Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    151s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20240426-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20240426-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
  • submitted
    31-05-2024 15:38

General

  • Target

    nursultan nexgen fix.exe

  • Size

    1.5MB

  • MD5

    a3d07c747770c9a471a44446e46e33d5

  • SHA1

    8340534fb1770bae9660287ddb0496e243efcfe4

  • SHA256

    16015088c3352a8257f420555e7ce6245aa0e6682deeca79bf7e08c24e1ac3de

  • SHA512

    307cbdddaa9f426f8ceec060c2c0b1ab5ed3573e327dbcfdda7b1dfd22cf17559f017d835d71bdd15397fa95b0c7dfbfb4cd6b51cd5b2adc1d1cddc8ffe27f99

  • SSDEEP

    24576:U2G/nvxW3Ww0tpfnNGcvUCxt9groiK5Cg3ZRvm43TzvmF2cK07:UbA30pfnLRRgrheJROuTzvIR

Malware Config

Signatures

  • DcRat

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

  • Process spawned unexpected child process 42 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.

  • Disables Task Manager via registry modification
  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 3 IoCs

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

  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • Reads user/profile data of web browsers 2 TTPs

    Infostealers often target stored browser data, which can include saved credentials etc.

  • Drops file in Program Files directory 4 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 7 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • Creates scheduled task(s) 1 TTPs 42 IoCs

