Analysis

  • max time kernel
    120s
  • max time network
    122s
  • platform
    windows7_x64
  • resource
    win7-20240221-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20240221-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
  • submitted
    17/06/2024, 12:31

General

  • Target
    50041c9d3b476dda21ed199fdf346aaf.exe
  • Size 3.1MB
  • Sample240617-pp2ems1arg
  • SHA256 8ce6b9b905b77768b4806c491d303784d9ba8513c4616e07b8f7a75553a0d40f
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

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 45 IoCs

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

  • UAC bypass 3 TTPs 9 IoCs
  • DCRat payload 3 IoCs

    Detects payload of DCRat, commonly dropped by NSIS installers.

  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • Checks whether UAC is enabled 1 TTPs 6 IoCs
  • Drops file in Program Files directory 6 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 10 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • Creates scheduled task(s) 1 TTPs 45 IoCs

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

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 51 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 12 IoCs
  • System policy modification 1 TTPs 9 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\50041c9d3b476dda21ed199fdf346aaf.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\50041c9d3b476dda21ed199fdf346aaf.exe"
    1⤵
    • UAC bypass
    • Checks whether UAC is enabled
    • Drops file in Program Files directory
    • Drops file in Windows directory
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    • System policy modification
    PID:2512
    • C:\MSOCache\All Users\{90140000-0016-0409-0000-0000000FF1CE}-C\lsm.exe
      "C:\MSOCache\All Users\{90140000-0016-0409-0000-0000000FF1CE}-C\lsm.exe"
      2⤵
      • UAC bypass
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Checks whether UAC is enabled
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      • System policy modification
      PID:1916
      • C:\Windows\System32\WScript.exe
        "C:\Windows\System32\WScript.exe" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\e4de52b9-e079-4e24-ba94-2fd0e61ae638.vbs"
        3⤵
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:2640
        • C:\MSOCache\All Users\{90140000-0016-0409-0000-0000000FF1CE}-C\lsm.exe
          "C:\MSOCache\All Users\{90140000-0016-0409-0000-0000000FF1CE}-C\lsm.exe"
          4⤵
          • UAC bypass
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • Checks whether UAC is enabled
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          • System policy modification
          PID:1608
      • C:\Windows\System32\WScript.exe
        "C:\Windows\System32\WScript.exe" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\df21ece3-4e8c-45e4-910c-c9e24233bfd6.vbs"
        3⤵
          PID:2264
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "dllhostd" /sc MINUTE /mo 10 /tr "'C:\Windows\Fonts\dllhost.exe'" /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Creates scheduled task(s)
      PID:2340
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "dllhost" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Windows\Fonts\dllhost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Creates scheduled task(s)
      PID:2688
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "dllhostd" /sc MINUTE /mo 14 /tr "'C:\Windows\Fonts\dllhost.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 "smsss" /sc MINUTE /mo 8 /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Sidebar\es-ES\smss.exe'" /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Creates scheduled task(s)
      PID:2504
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "smss" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Sidebar\es-ES\smss.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Creates scheduled task(s)
      PID:2916
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "smsss" /sc MINUTE /mo 8 /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Sidebar\es-ES\smss.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Creates scheduled task(s)
      PID:2892
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "winlogonw" /sc MINUTE /mo 13 /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Portable Devices\winlogon.exe'" /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Creates scheduled task(s)
      PID:1644
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "winlogon" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Portable Devices\winlogon.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Creates scheduled task(s)
      PID:2500
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "winlogonw" /sc MINUTE /mo 12 /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Portable Devices\winlogon.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Creates scheduled task(s)
      PID:2744
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "50041c9d3b476dda21ed199fdf346aaf5" /sc MINUTE /mo 13 /tr "'C:\Users\Admin\Cookies\50041c9d3b476dda21ed199fdf346aaf.exe'" /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Creates scheduled task(s)
      PID:2728
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "50041c9d3b476dda21ed199fdf346aaf" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Users\Admin\Cookies\50041c9d3b476dda21ed199fdf346aaf.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Creates scheduled task(s)
      PID:2872
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "50041c9d3b476dda21ed199fdf346aaf5" /sc MINUTE /mo 5 /tr "'C:\Users\Admin\Cookies\50041c9d3b476dda21ed199fdf346aaf.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Creates scheduled task(s)
      PID:2904
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "winlogonw" /sc MINUTE /mo 9 /tr "'C:\Users\Default\NetHood\winlogon.exe'" /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Creates scheduled task(s)
      PID:2212
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "winlogon" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Users\Default\NetHood\winlogon.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Creates scheduled task(s)
      PID:836
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "winlogonw" /sc MINUTE /mo 7 /tr "'C:\Users\Default\NetHood\winlogon.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Creates scheduled task(s)
      PID:2200
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "taskhostt" /sc MINUTE /mo 5 /tr "'C:\Windows\Vss\taskhost.exe'" /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Creates scheduled task(s)
      PID:1960
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "taskhost" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Windows\Vss\taskhost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Creates scheduled task(s)
