Analysis
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max time kernel
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max time network
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platform
windows10-2004_x64 -
resource
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resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20240426-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system -
submitted
31-05-2024 15:40
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
nursultan nexgen fix.exe
Resource
win7-20240221-en
General
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Target
nursultan nexgen fix.exe
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Size
1.5MB
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MD5
a3d07c747770c9a471a44446e46e33d5
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SHA1
8340534fb1770bae9660287ddb0496e243efcfe4
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SHA256
16015088c3352a8257f420555e7ce6245aa0e6682deeca79bf7e08c24e1ac3de
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SHA512
307cbdddaa9f426f8ceec060c2c0b1ab5ed3573e327dbcfdda7b1dfd22cf17559f017d835d71bdd15397fa95b0c7dfbfb4cd6b51cd5b2adc1d1cddc8ffe27f99
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SSDEEP
24576:U2G/nvxW3Ww0tpfnNGcvUCxt9groiK5Cg3ZRvm43TzvmF2cK07:UbA30pfnLRRgrheJROuTzvIR
Malware Config
Signatures
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DcRat
DarkCrystal(DC) is a new .NET RAT active since June 2019 capable of loading additional plugins.
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Process spawned unexpected child process 12 IoCs
This typically indicates the parent process was compromised via an exploit or macro.
Processes:
schtasks.exeschtasks.exeschtasks.exeschtasks.exeschtasks.exeschtasks.exeschtasks.exeschtasks.exeschtasks.exeschtasks.exeschtasks.exeschtasks.exedescription pid pid_target process target process Parent C:\Windows\system32\wbem\wmiprvse.exe is not expected to spawn this process 1900 3616 schtasks.exe Parent C:\Windows\system32\wbem\wmiprvse.exe is not expected to spawn this process 1808 3616 schtasks.exe Parent C:\Windows\system32\wbem\wmiprvse.exe is not expected to spawn this process 2184 3616 schtasks.exe Parent C:\Windows\system32\wbem\wmiprvse.exe is not expected to spawn this process 4008 3616 schtasks.exe Parent C:\Windows\system32\wbem\wmiprvse.exe is not expected to spawn this process 2224 3616 schtasks.exe Parent C:\Windows\system32\wbem\wmiprvse.exe is not expected to spawn this process 3716 3616 schtasks.exe Parent C:\Windows\system32\wbem\wmiprvse.exe is not expected to spawn this process 2948 3616 schtasks.exe Parent C:\Windows\system32\wbem\wmiprvse.exe is not expected to spawn this process 2940 3616 schtasks.exe Parent C:\Windows\system32\wbem\wmiprvse.exe is not expected to spawn this process 4012 3616 schtasks.exe Parent C:\Windows\system32\wbem\wmiprvse.exe is not expected to spawn this process 1356 3616 schtasks.exe Parent C:\Windows\system32\wbem\wmiprvse.exe is not expected to spawn this process 2556 3616 schtasks.exe Parent C:\Windows\system32\wbem\wmiprvse.exe is not expected to spawn this process 2640 3616 schtasks.exe -
Processes:
resource yara_rule C:\portagentbrowserweb\Containerruntime.exe dcrat behavioral2/memory/1148-13-0x0000000000B10000-0x0000000000C42000-memory.dmp dcrat -
Disables Task Manager via registry modification
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Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 3 IoCs
Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.
Processes:
nursultan nexgen fix.exeWScript.exeContainerruntime.exedescription ioc process Key value queried \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-540404634-651139247-2967210625-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation nursultan nexgen fix.exe Key value queried \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-540404634-651139247-2967210625-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation WScript.exe Key value queried \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-540404634-651139247-2967210625-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation Containerruntime.exe -
Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
Processes:
Containerruntime.exedllhost.exepid process 1148 Containerruntime.exe 3448 dllhost.exe -
Reads user/profile data of web browsers 2 TTPs
Infostealers often target stored browser data, which can include saved credentials etc.
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Drops file in Program Files directory 3 IoCs
Processes:
Containerruntime.exedescription ioc process File created C:\Program Files\Windows Defender\fr-FR\Registry.exe Containerruntime.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Windows Defender\fr-FR\Registry.exe Containerruntime.exe File created C:\Program Files\Windows Defender\fr-FR\ee2ad38f3d4382 Containerruntime.exe -
Drops file in Windows directory 2 IoCs
Processes:
Containerruntime.exedescription ioc process File created C:\Windows\Performance\WinSAT\dllhost.exe Containerruntime.exe File created C:\Windows\Performance\WinSAT\5940a34987c991 Containerruntime.exe -
Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).
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Creates scheduled task(s) 1 TTPs 12 IoCs
Schtasks is often used by malware for persistence or to perform post-infection execution.