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

  • Modifies registry class 1 IoCs
  • Modifies registry key 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 14 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 13 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\nursultan nexgen fix.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nursultan nexgen fix.exe"
    1⤵
    • Checks computer location settings
    • Modifies registry class
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2668
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WScript.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\WScript.exe" "C:\portagentbrowserweb\WRLLAAz5wgYRSh1EMNi6f5aM.vbe"
      2⤵
      • Checks computer location settings
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4604
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c ""C:\portagentbrowserweb\6X9rFgrS3wv5iM7PLkmLFP1j.bat" "
        3⤵
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:3056
        • C:\portagentbrowserweb\Containerruntime.exe
          "C:\portagentbrowserweb\Containerruntime.exe"
          4⤵
          • Checks computer location settings
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • Drops file in Program Files directory
          • Drops file in Windows directory
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:4084
          • C:\Users\All Users\Adobe\Setup\{AC76BA86-7AD7-1033-7B44-AC0F074E4100}\Containerruntime.exe
            "C:\Users\All Users\Adobe\Setup\{AC76BA86-7AD7-1033-7B44-AC0F074E4100}\Containerruntime.exe"
            5⤵
            • Executes dropped EXE
            • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
            • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
            • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
            PID:4384
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\reg.exe
          reg add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System /v DisableTaskMgr /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f
          4⤵
          • Modifies registry key
          PID:444
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "WaaSMedicAgentW" /sc MINUTE /mo 14 /tr "'C:\Users\All Users\regid.1991-06.com.microsoft\WaaSMedicAgent.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Creates scheduled task(s)
    PID:2880
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "WaaSMedicAgent" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Users\All Users\regid.1991-06.com.microsoft\WaaSMedicAgent.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Creates scheduled task(s)
    PID:3480
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "WaaSMedicAgentW" /sc MINUTE /mo 14 /tr "'C:\Users\All Users\regid.1991-06.com.microsoft\WaaSMedicAgent.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Creates scheduled task(s)
    PID:4088
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "RuntimeBrokerR" /sc MINUTE /mo 14 /tr "'C:\Program Files\MSBuild\Microsoft\Windows Workflow Foundation\RuntimeBroker.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Creates scheduled task(s)
    PID:4712
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "RuntimeBroker" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Program Files\MSBuild\Microsoft\Windows Workflow Foundation\RuntimeBroker.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Creates scheduled task(s)
    PID:1344
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "RuntimeBrokerR" /sc MINUTE /mo 9 /tr "'C:\Program Files\MSBuild\Microsoft\Windows Workflow Foundation\RuntimeBroker.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Creates scheduled task(s)
    PID:5028
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "sysmons" /sc MINUTE /mo 10 /tr "'C:\Users\Default User\sysmon.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Creates scheduled task(s)
    PID:2520
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "sysmon" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Users\Default User\sysmon.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Creates scheduled task(s)
    PID:2836
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "sysmons" /sc MINUTE /mo 9 /tr "'C:\Users\Default User\sysmon.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Creates scheduled task(s)
    PID:4200
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "RegistryR" /sc MINUTE /mo 9 /tr "'C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\Registry.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Creates scheduled task(s)
    PID:4892
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "Registry" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\Registry.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Creates scheduled task(s)
    PID:5116
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "RegistryR" /sc MINUTE /mo 11 /tr "'C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\Registry.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Creates scheduled task(s)
    PID:1384
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "unsecappu" /sc MINUTE /mo 10 /tr "'C:\Windows\Media\unsecapp.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Creates scheduled task(s)
    PID:3276
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "unsecapp" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Windows\Media\unsecapp.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Creates scheduled task(s)
    PID:672
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "unsecappu" /sc MINUTE /mo 5 /tr "'C:\Windows\Media\unsecapp.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Creates scheduled task(s)
    PID:4560
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "spoolsvs" /sc MINUTE /mo 9 /tr "'C:\Windows\SystemApps\MicrosoftWindows.Client.CBS_cw5n1h2txyewy\spoolsv.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Creates scheduled task(s)
    PID:1380
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "spoolsv" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Windows\SystemApps\MicrosoftWindows.Client.CBS_cw5n1h2txyewy\spoolsv.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Creates scheduled task(s)
    PID:3372
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "spoolsvs" /sc MINUTE /mo 5 /tr "'C:\Windows\SystemApps\MicrosoftWindows.Client.CBS_cw5n1h2txyewy\spoolsv.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Creates scheduled task(s)
    PID:1292
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "winlogonw" /sc MINUTE /mo 13 /tr "'C:\portagentbrowserweb\winlogon.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Creates scheduled task(s)
    PID:1056
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "winlogon" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\portagentbrowserweb\winlogon.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Creates scheduled task(s)
    PID:4028
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "winlogonw" /sc MINUTE /mo 7 /tr "'C:\portagentbrowserweb\winlogon.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Creates scheduled task(s)
    PID:1668
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "sysmons" /sc MINUTE /mo 13 /tr "'C:\Windows\SKB\LanguageModels\sysmon.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Creates scheduled task(s)
    PID:4372
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "sysmon" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Windows\SKB\LanguageModels\sysmon.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Creates scheduled task(s)
    PID:4848
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "sysmons" /sc MINUTE /mo 10 /tr "'C:\Windows\SKB\LanguageModels\sysmon.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Creates scheduled task(s)
    PID:1520
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "ContainerruntimeC" /sc MINUTE /mo 12 /tr "'C:\Users\All Users\Adobe\Setup\{AC76BA86-7AD7-1033-7B44-AC0F074E4100}\Containerruntime.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Creates scheduled task(s)
    PID:1012
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "Containerruntime" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Users\All Users\Adobe\Setup\{AC76BA86-7AD7-1033-7B44-AC0F074E4100}\Containerruntime.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Creates scheduled task(s)
    PID:2868
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "ContainerruntimeC" /sc MINUTE /mo 8 /tr "'C:\Users\All Users\Adobe\Setup\{AC76BA86-7AD7-1033-7B44-AC0F074E4100}\Containerruntime.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Creates scheduled task(s)
    PID:2436
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "RuntimeBrokerR" /sc MINUTE /mo 8 /tr "'C:\Users\All Users\Templates\RuntimeBroker.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Creates scheduled task(s)
    PID:4704
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "RuntimeBroker" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Users\All Users\Templates\RuntimeBroker.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 "RuntimeBrokerR" /sc MINUTE /mo 14 /tr "'C:\Users\All Users\Templates\RuntimeBroker.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Creates scheduled task(s)
    PID:3892
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "winlogonw" /sc MINUTE /mo 7 /tr "'C:\portagentbrowserweb\winlogon.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Creates scheduled task(s)
    PID:2036
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "winlogon" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\portagentbrowserweb\winlogon.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Creates scheduled task(s)
    PID:4988
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "winlogonw" /sc MINUTE /mo 8 /tr "'C:\portagentbrowserweb\winlogon.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Creates scheduled task(s)
    PID:2272
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "RuntimeBrokerR" /sc MINUTE /mo 10 /tr "'C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\RuntimeBroker.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Creates scheduled task(s)
    PID:2388
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "RuntimeBroker" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\RuntimeBroker.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Creates scheduled task(s)
    PID:3672
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "RuntimeBrokerR" /sc MINUTE /mo 9 /tr "'C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\RuntimeBroker.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Creates scheduled task(s)
    PID:4040
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "fontdrvhostf" /sc MINUTE /mo 8 /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Maintenance Service\logs\fontdrvhost.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Creates scheduled task(s)
    PID:2572
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "fontdrvhost" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Maintenance Service\logs\fontdrvhost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Creates scheduled task(s)
    PID:1020
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "fontdrvhostf" /sc MINUTE /mo 9 /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Maintenance Service\logs\fontdrvhost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Creates scheduled task(s)
    PID:4776
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "dllhostd" /sc MINUTE /mo 14 /tr "'C:\portagentbrowserweb\dllhost.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Creates scheduled task(s)
    PID:4784
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "dllhost" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\portagentbrowserweb\dllhost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Creates scheduled task(s)
    PID:2244
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "dllhostd" /sc MINUTE /mo 12 /tr "'C:\portagentbrowserweb\dllhost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Creates scheduled task(s)
    PID:4312

