Analysis

  • max time kernel
    73s
  • max time network
    148s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20231215-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20231215-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
  • submitted
    02/04/2024, 10:09

General

  • Target
    58e2f786321d58631386654265c8fc5298e1e396c219a424de57a3623b4bd994.msi
  • Size 4.3MB
  • Sample240402-l619esef86
  • SHA256 58e2f786321d58631386654265c8fc5298e1e396c219a424de57a3623b4bd994
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

Malware Config

Extracted

Family
  • darkgate

Botnet
  • admin888

C2
  • jenb128hiuedfhajduihfa.com

Attributes
  • anti_analysis

    false

  • anti_debug

    false

  • anti_vm

    false

  • c2_port

    80

  • check_disk

    true

  • check_ram

    true

  • check_xeon

    false

  • crypter_au3

    false

  • crypter_dll

    false

  • crypter_raw_stub

    false

  • internal_mutex

    RZymDRsm

  • minimum_disk

    100

  • minimum_ram

    7000

  • ping_interval

    6

  • rootkit

    false

  • startup_persistence

    true

  • username

    admin888

Extracted

Family
  • darkgate

Version
  • 6.1.7

Botnet
  • admin888

C2
  • jenb128hiuedfhajduihfa.com

Attributes
  • anti_analysis

    false

  • anti_debug

    false

  • anti_vm

    false

  • c2_port

    80

  • check_disk

    true

  • check_ram

    true

  • check_xeon

    false

  • crypter_au3

    false

  • crypter_dll

    false

  • crypter_raw_stub

    false

  • internal_mutex

    RZymDRsm

  • minimum_disk

    100

  • minimum_ram

    7000

  • ping_interval

    6

  • rootkit

    false

  • startup_persistence

    true

  • username

    admin888

Signatures

  • DarkGate

    DarkGate is an infostealer written in C++.

  • Detect DarkGate stealer 40 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of NtCreateUserProcessOtherParentProcess 3 IoCs
  • Modifies file permissions 1 TTPs 2 IoCs
  • Uses the VBS compiler for execution 1 TTPs
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 46 IoCs

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

  • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 2 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 11 IoCs
  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 3 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 6 IoCs

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

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 16 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 53 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 29 IoCs
  • Uses Volume Shadow Copy service COM API

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

Processes

  • C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k UnistackSvcGroup -s CDPUserSvc
    1⤵
      PID:2968
      • \??\c:\windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\vbc.exe
        c:\windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\vbc.exe
        2⤵
        • Suspicious use of NtCreateUserProcessOtherParentProcess
        • Adds Run key to start application
        • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
        • Checks processor information in registry
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:4460
    • C:\Windows\system32\taskhostw.exe
      taskhostw.exe {222A245B-E637-4AE9-A93F-A59CA119A75E}
      1⤵
        PID:3032
        • \??\c:\windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\vbc.exe
          c:\windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\vbc.exe
          2⤵
          • Checks processor information in registry
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          PID:2576
      • C:\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\SearchApp.exe
        "C:\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\SearchApp.exe" -ServerName:CortanaUI.AppX8z9r6jm96hw4bsbneegw0kyxx296wr9t.mca
        1⤵
          PID:3992
        • C:\Windows\system32\msiexec.exe
          msiexec.exe /I C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\58e2f786321d58631386654265c8fc5298e1e396c219a424de57a3623b4bd994.msi
          1⤵
          • Enumerates connected drives
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
          PID:3408
        • 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:2108
          • C:\Windows\system32\srtasks.exe
            C:\Windows\system32\srtasks.exe ExecuteScopeRestorePoint /WaitForRestorePoint:2
            2⤵
            • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
            PID:3900
          • C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe
            C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe -Embedding A93BF31E64262D0B45E8A030B015AFBC
            2⤵
            • Loads dropped DLL
            • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
            PID:1152
            • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ICACLS.EXE
              "C:\Windows\system32\ICACLS.EXE" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MW-fdedef63-bcc6-43da-8b1c-fc6d58d018c9\." /SETINTEGRITYLEVEL (CI)(OI)HIGH
              3⤵
              • Modifies file permissions
              PID:1680
            • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\EXPAND.EXE
              "C:\Windows\system32\EXPAND.EXE" -R files.cab -F:* files
              3⤵
              • Drops file in Windows directory
              PID:1224
            • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MW-fdedef63-bcc6-43da-8b1c-fc6d58d018c9\files\vlc.exe
              "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MW-fdedef63-bcc6-43da-8b1c-fc6d58d018c9\files\vlc.exe"
              3⤵
              • Executes dropped EXE
              • Loads dropped DLL
              • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
              PID:1676
              • \??\c:\temp\Autoit3.exe
                "c:\temp\Autoit3.exe" c:\temp\script.au3
                4⤵
                • Suspicious use of NtCreateUserProcessOtherParentProcess
                • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
                • Executes dropped EXE
                • Checks processor information in registry
                • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
                • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                PID:428
            • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ICACLS.EXE
              "C:\Windows\system32\ICACLS.EXE" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MW-fdedef63-bcc6-43da-8b1c-fc6d58d018c9\." /SETINTEGRITYLEVEL (CI)(OI)LOW
              3⤵
              • Modifies file permissions
              PID:856
        • C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe
          C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe
          1⤵
          • Checks SCSI registry key(s)
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          PID:216

