Analysis

  • max time kernel
    92s
  • max time network
    100s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20240508-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20240508-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
  • submitted
    26/05/2024, 20:00

General

  • Target
    279c417918a968b65986abedbdf64de2736f7d731cc0000d215b1e4d9fc547ab.exe
  • Size 1.9MB
  • Sample240526-yrbfnsab5v
  • SHA256 279c417918a968b65986abedbdf64de2736f7d731cc0000d215b1e4d9fc547ab
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

Malware Config

Signatures

  • DcRat

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

  • Modifies WinLogon for persistence 2 TTPs 4 IoCs
  • Process spawned unexpected child process 12 IoCs

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

  • DCRat payload 2 IoCs

    Detects payload of DCRat, commonly dropped by NSIS installers.

  • Detects executables packed with SmartAssembly 5 IoCs
  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 5 IoCs

    Run Powershell to modify Windows Defender settings to add exclusions for file extensions, paths, and processes.

  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 8 IoCs
  • Drops file in Program Files directory 8 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • Creates scheduled task(s) 1 TTPs 12 IoCs

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

  • Modifies registry class 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 46 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 7 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 12 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\279c417918a968b65986abedbdf64de2736f7d731cc0000d215b1e4d9fc547ab.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\279c417918a968b65986abedbdf64de2736f7d731cc0000d215b1e4d9fc547ab.exe"
    1⤵
    • Modifies WinLogon for persistence
    • Checks computer location settings
    • Adds Run key to start application
    • Drops file in Program Files directory
    • Modifies registry class
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1076
    • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "powershell" -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\279c417918a968b65986abedbdf64de2736f7d731cc0000d215b1e4d9fc547ab.exe'
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:4616
    • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "powershell" -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Reference Assemblies\Microsoft\SppExtComObj.exe'
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:748
    • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "powershell" -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\dwm.exe'
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:4956
    • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "powershell" -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\winlogon.exe'
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:4432
    • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "powershell" -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\backgroundTaskHost.exe'
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:3548
    • C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\backgroundTaskHost.exe
      "C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\backgroundTaskHost.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:4964
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "SppExtComObjS" /sc MINUTE /mo 5 /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Reference Assemblies\Microsoft\SppExtComObj.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Creates scheduled task(s)
    PID:4400
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "SppExtComObj" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Reference Assemblies\Microsoft\SppExtComObj.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Creates scheduled task(s)
    PID:4612
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "SppExtComObjS" /sc MINUTE /mo 10 /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Reference Assemblies\Microsoft\SppExtComObj.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Creates scheduled task(s)
    PID:4164
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "dwmd" /sc MINUTE /mo 12 /tr "'C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\dwm.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Creates scheduled task(s)
    PID:2928
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "dwm" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\dwm.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Creates scheduled task(s)
    PID:4596
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "dwmd" /sc MINUTE /mo 5 /tr "'C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\dwm.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Creates scheduled task(s)
    PID:4008
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "winlogonw" /sc MINUTE /mo 13 /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\winlogon.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Creates scheduled task(s)
    PID:4992
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "winlogon" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\winlogon.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Creates scheduled task(s)
    PID:4852
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "winlogonw" /sc MINUTE /mo 5 /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\winlogon.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Creates scheduled task(s)
    PID:4552
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "backgroundTaskHostb" /sc MINUTE /mo 9 /tr "'C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\backgroundTaskHost.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Creates scheduled task(s)
    PID:2700
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "backgroundTaskHost" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\backgroundTaskHost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Creates scheduled task(s)
    PID:4000
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "backgroundTaskHostb" /sc MINUTE /mo 5 /tr "'C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\backgroundTaskHost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Creates scheduled task(s)
    PID:3680

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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        Downloads

        SppExtComObj.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Reference Assemblies\Microsoft\SppExtComObj.exe
        • Size 1.9MB
        • SHA256 279c417918a968b65986abedbdf64de2736f7d731cc0000d215b1e4d9fc547ab
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

        powershell.exe.log

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0\UsageLogs\powershell.exe.log
        • Size 2KB
        • SHA256 84739c608a73509419748e4e20e6cc4e1846056c3fe1929a8300d5a1a488202f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
        • Size 944B
        • SHA256 f97ff12a8abf4bf88bb6497bd2ac2da12628c8847a8ba5a9026bdbb76507cdfb
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
        • Size 944B
        • SHA256 2360634e63e8f0b5748e2c56ebb8f4aa78e71008ea7b5c9ca1c49be03b49557d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
        • Size 944B
        • SHA256 18f381e0db020a763b8c515c346ef58679ab9c403267eacfef5359e272f7e71d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        __PSScriptPolicyTest_utujs12x.11u.ps1

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_utujs12x.11u.ps1
        • Size 60B
        • SHA256 96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        memory/748-117-0x00000215FFDE0000-0x00000215FFE02000-memory.dmp

        memory/1076-18-0x000000001BCD0000-0x000000001BCD8000-memory.dmp

        memory/1076-19-0x000000001BD20000-0x000000001BD2E000-memory.dmp

        memory/1076-9-0x000000001B2C0000-0x000000001B2D0000-memory.dmp

        memory/1076-10-0x000000001B2D0000-0x000000001B2DC000-memory.dmp

        memory/1076-11-0x000000001B2E0000-0x000000001B2F2000-memory.dmp

        memory/1076-12-0x000000001C000000-0x000000001C528000-memory.dmp

        memory/1076-13-0x000000001B310000-0x000000001B31C000-memory.dmp

        memory/1076-14-0x000000001B380000-0x000000001B38C000-memory.dmp

        memory/1076-15-0x000000001B390000-0x000000001B398000-memory.dmp

        memory/1076-0-0x00007FFE7E333000-0x00007FFE7E335000-memory.dmp

        memory/1076-17-0x000000001B3B0000-0x000000001B3BE000-memory.dmp

        memory/1076-21-0x000000001BD40000-0x000000001BD4A000-memory.dmp

        memory/1076-20-0x000000001BD30000-0x000000001BD3C000-memory.dmp

        memory/1076-8-0x000000001B2A0000-0x000000001B2B6000-memory.dmp

        memory/1076-16-0x000000001B3A0000-0x000000001B3AC000-memory.dmp

        memory/1076-23-0x00007FFE7E330000-0x00007FFE7EDF1000-memory.dmp

        memory/1076-22-0x000000001BD50000-0x000000001BD5C000-memory.dmp

        memory/1076-26-0x00007FFE7E330000-0x00007FFE7EDF1000-memory.dmp

        memory/1076-6-0x000000001B330000-0x000000001B380000-memory.dmp

        memory/1076-7-0x0000000002970000-0x0000000002980000-memory.dmp

        memory/1076-5-0x0000000002950000-0x000000000296C000-memory.dmp

        memory/1076-169-0x00007FFE7E330000-0x00007FFE7EDF1000-memory.dmp

        memory/1076-4-0x0000000002830000-0x0000000002838000-memory.dmp

        memory/1076-3-0x0000000002820000-0x000000000282E000-memory.dmp

        memory/1076-2-0x00007FFE7E330000-0x00007FFE7EDF1000-memory.dmp

        memory/1076-1-0x0000000000560000-0x000000000075A000-memory.dmp

        memory/4964-181-0x000000001B0B0000-0x000000001B0C2000-memory.dmp