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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Downloads

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0\UsageLogs\Containerruntime.exe.log
    Filesize

    1KB

    MD5

    7800fca2323a4130444c572374a030f4

    SHA1

    40c9b8e0e5e7d72a5293f4010f2ccf21e637b4aa

    SHA256

    29f5645ac14353ac460858f52c856548f3aeb144b09eef672a6b4849bafe742e

    SHA512

    c8a7ad930b8c07007c7a67d8c32a2a4a401dcc34ab966e0e80901655fcbe1f5c95b72a195e6381b1de56c2c987eeab093d8e89891bec9e9684785c5d824b3554

  • C:\portagentbrowserweb\6X9rFgrS3wv5iM7PLkmLFP1j.bat
    Filesize

    157B

    MD5

    c8f8a078dace2ff4cb106803c9199643

    SHA1

    a5029ff4c4f0f24b0fbe2951c9a8002501ebd3b5

    SHA256

    1b99d39fa273f33b072c67e0df7d33b1699fa17b7c7139467a658302a5ed0e0d

    SHA512

    efaea3b4653768bbd135a0ec55319df2464f1d440ad982f31a5eff05c5ba5032f4718683ff6419c668bf1f34a117b5a101f56d1efc1d74ad93e692c52686f999

  • C:\portagentbrowserweb\Containerruntime.exe
    Filesize

    1.2MB

    MD5

    5887a563351ca99247b7e2c448bd9f2e

    SHA1

    b24695e88143863297535989900bb7521ea86d67

    SHA256

    e74cbd74c838db604926e27322342c02f803b95f98680d4089b5c01ed93fb390

    SHA512

    b7d82bd09ba64891b75bbb9356de74a1ed0835709a391698c1301825777418f57e4f2ae3c260d3f7b6ada05d0e7ddeb4a6b75901fdf53bdd82ffa2febb685107

  • C:\portagentbrowserweb\WRLLAAz5wgYRSh1EMNi6f5aM.vbe
    Filesize

    220B

    MD5

    61a07f2f9e8e9b1f5175b2d60c3e3f18

    SHA1

    e695b0c2b43c786453bf3f6ae504f0626951d281

    SHA256

    5c75708ec9e4fe419a2fd1067bd5793bacb28140177cc6b36300fbf28e7c23d1

    SHA512

    8ef3529f6bf504224e7803019f1e162aead7961bc1a5115f50fb5f580570e8b04707da21a7aab4eb7f1554a3b5333597fb3335e5f6a74dabfdb0583eecb35b5d

  • memory/4084-12-0x00007FFA17333000-0x00007FFA17335000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    8KB

  • memory/4084-13-0x00000000009F0000-0x0000000000B22000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    1.2MB

  • memory/4084-14-0x000000001B630000-0x000000001B64C000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    112KB

  • memory/4084-15-0x000000001B7F0000-0x000000001B840000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    320KB

  • memory/4084-16-0x000000001B650000-0x000000001B666000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    88KB

  • memory/4084-17-0x0000000002B40000-0x0000000002B4C000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    48KB