        Network

              MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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              Downloads

              affbdfc

              • Path C:\ProgramData\beefggg\affbdfc
              • Size 1KB
              • SHA256 8c5b26a0bd074f9d5a320d2679dfe8cc00e81a68b17893a4649aef7493783fd1
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

              files.cab

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MW-fdedef63-bcc6-43da-8b1c-fc6d58d018c9\files.cab
              • Size 4.0MB
              • SHA256 96146d2cb6aa614ffe3aac47f5e0d8a3bcf28bacb3f27bc9a80a18ede73ac607
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

              libvlc.dll

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MW-fdedef63-bcc6-43da-8b1c-fc6d58d018c9\files\libvlc.dll
              • Size 1.5MB
              • SHA256 f3cbababb4ba75f65b4a5ec6d603ef93ed23089aef777b22db710d5bc873a11a
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

              sqlite3.dll

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MW-fdedef63-bcc6-43da-8b1c-fc6d58d018c9\files\sqlite3.dll
              • Size 1.6MB
              • SHA256 e894e2781806b306298f85a1af60b1ca38b4695bde30cf6839518e10501b6b5a
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

              vlc.exe

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MW-fdedef63-bcc6-43da-8b1c-fc6d58d018c9\files\vlc.exe
              • Size 966KB
              • SHA256 16197a321fc7b0a2a311e689621fe4a7cd50fdcb2d163973a31e4fd6352232d7
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

              msiwrapper.ini

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MW-fdedef63-bcc6-43da-8b1c-fc6d58d018c9\msiwrapper.ini
              • Size 396B
              • SHA256 c0096a100a37507bb654184ee08e2ad122e800767f75a2caabb8e148357fd385
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

              msiwrapper.ini

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MW-fdedef63-bcc6-43da-8b1c-fc6d58d018c9\msiwrapper.ini
              • Size 1KB
              • SHA256 8d80745fe288becd638eb3ab5ccb8ca8a9d09b578a0f04f7cba4322006e1dad9
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

              msiwrapper.ini

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MW-fdedef63-bcc6-43da-8b1c-fc6d58d018c9\msiwrapper.ini
              • Size 1KB
              • SHA256 62e60f047ffb60e20c80e838f7e2972dc84e0caa0aff5b733e2fc13b966d56ca
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

              msiwrapper.ini

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MW-fdedef63-bcc6-43da-8b1c-fc6d58d018c9\msiwrapper.ini
              • Size 1KB
              • SHA256 bfadf8d24c115a88cb0f528896e87a42dc6e6a412c54292d31126cd6e5014b2f
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

              fBbhDdh

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\fBbhDdh
              • Size 32B
              • SHA256 f82ab4a1da7ba348910fecd0157f854fe09b51f076d002bfc1101db5cb4bf13f
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

              MSI6E89.tmp

              • Path C:\Windows\Installer\MSI6E89.tmp
              • Size 208KB
              • SHA256 107b32c5b789be9893f24d5bfe22633d25b7a3cae80082ef37b30e056869cc5c
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

