Analysis

  • max time kernel
    121s
  • max time network
    122s
  • platform
    windows7_x64
  • resource
    win7-20231215-en
  • submitted
    13-02-2024 02:49

General

  • Target

    693ff5db0a085db5094bb96cd4c0ce1d1d3fdc2fbf6b92c32836f3e61a089e7a.msi

  • Size

    5.8MB

  • MD5

    9c02a9298b97fcfc5a75fbedf08002bd

  • SHA1

    2d3bc2856c015914f2856331a0315298f3c34b0c

  • SHA256

    693ff5db0a085db5094bb96cd4c0ce1d1d3fdc2fbf6b92c32836f3e61a089e7a

  • SHA512

    fafe5dddb610068cb1044c803a6d681d1739904d8e0c4b2b0fc05bcd55cf9344f69e77c8627ae73713f759117d81a78855ff937ee8650b47ab18d37cb9ca34bc

  • SSDEEP

    49152:ppUP3UhtSTK+0THkWsN8SDYdvH5eoQDWhbHHhZgWEF94FJy5jvrgFdbBUleY82cp:pp6nFDkEWoyvy5jvcdbBUkYC+XCFmpC

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

darkgate

Botnet

admin888

C2

prodomainnameeforappru.com

Attributes
  • anti_analysis

    true

  • anti_debug

    false

  • anti_vm

    true

  • c2_port

    443

  • check_disk

    true

  • check_ram

    false

  • check_xeon

    false

  • crypter_au3

    false

  • crypter_dll

    false

  • crypter_raw_stub

    false

  • internal_mutex

    VzXLKSZE

  • minimum_disk

    50

  • minimum_ram

    7000

  • ping_interval

    6

  • rootkit

    false

  • startup_persistence

    true

  • username

    admin888

Signatures

  • DarkGate

    DarkGate is an infostealer written in C++.

  • Darkgate family
  • Detect DarkGate stealer 3 IoCs
  • Modifies file permissions 1 TTPs 2 IoCs
  • Blocklisted process makes network request 3 IoCs
  • Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 46 IoCs

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

  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: AutoIT 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Using AutoIT for possible automate script.

  • Drops file in Windows directory 11 IoCs
  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 3 IoCs
  • Event Triggered Execution: Installer Packages 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 6 IoCs

    Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.

  • Checks processor information in registry 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

  • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS 43 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 53 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 31 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\693ff5db0a085db5094bb96cd4c0ce1d1d3fdc2fbf6b92c32836f3e61a089e7a.msi
    1⤵
    • Blocklisted process makes network request
    • Enumerates connected drives
    • Event Triggered Execution: Installer Packages
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
    PID:3016
  • C:\Windows\system32\msiexec.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\msiexec.exe /V
    1⤵
    • Blocklisted process makes network request
    • Enumerates connected drives
    • Drops file in Windows directory
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1676
    • C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe
      C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe -Embedding 56D081DCC918E14DCF3286BB5189B754
      2⤵
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2900
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ICACLS.EXE
        "C:\Windows\system32\ICACLS.EXE" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MW-48ccd4c1-9a68-4308-b17c-bc02d0f117af\." /SETINTEGRITYLEVEL (CI)(OI)HIGH
        3⤵
        • Modifies file permissions
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:2608
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\EXPAND.EXE
        "C:\Windows\system32\EXPAND.EXE" -R files.cab -F:* files
        3⤵
        • Drops file in Windows directory
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:2996
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MW-48ccd4c1-9a68-4308-b17c-bc02d0f117af\files\iTunesHelper.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MW-48ccd4c1-9a68-4308-b17c-bc02d0f117af\files\iTunesHelper.exe"
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:2820
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ICACLS.EXE
        "C:\Windows\system32\ICACLS.EXE" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MW-48ccd4c1-9a68-4308-b17c-bc02d0f117af\." /SETINTEGRITYLEVEL (CI)(OI)LOW
        3⤵
        • Modifies file permissions
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:2200
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c rd /s /q "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MW-48ccd4c1-9a68-4308-b17c-bc02d0f117af\files"
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:1704
  • C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    PID:1360
  • C:\Windows\system32\DrvInst.exe
    DrvInst.exe "1" "200" "STORAGE\VolumeSnapshot\HarddiskVolumeSnapshot19" "" "" "61530dda3" "0000000000000000" "00000000000005A4" "0000000000000580"
    1⤵
    • Drops file in Windows directory
    • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    PID:2932
  • \??\c:\temp\Autoit3.exe
    "c:\temp\Autoit3.exe" c:\temp\script.a3x
    1⤵
    • Command and Scripting Interpreter: AutoIT
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Checks processor information in registry
    PID:2980

