Analysis

  • max time kernel
    122s
  • max time network
    127s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20231222-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20231222-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
  • submitted
    15/01/2024, 02:40

General

  • Target
    5bebc27d3f01693f84851b07591bbfa7.exe
  • Size 1.5MB
  • Sample240115-c56cbafggm
  • SHA256 21fffcc4d1db45ed2362be06f4abbdfa33ed59a19d353b4fcc523452c6798286
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

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 9 IoCs

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

  • DCRat payload 9 IoCs

    Detects payload of DCRat, commonly dropped by NSIS installers.

  • Identifies VirtualBox via ACPI registry values (likely anti-VM) 2 TTPs 3 IoCs
  • Checks BIOS information in registry 2 TTPs 6 IoCs

    BIOS information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.

  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Identifies Wine through registry keys 2 TTPs 3 IoCs

    Wine is a compatibility layer capable of running Windows applications, which can be used as sandboxing environment.

  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 9 IoCs
  • Drops file in System32 directory 11 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger 3 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 7 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

    Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

  • Creates scheduled task(s) 1 TTPs 9 IoCs

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

  • Modifies registry class 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 15 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 4 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 28 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\5bebc27d3f01693f84851b07591bbfa7.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\5bebc27d3f01693f84851b07591bbfa7.exe"
    1⤵
    • Identifies VirtualBox via ACPI registry values (likely anti-VM)
    • Checks BIOS information in registry
    • Checks computer location settings
    • Identifies Wine through registry keys
    • Adds Run key to start application
    • Drops file in System32 directory
    • Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger
    • Drops file in Windows directory
    • Modifies registry class
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4620
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\oUzQYIcK02.bat"
      2⤵
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3292
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\w32tm.exe
        w32tm /stripchart /computer:localhost /period:5 /dataonly /samples:2
        3⤵
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:4884
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\5bebc27d3f01693f84851b07591bbfa7.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\5bebc27d3f01693f84851b07591bbfa7.exe"
        3⤵
        • Identifies VirtualBox via ACPI registry values (likely anti-VM)
        • Checks BIOS information in registry
        • Checks computer location settings
        • Identifies Wine through registry keys
        • Adds Run key to start application
        • Drops file in System32 directory
        • Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger
        • Drops file in Windows directory
        • Modifies registry class
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:4252
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
          "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\4f9KPB39Ec.bat"
          4⤵
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:1240
          • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\w32tm.exe
            w32tm /stripchart /computer:localhost /period:5 /dataonly /samples:2
            5⤵
            • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
            PID:3204
            • C:\Windows\system32\w32tm.exe
              w32tm /stripchart /computer:localhost /period:5 /dataonly /samples:2
              6⤵
                PID:4688
            • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\chcp.com
              chcp 65001
              5⤵
                PID:5068
              • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\HdcpHandler\spoolsv.exe
                "C:\Windows\System32\HdcpHandler\spoolsv.exe"
                5⤵
                • Identifies VirtualBox via ACPI registry values (likely anti-VM)
                • Checks BIOS information in registry
                • Executes dropped EXE
                • Identifies Wine through registry keys
                • Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger
                • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
                • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
                PID:4824
      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
        schtasks.exe /create /tn "SearchApp" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\Cortana.Search\SearchApp.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
        1⤵
        • Process spawned unexpected child process
        • Creates scheduled task(s)
        PID:2104
      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
        schtasks.exe /create /tn "dwm" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Windows\System32\w32topl\dwm.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
        1⤵
        • Process spawned unexpected child process
        • Creates scheduled task(s)
        PID:3552
      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
        schtasks.exe /create /tn "dllhost" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Windows\System32\msvcrt\dllhost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
        1⤵
        • Process spawned unexpected child process
        • Creates scheduled task(s)
        PID:2068
      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
        schtasks.exe /create /tn "WaaSMedicAgent" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Windows\System32\devmgmt\WaaSMedicAgent.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
        1⤵
        • Process spawned unexpected child process
        • Creates scheduled task(s)
        PID:1088
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\chcp.com
        chcp 65001
        1⤵
          PID:2328
        • C:\Windows\system32\w32tm.exe
          w32tm /stripchart /computer:localhost /period:5 /dataonly /samples:2
          1⤵
            PID:4712
          • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
            schtasks.exe /create /tn "spoolsv" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Windows\System32\HdcpHandler\spoolsv.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
            1⤵
            • Process spawned unexpected child process
            • Creates scheduled task(s)
            PID:1020
          • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
            schtasks.exe /create /tn "TextInputHost" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Windows\SystemApps\MicrosoftWindows.Client.CBS_cw5n1h2txyewy\InputApp\TextInputCommon\TextInputHost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
            1⤵
            • Process spawned unexpected child process
            • Creates scheduled task(s)
            PID:2716
          • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
            schtasks.exe /create /tn "fontdrvhost" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Windows\System32\dsauth\fontdrvhost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
            1⤵
            • Process spawned unexpected child process
            • Creates scheduled task(s)
            PID:3796
          • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
            schtasks.exe /create /tn "WaaSMedicAgent" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Windows\tracing\WaaSMedicAgent.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
            1⤵
            • Process spawned unexpected child process
            • Creates scheduled task(s)
            PID:2856
          • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
            schtasks.exe /create /tn "backgroundTaskHost" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\PerfLogs\backgroundTaskHost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
            1⤵
            • Process spawned unexpected child process
            • Creates scheduled task(s)
            PID:4692
          • C:\Windows\system32\rundll32.exe
            "C:\Windows\system32\rundll32.exe" "C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\EDGEHTML.dll",#141 Microsoft.VCLibs.140.00_8wekyb3d8bbwe
            1⤵
              PID:5016
            • C:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe
              C:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe -k UnistackSvcGroup
              1⤵
              • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
              PID:3904

