID:2904
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "SystemS" /sc MINUTE /mo 12 /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\Common7\System.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • DcRat
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Creates scheduled task(s)
    PID:2928
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "lsassl" /sc MINUTE /mo 7 /tr "'C:\Windows\LiveKernelReports\lsass.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • DcRat
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Creates scheduled task(s)
    PID:736
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "lsass" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Windows\LiveKernelReports\lsass.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • DcRat
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Creates scheduled task(s)
    PID:1160
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "lsassl" /sc MINUTE /mo 5 /tr "'C:\Windows\LiveKernelReports\lsass.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • DcRat
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Creates scheduled task(s)
    PID:1036
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "csrssc" /sc MINUTE /mo 10 /tr "'C:\Recovery\dc2a2482-6fc2-11ee-ac24-e54deae2f792\csrss.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • DcRat
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Creates scheduled task(s)
    PID:1448
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "csrss" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Recovery\dc2a2482-6fc2-11ee-ac24-e54deae2f792\csrss.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • DcRat
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Creates scheduled task(s)
    PID:320
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "csrssc" /sc MINUTE /mo 10 /tr "'C:\Recovery\dc2a2482-6fc2-11ee-ac24-e54deae2f792\csrss.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • DcRat
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Creates scheduled task(s)
    PID:1924
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "sppsvcs" /sc MINUTE /mo 14 /tr "'C:\Recovery\dc2a2482-6fc2-11ee-ac24-e54deae2f792\sppsvc.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • DcRat
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Creates scheduled task(s)
    PID:1528
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "sppsvc" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Recovery\dc2a2482-6fc2-11ee-ac24-e54deae2f792\sppsvc.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • DcRat
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Creates scheduled task(s)
    PID:1028
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "sppsvcs" /sc MINUTE /mo 13 /tr "'C:\Recovery\dc2a2482-6fc2-11ee-ac24-e54deae2f792\sppsvc.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • DcRat
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Creates scheduled task(s)
    PID:1516
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "winlogonw" /sc MINUTE /mo 8 /tr "'C:\Users\Public\Documents\My Videos\winlogon.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • DcRat
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Creates scheduled task(s)
    PID:1752
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "winlogon" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Users\Public\Documents\My Videos\winlogon.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • DcRat
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Creates scheduled task(s)
    PID:2628
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "winlogonw" /sc MINUTE /mo 10 /tr "'C:\Users\Public\Documents\My Videos\winlogon.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • DcRat
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Creates scheduled task(s)
    PID:1660

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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        Downloads

        System.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\Common7\System.exe
        • Size 1.1MB
        • SHA256 1f9168ebe5c0fb87e5d3a637d2dfc6d6271ef1ad37c9da811743cc28dffccb1e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

        94308059B57B3142E455B38A6EB92015

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\94308059B57B3142E455B38A6EB92015
        • Size 65KB
        • SHA256 c6456e12e5e53287a547af4103e0397cb9697e466cf75844312dc296d43d144d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

        Tar88D6.tmp

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Tar88D6.tmp
        • Size 171KB
        • SHA256 4276af3669a141a59388bc56a87f6614d9a9bdddf560636c264219a7eb11256f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

        lsass.exe

        • Path C:\Windows\LiveKernelReports\lsass.exe
        • Size 1.1MB
        • SHA256 1f9168ebe5c0fb87e5d3a637d2dfc6d6271ef1ad37c9da811743cc28dffccb1e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

        lsass.exe

        • Path C:\Windows\LiveKernelReports\lsass.exe
        • Size 1.1MB
        • SHA256 1f9168ebe5c0fb87e5d3a637d2dfc6d6271ef1ad37c9da811743cc28dffccb1e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

        memory/1048-36-0x000000001A950000-0x000000001A9D0000-memory.dmp

        memory/1048-33-0x0000000000890000-0x00000000009B6000-memory.dmp

        memory/1048-75-0x000000001A950000-0x000000001A9D0000-memory.dmp

        memory/1048-74-0x000007FEF5A00000-0x000007FEF63EC000-memory.dmp

        memory/1048-34-0x000007FEF5A00000-0x000007FEF63EC000-memory.dmp

        memory/1264-5-0x0000000000770000-0x0000000000786000-memory.dmp

        memory/1264-3-0x0000000000540000-0x000000000054E000-memory.dmp

        memory/1264-4-0x0000000000550000-0x0000000000558000-memory.dmp

        memory/1264-6-0x0000000000790000-0x000000000079C000-memory.dmp

        memory/1264-35-0x000007FEF5A00000-0x000007FEF63EC000-memory.dmp

        memory/1264-0-0x0000000000A00000-0x0000000000B26000-memory.dmp

        memory/1264-2-0x000000001B1B0000-0x000000001B230000-memory.dmp

        memory/1264-1-0x000007FEF5A00000-0x000007FEF63EC000-memory.dmp

        memory/1264-8-0x0000000000960000-0x000000000096C000-memory.dmp

        memory/1264-7-0x00000000007A0000-0x00000000007A8000-memory.dmp