Analysis

  • max time kernel
    1188s
  • max time network
    1199s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20231215-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20231215-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
  • submitted
    08/02/2024, 02:08

General

  • Target
    independert.msi
  • Size 4.0MB
  • Sample240208-ck246aca76
  • SHA256 846f339f39e82f358fe5d0985afde119563754c9a8030dc237eac1a963a8bbf4
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

Malware Config

Signatures

  • DarkGate

    DarkGate is an infostealer written in C++.

  • Detect DarkGate stealer 2 IoCs
  • Modifies file permissions 1 TTPs 2 IoCs
  • Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 46 IoCs

    Attempts to read the root path of hard drives other than the default C: drive.

  • Drops file in Windows directory 11 IoCs
  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 6 IoCs
  • Checks SCSI registry key(s) 3 TTPs 5 IoCs

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

  • Checks processor information in registry 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 53 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 20 IoCs
  • Uses Volume Shadow Copy service COM API

    The Volume Shadow Copy service is used to manage backups/snapshots.

Processes

  • C:\Windows\system32\msiexec.exe
    msiexec.exe /I C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\independert.msi
    1⤵
    • Enumerates connected drives
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
    PID:4496
  • C:\Windows\system32\msiexec.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\msiexec.exe /V
    1⤵
    • Enumerates connected drives
    • Drops file in Windows directory
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4184
    • C:\Windows\system32\srtasks.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\srtasks.exe ExecuteScopeRestorePoint /WaitForRestorePoint:2
      2⤵
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:4420
    • C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe
      C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe -Embedding 093C9A968381DD48854ABA39DF680228
      2⤵
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4960
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ICACLS.EXE
        "C:\Windows\system32\ICACLS.EXE" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MW-73c3e399-1205-4ce6-8e51-af9bb11fb20c\." /SETINTEGRITYLEVEL (CI)(OI)HIGH
        3⤵
        • Modifies file permissions
        PID:2296
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\EXPAND.EXE
        "C:\Windows\system32\EXPAND.EXE" -R files.cab -F:* files
        3⤵
        • Drops file in Windows directory
        PID:1448
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MW-73c3e399-1205-4ce6-8e51-af9bb11fb20c\files\apdproxy.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MW-73c3e399-1205-4ce6-8e51-af9bb11fb20c\files\apdproxy.exe"
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:3860
        • \??\c:\temp\Autoit3.exe
          "c:\temp\Autoit3.exe" c:\temp\script.au3
          4⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • Checks processor information in registry
          PID:3304
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ICACLS.EXE
        "C:\Windows\system32\ICACLS.EXE" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MW-73c3e399-1205-4ce6-8e51-af9bb11fb20c\." /SETINTEGRITYLEVEL (CI)(OI)LOW
        3⤵
        • Modifies file permissions
        PID:3716
  • C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe
    1⤵
    • Checks SCSI registry key(s)
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    PID:3452

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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        Downloads

        files.cab

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MW-73c3e399-1205-4ce6-8e51-af9bb11fb20c\files.cab
        • Size 3.7MB
        • SHA256 e0a36182df70d6af3289ea7c430874b8281db531c767beab5131f6726f5635a2
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

        MSVCP71.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MW-73c3e399-1205-4ce6-8e51-af9bb11fb20c\files\MSVCP71.dll
        • Size 488KB
        • SHA256 df96156f6a548fd6fe5672918de5ae4509d3c810a57bffd2a91de45a3ed5b23b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

        MSVCR71.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MW-73c3e399-1205-4ce6-8e51-af9bb11fb20c\files\MSVCR71.dll
        • Size 256KB
        • SHA256 69db7cf715da48da66b11172eea92997a4ed10005a9d15de21d47fac8895c0cc
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

        apdboot.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MW-73c3e399-1205-4ce6-8e51-af9bb11fb20c\files\apdboot.dll
        • Size 256KB
        • SHA256 3559a2dfca34d1eb29796f1aae16a406ebc2034c251a901490eaa2ca4cc3c953
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

        apdboot.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MW-73c3e399-1205-4ce6-8e51-af9bb11fb20c\files\apdboot.dll
        • Size 931KB
        • SHA256 e1f5396d6c9e0d82c45fb48c723460709706398078546bca83e123ca9eb4036f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