Processes:
schtasks.exeschtasks.exeschtasks.exeschtasks.exeschtasks.exeschtasks.exeschtasks.exeschtasks.exeschtasks.exeschtasks.exeschtasks.exeschtasks.exepid process 4008 schtasks.exe 2224 schtasks.exe 3716 schtasks.exe 2948 schtasks.exe 2940 schtasks.exe 4012 schtasks.exe 1900 schtasks.exe 1808 schtasks.exe 1356 schtasks.exe 2556 schtasks.exe 2184 schtasks.exe 2640 schtasks.exe -
Modifies registry class 2 IoCs
Processes:
Containerruntime.exenursultan nexgen fix.exedescription ioc process Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-540404634-651139247-2967210625-1000_Classes\Local Settings Containerruntime.exe Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-540404634-651139247-2967210625-1000_Classes\Local Settings nursultan nexgen fix.exe -
Modifies registry key 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
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Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 18 IoCs
Processes:
Containerruntime.exedllhost.exepid process 1148 Containerruntime.exe 1148 Containerruntime.exe 1148 Containerruntime.exe 1148 Containerruntime.exe 1148 Containerruntime.exe 3448 dllhost.exe 3448 dllhost.exe 3448 dllhost.exe 3448 dllhost.exe 3448 dllhost.exe 3448 dllhost.exe 3448 dllhost.exe 3448 dllhost.exe 3448 dllhost.exe 3448 dllhost.exe 3448 dllhost.exe 3448 dllhost.exe 3448 dllhost.exe -
Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs
Processes:
dllhost.exepid process 3448 dllhost.exe -
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs
Processes:
Containerruntime.exedllhost.exedescription pid process Token: SeDebugPrivilege 1148 Containerruntime.exe Token: SeDebugPrivilege 3448 dllhost.exe -
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 17 IoCs
Processes:
nursultan nexgen fix.exeWScript.execmd.exeContainerruntime.execmd.exedescription pid process target process PID 1824 wrote to memory of 3636 1824 nursultan nexgen fix.exe WScript.exe PID 1824 wrote to memory of 3636 1824 nursultan nexgen fix.exe WScript.exe PID 1824 wrote to memory of 3636 1824 nursultan nexgen fix.exe WScript.exe PID 3636 wrote to memory of 960 3636 WScript.exe cmd.exe PID 3636 wrote to memory of 960 3636 WScript.exe cmd.exe PID 3636 wrote to memory of 960 3636 WScript.exe cmd.exe PID 960 wrote to memory of 1148 960 cmd.exe Containerruntime.exe PID 960 wrote to memory of 1148 960 cmd.exe Containerruntime.exe PID 1148 wrote to memory of 2380 1148 Containerruntime.exe cmd.exe PID 1148 wrote to memory of 2380 1148 Containerruntime.exe cmd.exe PID 960 wrote to memory of 1600 960 cmd.exe reg.exe PID 960 wrote to memory of 1600 960 cmd.exe reg.exe PID 960 wrote to memory of 1600 960 cmd.exe reg.exe PID 2380 wrote to memory of 3436 2380 cmd.exe w32tm.exe PID 2380 wrote to memory of 3436 2380 cmd.exe w32tm.exe PID 2380 wrote to memory of 3448 2380 cmd.exe dllhost.exe PID 2380 wrote to memory of 3448 2380 cmd.exe dllhost.exe -
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
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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:1824 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WScript.exe"C:\Windows\System32\WScript.exe" "C:\portagentbrowserweb\WRLLAAz5wgYRSh1EMNi6f5aM.vbe"2⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3636 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exeC:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c ""C:\portagentbrowserweb\6X9rFgrS3wv5iM7PLkmLFP1j.bat" "3⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:960 -
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
- Modifies registry class
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1148 -
C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe"C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\YFDr0KMIRH.bat"5⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2380 -
C:\Windows\system32\w32tm.exew32tm /stripchart /computer:localhost /period:5 /dataonly /samples:26⤵PID:3436
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C:\Windows\Performance\WinSAT\dllhost.exe"C:\Windows\Performance\WinSAT\dllhost.exe"6⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\reg.exereg add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System /v DisableTaskMgr /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f4⤵
- Modifies registry key
PID:1600
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C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exeschtasks.exe /create /tn "RegistryR" /sc MINUTE /mo 5 /tr "'C:\Program Files\Windows Defender\fr-FR\Registry.exe'" /f1⤵
- Process spawned unexpected child process
- Creates scheduled task(s)
PID:1900
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C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exeschtasks.exe /create /tn "Registry" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Program Files\Windows Defender\fr-FR\Registry.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f1⤵
- Process spawned unexpected child process
- Creates scheduled task(s)
PID:1808
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C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exeschtasks.exe /create /tn "RegistryR" /sc MINUTE /mo 7 /tr "'C:\Program Files\Windows Defender\fr-FR\Registry.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f1⤵
- Process spawned unexpected child process
- Creates scheduled task(s)
PID:2184