      PID:1692
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "taskhostt" /sc MINUTE /mo 13 /tr "'C:\Windows\Vss\taskhost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Creates scheduled task(s)
      PID:2324
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "csrssc" /sc MINUTE /mo 14 /tr "'C:\Windows\twain_32\csrss.exe'" /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Creates scheduled task(s)
      PID:1624
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "csrss" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Windows\twain_32\csrss.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Creates scheduled task(s)
      PID:2188
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "csrssc" /sc MINUTE /mo 11 /tr "'C:\Windows\twain_32\csrss.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Creates scheduled task(s)
      PID:1508
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "taskhostt" /sc MINUTE /mo 8 /tr "'C:\Users\All Users\Templates\taskhost.exe'" /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Creates scheduled task(s)
      PID:1588
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "taskhost" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Users\All Users\Templates\taskhost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Creates scheduled task(s)
      PID:2112
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "taskhostt" /sc MINUTE /mo 5 /tr "'C:\Users\All Users\Templates\taskhost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Creates scheduled task(s)
      PID:2108
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "csrssc" /sc MINUTE /mo 12 /tr "'C:\Recovery\ed850442-d104-11ee-9c57-c695cbc44580\csrss.exe'" /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Creates scheduled task(s)
      PID:1720
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "csrss" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Recovery\ed850442-d104-11ee-9c57-c695cbc44580\csrss.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Creates scheduled task(s)
      PID:2092
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "csrssc" /sc MINUTE /mo 6 /tr "'C:\Recovery\ed850442-d104-11ee-9c57-c695cbc44580\csrss.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Creates scheduled task(s)
      PID:1076
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "lsml" /sc MINUTE /mo 7 /tr "'C:\Users\All Users\Mozilla-1de4eec8-1241-4177-a864-e594e8d1fb38\updates\lsm.exe'" /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Creates scheduled task(s)
      PID:2236
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "lsm" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Users\All Users\Mozilla-1de4eec8-1241-4177-a864-e594e8d1fb38\updates\lsm.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Creates scheduled task(s)
      PID:2356
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "lsml" /sc MINUTE /mo 11 /tr "'C:\Users\All Users\Mozilla-1de4eec8-1241-4177-a864-e594e8d1fb38\updates\lsm.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Creates scheduled task(s)
      PID:604
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "lsml" /sc MINUTE /mo 14 /tr "'C:\MSOCache\All Users\{90140000-0016-0409-0000-0000000FF1CE}-C\lsm.exe'" /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Creates scheduled task(s)
      PID:1116
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "lsm" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\MSOCache\All Users\{90140000-0016-0409-0000-0000000FF1CE}-C\lsm.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Creates scheduled task(s)
      PID:1120
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "lsml" /sc MINUTE /mo 9 /tr "'C:\MSOCache\All Users\{90140000-0016-0409-0000-0000000FF1CE}-C\lsm.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Creates scheduled task(s)
      PID:2976
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "wininitw" /sc MINUTE /mo 12 /tr "'C:\Users\Default User\wininit.exe'" /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Creates scheduled task(s)
      PID:1776
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "wininit" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Users\Default User\wininit.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Creates scheduled task(s)
      PID:648
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "wininitw" /sc MINUTE /mo 11 /tr "'C:\Users\Default User\wininit.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Creates scheduled task(s)
      PID:800
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "dllhostd" /sc MINUTE /mo 7 /tr "'C:\Windows\Vss\Writers\dllhost.exe'" /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Creates scheduled task(s)
      PID:1072
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "dllhost" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Windows\Vss\Writers\dllhost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Creates scheduled task(s)
      PID:2072
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "dllhostd" /sc MINUTE /mo 11 /tr "'C:\Windows\Vss\Writers\dllhost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Creates scheduled task(s)
      PID:3044
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "explorere" /sc MINUTE /mo 13 /tr "'C:\Program Files\Uninstall Information\explorer.exe'" /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Creates scheduled task(s)
      PID:1532
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "explorer" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Program Files\Uninstall Information\explorer.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Creates scheduled task(s)
      PID:964
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "explorere" /sc MINUTE /mo 12 /tr "'C:\Program Files\Uninstall Information\explorer.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Creates scheduled task(s)
      PID:1868
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "wininitw" /sc MINUTE /mo 13 /tr "'C:\MSOCache\All Users\{90140000-002C-0409-0000-0000000FF1CE}-C\wininit.exe'" /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Creates scheduled task(s)
      PID:2412
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "wininit" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\MSOCache\All Users\{90140000-002C-0409-0000-0000000FF1CE}-C\wininit.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Creates scheduled task(s)
      PID:1060
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "wininitw" /sc MINUTE /mo 14 /tr "'C:\MSOCache\All Users\{90140000-002C-0409-0000-0000000FF1CE}-C\wininit.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Creates scheduled task(s)
      PID:2096