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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Downloads

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\C5C8CC0A7FE31816B4641D0465402560

    Filesize

    1KB

    MD5

    e94fb54871208c00df70f708ac47085b

    SHA1

    4efc31460c619ecae59c1bce2c008036d94c84b8

    SHA256

    7b9d553e1c92cb6e8803e137f4f287d4363757f5d44b37d52f9fca22fb97df86

    SHA512

    2e15b76e16264abb9f5ef417752a1cbb75f29c11f96ac7d73793172bd0864db65f2d2b7be0f16bbbe686068f0c368815525f1e39db5a0d6ca3ab18be6923b898

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\94308059B57B3142E455B38A6EB92015

    Filesize

    344B

    MD5

    14e07aa06080deef0661ca01c42e4ce4

    SHA1

    80a8dfdfdc28a297b18063d2edaaa060ead3c01b

    SHA256

    11a26b857f92b6db6706d560bb3cd5e986abafa0d5b93e30a61193f365c62b26

    SHA512

    51fa811bfddcf749b65547f0efd70e53c88f0a05d1b6d135910100ff73cddd046b796edfe56422dea8b226fcce23b57285ec85ceb9a02c0f154acda40748894b

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\C5C8CC0A7FE31816B4641D0465402560

    Filesize

    264B

    MD5

    0a1acb81ca7cd792d677686bde82b27c

    SHA1

    f7556215a5c1f6686462867aa5c24f82df0f38bf

    SHA256

    1eab25be67766bd963e700d03837da0feedbd330cc4793afd89ade5987f6bcd0

    SHA512

    f3f89b83ada1d82d87bb21a68015f768446c09a4992f53779360e2dee41fbcd6df613aceade1e98e0878d6edef3996ffe0db119718f880b40068004fc0dbe60e

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Cab15D4.tmp

    Filesize

    65KB

    MD5

    ac05d27423a85adc1622c714f2cb6184

    SHA1

    b0fe2b1abddb97837ea0195be70ab2ff14d43198

    SHA256

    c6456e12e5e53287a547af4103e0397cb9697e466cf75844312dc296d43d144d

    SHA512

    6d0ef9050e41fbae680e0e59dd0f90b6ac7fea5579ef5708b69d5da33a0ece7e8b16574b58b17b64a34cc34a4ffc22b4a62c1ece61f36c4a11a0665e0536b90d

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MW-48ccd4c1-9a68-4308-b17c-bc02d0f117af\files.cab

    Filesize

    5.6MB

    MD5

    a6f0fa38c1ef89290ee787f7577993ad

    SHA1

    1b03510e8c5a1a3c976086327ebab3c8acc19550

    SHA256

    599ab65935afd40c3bc7f1734cbb8f3c8c7b4b16333b994472f34585ebebe882

    SHA512

    9040548c6937e93168e57c1b3d18c20d21702d9632096191bab84929f18de0bce4cc31bb0f178b9d34f9259e6176bc4a8d5b86fe21ceec0b5a24ea2809acc68c

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MW-48ccd4c1-9a68-4308-b17c-bc02d0f117af\files\iTunesHelper.exe

    Filesize

    358KB

    MD5

    ed6a1c72a75dee15a6fa75873cd64975

    SHA1

    67a15ca72e3156f8be6c46391e184087e47f4a0d

    SHA256

    0d8878cca08903777888b3681f90e4a07c7aef7d9600a67dfa985844d4bf5eda

    SHA512

    256c2ebfeb42c2d3340d8bb423ef0ae48d5fb9fe5ca09c363595f51a03007482b67a777e4cae7a8194f69bc3a3fbcdb9abb5c9f92097925272431bb9d50f5c03

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MW-48ccd4c1-9a68-4308-b17c-bc02d0f117af\files\sqlite3.dll

    Filesize

    1.6MB

    MD5

    0f64a8b96eee3823ec3a1bfe253e82be

    SHA1

    e47acbb2fb97d05ce5222ba2737a5b0c0f039a0c

    SHA256

    17158c1a804bbf073d7f0f64a9c974312b3967a43bdc029219ab62545b94e724

    SHA512

    4d08d96bfe4ed497ca01d6f76acf1f5138d775b56556923b24e1e86cbd26fd54b6f517c8d3211b80332f90fe46cb77e347280636dc984ded2da8842aff9a5f43

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MW-48ccd4c1-9a68-4308-b17c-bc02d0f117af\msiwrapper.ini