              Autoit3.exe

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

              cc.txt

              • Path C:\temp\cc.txt
              • Size 4B
              • SHA256 0c65bf441c5afe284b48ba506177f6e089eb71de3137837b890a74841ceac406
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

              fs.txt

              • Path C:\temp\fs.txt
              • Size 4B
              • SHA256 a67316c165e507cc720e57d1aca278a58f062e027bd1e8f0ffb28955a8be4aeb
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

              metadata-2

              • Path \??\GLOBALROOT\Device\HarddiskVolumeShadowCopy2\System Volume Information\SPP\metadata-2
              • Size 23.0MB
              • SHA256 0343e6e3202b7233ee6fc4b984922ba00a18820826e5df7bd53bd88514ad6d49
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

              {6c5cbbcd-284b-468a-a7d1-9081e82987c8}_OnDiskSnapshotProp

              • Path \??\Volume{14f6f45c-0000-0000-0000-d01200000000}\System Volume Information\SPP\OnlineMetadataCache\{6c5cbbcd-284b-468a-a7d1-9081e82987c8}_OnDiskSnapshotProp
              • Size 6KB
              • SHA256 0971fa1c94b481aec7f520047f5b3a98664feece35ff968b45e03cdc0aedca6b
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

              script.au3

              • Path \??\c:\temp\script.au3
              • Size 466KB
              • SHA256 3182937fdba31b1fe9f18f78e0901fe8d3bac7ed72b87f8409dcd19e2e1f4184
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

              test.txt

              • Path \??\c:\temp\test.txt
              • Size 76B
              • SHA256 c5c350d106264a59acb4049244933261da379b6fc5577b519cfc113c83fb1e31
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

              memory/428-94-0x0000000004B90000-0x0000000005B60000-memory.dmp

              memory/428-95-0x0000000006080000-0x00000000063CE000-memory.dmp

              memory/428-113-0x0000000006080000-0x00000000063CE000-memory.dmp

              memory/1676-85-0x0000024C5E490000-0x0000024C5E62E000-memory.dmp

              memory/1676-84-0x00000000772F0000-0x000000007747D000-memory.dmp

              memory/1676-83-0x00007FF6EE790000-0x00007FF6EE888000-memory.dmp

              memory/1676-78-0x0000024C5E490000-0x0000024C5E62E000-memory.dmp

              memory/2576-128-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000470000-memory.dmp

              memory/2576-138-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000470000-memory.dmp

              memory/2576-161-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000470000-memory.dmp

              memory/2576-159-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000470000-memory.dmp

              memory/2576-126-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000470000-memory.dmp

              memory/2576-157-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000470000-memory.dmp

              memory/2576-155-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000470000-memory.dmp

              memory/2576-153-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000470000-memory.dmp

              memory/2576-151-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000470000-memory.dmp

              memory/2576-149-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000470000-memory.dmp

              memory/2576-147-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000470000-memory.dmp

              memory/2576-132-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000470000-memory.dmp

              memory/2576-145-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000470000-memory.dmp

              memory/2576-134-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000470000-memory.dmp

              memory/2576-140-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000470000-memory.dmp

              memory/2576-136-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000470000-memory.dmp

              memory/4460-131-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000470000-memory.dmp

              memory/4460-108-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000470000-memory.dmp

              memory/4460-139-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000470000-memory.dmp

              memory/4460-135-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000470000-memory.dmp

              memory/4460-144-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000470000-memory.dmp

              memory/4460-133-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000470000-memory.dmp

              memory/4460-146-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000470000-memory.dmp

              memory/4460-118-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000470000-memory.dmp

              memory/4460-148-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000470000-memory.dmp

              memory/4460-107-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000470000-memory.dmp

              memory/4460-150-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000470000-memory.dmp

              memory/4460-137-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000470000-memory.dmp

              memory/4460-152-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000470000-memory.dmp

              memory/4460-109-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000470000-memory.dmp

              memory/4460-154-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000470000-memory.dmp

              memory/4460-112-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000470000-memory.dmp

              memory/4460-156-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000470000-memory.dmp

              memory/4460-124-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000470000-memory.dmp

              memory/4460-158-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000470000-memory.dmp

              memory/4460-122-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000470000-memory.dmp

              memory/4460-160-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000470000-memory.dmp

              memory/4460-120-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000470000-memory.dmp