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C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exeschtasks.exe /create /tn "wininitw" /sc MINUTE /mo 5 /tr "'C:\Users\Default User\wininit.exe'" /f1⤵
- Process spawned unexpected child process
- Creates scheduled task(s)
PID:4008
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C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exeschtasks.exe /create /tn "wininit" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Users\Default User\wininit.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f1⤵
- Process spawned unexpected child process
- Creates scheduled task(s)
PID:2224
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C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exeschtasks.exe /create /tn "wininitw" /sc MINUTE /mo 6 /tr "'C:\Users\Default User\wininit.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f1⤵
- Process spawned unexpected child process
- Creates scheduled task(s)
PID:3716
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C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exeschtasks.exe /create /tn "dllhostd" /sc MINUTE /mo 9 /tr "'C:\Windows\Performance\WinSAT\dllhost.exe'" /f1⤵
- Process spawned unexpected child process
- Creates scheduled task(s)
PID:2948
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C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exeschtasks.exe /create /tn "dllhost" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Windows\Performance\WinSAT\dllhost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f1⤵
- Process spawned unexpected child process
- Creates scheduled task(s)
PID:2940
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C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exeschtasks.exe /create /tn "dllhostd" /sc MINUTE /mo 14 /tr "'C:\Windows\Performance\WinSAT\dllhost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f1⤵
- Process spawned unexpected child process
- Creates scheduled task(s)
PID:4012
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C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exeschtasks.exe /create /tn "TextInputHostT" /sc MINUTE /mo 6 /tr "'C:\portagentbrowserweb\TextInputHost.exe'" /f1⤵
- Process spawned unexpected child process
- Creates scheduled task(s)
PID:1356
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C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exeschtasks.exe /create /tn "TextInputHost" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\portagentbrowserweb\TextInputHost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f1⤵
- Process spawned unexpected child process
- Creates scheduled task(s)
PID:2556
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C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exeschtasks.exe /create /tn "TextInputHostT" /sc MINUTE /mo 9 /tr "'C:\portagentbrowserweb\TextInputHost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f1⤵
- Process spawned unexpected child process
- Creates scheduled task(s)
PID:2640
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15
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Downloads
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\YFDr0KMIRH.batFilesize
206B
MD5ac27e96e94bb2adcf5f2d54c9af90177
SHA12cdb8d4d4eff01e605657b0ba3f88ccf3c6326ff
SHA256b8fc2de8c326bfd6f4d4e18f01e6733f97dea4d5ff89b97b07b0ff71b550b609
SHA5129fb016e97762aae38fb52e65bd82c1b0ebd6d200d2691c6166edc3713534ee8f1b437f7d944872ade14578b73fbd9b5f477da211d211826f57f384e7a9d476fc
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C:\portagentbrowserweb\6X9rFgrS3wv5iM7PLkmLFP1j.batFilesize
157B
MD5c8f8a078dace2ff4cb106803c9199643
SHA1a5029ff4c4f0f24b0fbe2951c9a8002501ebd3b5
SHA2561b99d39fa273f33b072c67e0df7d33b1699fa17b7c7139467a658302a5ed0e0d
SHA512efaea3b4653768bbd135a0ec55319df2464f1d440ad982f31a5eff05c5ba5032f4718683ff6419c668bf1f34a117b5a101f56d1efc1d74ad93e692c52686f999
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C:\portagentbrowserweb\Containerruntime.exeFilesize
1.2MB
MD55887a563351ca99247b7e2c448bd9f2e
SHA1b24695e88143863297535989900bb7521ea86d67
SHA256e74cbd74c838db604926e27322342c02f803b95f98680d4089b5c01ed93fb390
SHA512b7d82bd09ba64891b75bbb9356de74a1ed0835709a391698c1301825777418f57e4f2ae3c260d3f7b6ada05d0e7ddeb4a6b75901fdf53bdd82ffa2febb685107
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C:\portagentbrowserweb\WRLLAAz5wgYRSh1EMNi6f5aM.vbeFilesize
220B
MD561a07f2f9e8e9b1f5175b2d60c3e3f18
SHA1e695b0c2b43c786453bf3f6ae504f0626951d281
SHA2565c75708ec9e4fe419a2fd1067bd5793bacb28140177cc6b36300fbf28e7c23d1
SHA5128ef3529f6bf504224e7803019f1e162aead7961bc1a5115f50fb5f580570e8b04707da21a7aab4eb7f1554a3b5333597fb3335e5f6a74dabfdb0583eecb35b5d
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memory/1148-12-0x00007FF83D5B3000-0x00007FF83D5B5000-memory.dmpFilesize
8KB
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memory/1148-13-0x0000000000B10000-0x0000000000C42000-memory.dmpFilesize
1.2MB
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memory/1148-14-0x0000000002E30000-0x0000000002E4C000-memory.dmpFilesize
112KB
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memory/1148-15-0x000000001BF70000-0x000000001BFC0000-memory.dmpFilesize
320KB
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memory/1148-17-0x0000000001520000-0x000000000152C000-memory.dmpFilesize
48KB
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memory/1148-16-0x000000001B890000-0x000000001B8A6000-memory.dmpFilesize
88KB