    Filesize

    1KB

    MD5

    b23e5fd85f4a80dfd4433ca19997ab78

    SHA1

    1ad19caa7b640301176418c744d083a851cb7a5c

    SHA256

    31e8c6af0dc509f788d55bc769993e28c499290450c2b005de56b5e2dd8b5b21

    SHA512

    f1be45455f1ff9d6603b4514336ed03488219f9d1ef61b34f68a85f4da8619afa357c2ac31afa7dccb5552899e71993c34488ddd83d871d28c03e5522d8ae1d1

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Tar15D7.tmp

    Filesize

    171KB

    MD5

    9c0c641c06238516f27941aa1166d427

    SHA1

    64cd549fb8cf014fcd9312aa7a5b023847b6c977

    SHA256

    4276af3669a141a59388bc56a87f6614d9a9bdddf560636c264219a7eb11256f

    SHA512

    936ed0c0b0a7ff8e606b1cc4175a1f9b3699748ccbba1c3aff96203033d2e9edabf090e5148370df42fbfc4e31d7229493706ff24f19ff42ff7bef74a6baad06

  • C:\temp\Autoit3.exe

    Filesize

    872KB

    MD5

    c56b5f0201a3b3de53e561fe76912bfd

    SHA1

    2a4062e10a5de813f5688221dbeb3f3ff33eb417

    SHA256

    237d1bca6e056df5bb16a1216a434634109478f882d3b1d58344c801d184f95d

    SHA512

    195b98245bb820085ae9203cdb6d470b749d1f228908093e8606453b027b7d7681ccd7952e30c2f5dd40f8f0b999ccfc60ebb03419b574c08de6816e75710d2c

  • \??\c:\temp\script.a3x

    Filesize

    473KB

    MD5

    33ca8bc4ac593027fd3e83ba44be54fc

    SHA1

    07e2e129a5b0a694d38ac29bc21f74eda100519f

    SHA256

    2296f929340976c680d199ce8e47bd7136d9f4c1f7abc9df79843e094f894236

    SHA512

    05f6f03e69a7d31686f422e422d61161bde45173a6453fdf0392a7a084c9bd69c7c0ed11eb7a37281481eea14497e95c51dfaded21e2ff943fee3f371592db61

  • \??\c:\temp\test.txt

    Filesize

    76B

    MD5

    e0cb113b19ce53ef7b72edbb0a4937dc

    SHA1

    2499a76ad9ec4a44571bfd8083e09b23373f9f69

    SHA256

    03bed76f17b8574d05e84b81f81c09a33b1ae1555c2caf4783e059b689879ab6

    SHA512

    0b046a6d16d22c0faa3eb729d9b74bfbc87f3cc847fd5ddfa89e573893d215841bae320f0697090b9a30778a07210929ac9c440fca884e920b369698d90a17ca

  • \Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MW-48ccd4c1-9a68-4308-b17c-bc02d0f117af\files\CoreFoundation.dll

    Filesize

    3.6MB

    MD5

    3b81ffed1e2d61f739bb241e395ce563

    SHA1

    ce08355cb95ab3d1ad177eb641acfa0339ce73d4

    SHA256

    f049356bb6a8a7cd82a58cdc9e48c492992d91088dda383bd597ff156d8d2929

    SHA512

    06ee1ca4b102d90bd1390c9e7fefecfa7fd8ebc131a8fd24d76a0aa51655cb254b021ba05ca976910395c08658171f0f8c1f6b1fec0fbc6c9ec5b906fddb606d

  • \Windows\Installer\MSI38DA.tmp

    Filesize

    208KB

    MD5

    d82b3fb861129c5d71f0cd2874f97216

    SHA1

    f3fe341d79224126e950d2691d574d147102b18d

    SHA256

    107b32c5b789be9893f24d5bfe22633d25b7a3cae80082ef37b30e056869cc5c

    SHA512

    244b7675e70ab12aa5776f26e30577268573b725d0f145bfc6b848d2bd8f014c9c6eab0fc0e4f0a574ed9ca1d230b2094dd88a2146ef0a6db70dbd815f9a5f5b

  • memory/2820-337-0x00000000024C0000-0x0000000002660000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    1.6MB

  • memory/2820-345-0x00000000024C0000-0x0000000002660000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    1.6MB

  • memory/2820-343-0x0000000073820000-0x0000000073BC8000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    3.7MB

  • memory/2980-351-0x00000000049B0000-0x0000000004D0C000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    3.4MB

  • memory/2980-350-0x0000000003530000-0x0000000004500000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    15.8MB

  • memory/2980-352-0x00000000049B0000-0x0000000004D0C000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    3.4MB