        apdproxy.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MW-73c3e399-1205-4ce6-8e51-af9bb11fb20c\files\apdproxy.exe
        • Size 62KB
        • SHA256 a16b93c374e77f98889d7ad7f38b2282dbc5a40511541b9105b1dcf9216c3cf3
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

        msvcp71.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MW-73c3e399-1205-4ce6-8e51-af9bb11fb20c\files\msvcp71.dll
        • Size 317KB
        • SHA256 f7252a8dac60279a6bc214d17c326c8aa7292e4da98de59d133036c3b1f68d72
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

        msvcr71.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MW-73c3e399-1205-4ce6-8e51-af9bb11fb20c\files\msvcr71.dll
        • Size 340KB
        • SHA256 8094af5ee310714caebccaeee7769ffb08048503ba478b879edfef5f1a24fefe
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

        msvcr71.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MW-73c3e399-1205-4ce6-8e51-af9bb11fb20c\files\msvcr71.dll
        • Size 14KB
        • SHA256 e299bff65512174da07de95515e5e3dc53868511484d3abe3f4f9eb6a43c1425
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

        sqlite3.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MW-73c3e399-1205-4ce6-8e51-af9bb11fb20c\files\sqlite3.dll
        • Size 1.6MB
        • SHA256 ef6324f89ee491906dc9d177b78527585b8764a80554be51bb8a3d9873b0a119
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

        msiwrapper.ini

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MW-73c3e399-1205-4ce6-8e51-af9bb11fb20c\msiwrapper.ini
        • Size 1KB
        • SHA256 98fc65eb0778baf7d27e5e87d034799a7fc24042df9f690a8f0a799ef22a50c9
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        msiwrapper.ini

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MW-73c3e399-1205-4ce6-8e51-af9bb11fb20c\msiwrapper.ini
        • Size 1KB
        • SHA256 393aad0bfbdc9d239db2a64179b5659dc43266173680da7aebea02af408e499e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        MSI2E98.tmp

        • Path C:\Windows\Installer\MSI2E98.tmp
        • Size 208KB
        • SHA256 107b32c5b789be9893f24d5bfe22633d25b7a3cae80082ef37b30e056869cc5c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

        MSI2E98.tmp

        • Path C:\Windows\Installer\MSI2E98.tmp
        • Size 45KB
        • SHA256 a47e0ad3d43d9bb34483cf4b0891eca9d1abea137678ecbd97f266aa120ce566
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

        Autoit3.exe

        • Path C:\temp\Autoit3.exe
        • Size 872KB
        • SHA256 237d1bca6e056df5bb16a1216a434634109478f882d3b1d58344c801d184f95d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

        metadata-2

        • Path \??\GLOBALROOT\Device\HarddiskVolumeShadowCopy2\System Volume Information\SPP\metadata-2
        • Size 23.0MB
        • SHA256 8b3b0a0814ac8fd9978d6a86a428625e8a039f3c13a388889afafae0c6131cb4
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

        {49c66387-a8cf-4840-9df2-475f9c30b5a2}_OnDiskSnapshotProp

        • Path \??\Volume{57af6234-0000-0000-0000-d01200000000}\System Volume Information\SPP\OnlineMetadataCache\{49c66387-a8cf-4840-9df2-475f9c30b5a2}_OnDiskSnapshotProp
        • Size 6KB
        • SHA256 932e74c747a5470068a56395b3db842aac87af99124d001f4f4c6c7778d93fa2
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

        script.au3

        • Path \??\c:\temp\script.au3
        • Size 910KB
        • SHA256 c83870e8f4884f6653ad7fe43d43e9ab8d6c8b3c295d10f1f1921acd8f1e42a8
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

        test.txt

        • Path \??\c:\temp\test.txt
        • Size 76B
        • SHA256 f8b5bfd9bff557bcd6326949ad261e74edc463350a276fb080a250f76284de45
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        memory/3304-109-0x0000000004C60000-0x0000000005C30000-memory.dmp

        memory/3304-110-0x00000000065E0000-0x000000000692E000-memory.dmp

        memory/3304-116-0x00000000065E0000-0x000000000692E000-memory.dmp

        memory/3860-100-0x0000000002630000-0x0000000002823000-memory.dmp

        memory/3860-99-0x0000000073AD0000-0x0000000073BC4000-memory.dmp

        memory/3860-92-0x0000000002630000-0x0000000002823000-memory.dmp