            Network

                  MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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                  Downloads

                  5bebc27d3f01693f84851b07591bbfa7.exe.log

                  • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0_32\UsageLogs\5bebc27d3f01693f84851b07591bbfa7.exe.log
                  • Size 1KB
                  • SHA256 fa2d2b185ce7cfa214b0c9a8b26c9d30ac325c924434f957c2f3e0bb74a749cf
                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                  4f9KPB39Ec.bat

                  • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\4f9KPB39Ec.bat
                  • Size 259B
                  • SHA256 ba13a63740d70e177154bca69cd63ba2f6b8f78c479468c9555bad033492f274
                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                  oUzQYIcK02.bat

                  • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\oUzQYIcK02.bat
                  • Size 286B
                  • SHA256 c85517d67894221bc500d1a33ed7e7bdb3ff32b9cd664b382d6209493042610d
                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                  spoolsv.exe

                  • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\HdcpHandler\spoolsv.exe
                  • Size 623KB
                  • SHA256 1cb914c38a092edf72bd7f4774be1c5b8dedf93ae6ad76849185b1a6e08d268c
                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

                  spoolsv.exe

                  • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\HdcpHandler\spoolsv.exe
                  • Size 1.2MB
                  • SHA256 c909182dda4cbc9b458710edb5b761a315e8f86ddb4e829e1c0c78833eda3f61
                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

                  spoolsv.exe

                  • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\HdcpHandler\spoolsv.exe
                  • Size 1.4MB
                  • SHA256 4e63b84c40dc452d29d388db452412fbfa42d104f0d31aed25a35bcddf155461
                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

                  memory/3904-101-0x0000014329DD0000-0x0000014329DD1000-memory.dmp

                  memory/3904-98-0x0000014329DA0000-0x0000014329DA1000-memory.dmp

                  memory/3904-82-0x0000014321A40000-0x0000014321A50000-memory.dmp

                  memory/3904-66-0x0000014321940000-0x0000014321950000-memory.dmp

                  memory/3904-100-0x0000014329DD0000-0x0000014329DD1000-memory.dmp

                  memory/3904-102-0x0000014329EE0000-0x0000014329EE1000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4252-25-0x0000000000140000-0x0000000000538000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4252-28-0x0000000074460000-0x0000000074C10000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4252-29-0x0000000000140000-0x0000000000538000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4252-27-0x0000000000140000-0x0000000000538000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4252-30-0x00000000071A0000-0x00000000071B0000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4252-48-0x0000000074460000-0x0000000074C10000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4252-47-0x0000000000140000-0x0000000000538000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4620-23-0x0000000000140000-0x0000000000538000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4620-6-0x0000000006F30000-0x0000000006FCC000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4620-0-0x0000000000140000-0x0000000000538000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4620-1-0x00000000775D4000-0x00000000775D6000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4620-9-0x0000000007140000-0x00000000071A6000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4620-24-0x00000000743C0000-0x0000000074B70000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4620-2-0x00000000743C0000-0x0000000074B70000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4620-3-0x0000000000140000-0x0000000000538000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4620-4-0x0000000000140000-0x0000000000538000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4620-5-0x00000000074E0000-0x0000000007A84000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4824-53-0x0000000000630000-0x0000000000A28000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4824-65-0x00000000743C0000-0x0000000074B70000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4824-64-0x0000000000630000-0x0000000000A28000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4824-59-0x00000000743C0000-0x0000000074B70000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4824-57-0x0000000000630000-0x0000000000A28000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4824-54-0x00000000743C0000-0x0000000074B70000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4824-55-0x0000000000630000-0x0000000000A28000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4824-52-0x0000000000630000-0x0000000000A28000-memory.dmp