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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          Downloads

          94308059B57B3142E455B38A6EB92015

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\94308059B57B3142E455B38A6EB92015
          • Size 70KB
          • SHA256 b33efcb95235b98b48508e019afa4b7655e80cf071defabd8b2123fc8b29307f
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          Tar3818.tmp

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Tar3818.tmp
          • Size 181KB
          • SHA256 8efbc21559ef8b1bcf526800d8070baad42474ce7198e26fa771dbb41a76b1d8
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          df21ece3-4e8c-45e4-910c-c9e24233bfd6.vbs

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\df21ece3-4e8c-45e4-910c-c9e24233bfd6.vbs
          • Size 522B
          • SHA256 145e6d9148e405d85f45aef4eed7e9c5508176e32dbe7dd168ea194bdc2e5971
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          e4de52b9-e079-4e24-ba94-2fd0e61ae638.vbs

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\e4de52b9-e079-4e24-ba94-2fd0e61ae638.vbs
          • Size 746B
          • SHA256 addca9a0aed40d574bff1640a8b28b275560240880e84c84dd6f490c4ec67b25
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          winlogon.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Default\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Network Shortcuts\winlogon.exe
          • Size 3.1MB
          • SHA256 8ce6b9b905b77768b4806c491d303784d9ba8513c4616e07b8f7a75553a0d40f
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          memory/1608-198-0x0000000000520000-0x0000000000532000-memory.dmp

          memory/1916-70-0x0000000000B50000-0x0000000000B62000-memory.dmp

          memory/1916-68-0x0000000000C70000-0x0000000000F84000-memory.dmp

          memory/2512-20-0x0000000000B80000-0x0000000000B8C000-memory.dmp

          memory/2512-25-0x0000000000C50000-0x0000000000C5E000-memory.dmp

          memory/2512-10-0x00000000005C0000-0x00000000005C8000-memory.dmp

          memory/2512-11-0x0000000000600000-0x000000000060A000-memory.dmp

          memory/2512-12-0x0000000000750000-0x00000000007A6000-memory.dmp

          memory/2512-13-0x00000000005D0000-0x00000000005DC000-memory.dmp

          memory/2512-14-0x00000000005F0000-0x00000000005F8000-memory.dmp

          memory/2512-15-0x0000000000610000-0x000000000061C000-memory.dmp

          memory/2512-16-0x0000000000620000-0x0000000000632000-memory.dmp

          memory/2512-17-0x0000000000630000-0x000000000063C000-memory.dmp

          memory/2512-18-0x00000000007A0000-0x00000000007AC000-memory.dmp

          memory/2512-19-0x0000000000B70000-0x0000000000B78000-memory.dmp

          memory/2512-0-0x000007FEF5763000-0x000007FEF5764000-memory.dmp

          memory/2512-21-0x0000000000B90000-0x0000000000B9C000-memory.dmp

          memory/2512-22-0x0000000000BA0000-0x0000000000BA8000-memory.dmp

          memory/2512-23-0x0000000000BB0000-0x0000000000BBC000-memory.dmp

          memory/2512-24-0x0000000000BC0000-0x0000000000BCA000-memory.dmp

          memory/2512-9-0x00000000005E0000-0x00000000005F2000-memory.dmp

          memory/2512-28-0x0000000000C80000-0x0000000000C88000-memory.dmp

          memory/2512-27-0x0000000000C70000-0x0000000000C7C000-memory.dmp

          memory/2512-26-0x0000000000C60000-0x0000000000C68000-memory.dmp

          memory/2512-29-0x0000000000C90000-0x0000000000C9A000-memory.dmp

          memory/2512-30-0x0000000000CA0000-0x0000000000CAC000-memory.dmp

          memory/2512-31-0x000007FEF5760000-0x000007FEF614C000-memory.dmp

          memory/2512-8-0x0000000000580000-0x0000000000588000-memory.dmp

          memory/2512-7-0x00000000005A0000-0x00000000005B6000-memory.dmp

          memory/2512-69-0x000007FEF5760000-0x000007FEF614C000-memory.dmp

          memory/2512-6-0x0000000000570000-0x0000000000580000-memory.dmp

          memory/2512-5-0x00000000003E0000-0x00000000003E8000-memory.dmp

          memory/2512-4-0x00000000003C0000-0x00000000003DC000-memory.dmp

          memory/2512-3-0x00000000003B0000-0x00000000003B8000-memory.dmp

          memory/2512-2-0x000007FEF5760000-0x000007FEF614C000-memory.dmp

          memory/2512-1-0x0000000001390000-0x00000000016A4000-memory.dmp