Analysis

  • max time kernel
    148s
  • max time network
    152s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20240611-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20240611-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
  • submitted
    24/06/2024, 01:05

General

  • Target
    2f77a20ba2eacdaf74acc2be52db30061d378a817ea3ac1812ef1c95f23f735e.exe
  • Size 3.0MB
  • Sample240624-bfnwassblc
  • SHA256 2f77a20ba2eacdaf74acc2be52db30061d378a817ea3ac1812ef1c95f23f735e
  • 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 15 IoCs

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

  • UAC bypass 3 TTPs 6 IoCs
  • DCRat payload 7 IoCs

    Detects payload of DCRat, commonly dropped by NSIS installers.

  • Detects executables packed with SmartAssembly 3 IoCs
  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 6 IoCs

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

  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 3 IoCs

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

  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • Checks whether UAC is enabled 1 TTPs 4 IoCs
  • Drops file in Program Files directory 10 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 5 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • Modifies registry class 2 IoCs
  • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 15 IoCs

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

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 8 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 22 IoCs
  • System policy modification 1 TTPs 6 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\2f77a20ba2eacdaf74acc2be52db30061d378a817ea3ac1812ef1c95f23f735e.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2f77a20ba2eacdaf74acc2be52db30061d378a817ea3ac1812ef1c95f23f735e.exe"
    1⤵
    • Checks computer location settings
    • Modifies registry class
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1408
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WScript.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\WScript.exe" "C:\blockbrowsermonitordhcp\uQQph67rTANLpyChAg.vbe"
      2⤵
      • Checks computer location settings
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:5060
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c ""C:\blockbrowsermonitordhcp\3lPtXgH9N1E9jEm.bat" "
        3⤵
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:1032
        • C:\blockbrowsermonitordhcp\hypercommon.exe
          "C:\blockbrowsermonitordhcp\hypercommon.exe"
          4⤵
          • UAC bypass
          • Checks computer location settings
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • Checks whether UAC is enabled
          • 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
          • System policy modification
          PID:660
          • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
            "powershell" -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\blockbrowsermonitordhcp\hypercommon.exe'
            5⤵
            • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
            • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
            • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
            PID:1232
          • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
            "powershell" -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\Windows\Tasks\sppsvc.exe'
            5⤵
            • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
            • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
            • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
            PID:1552
          • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
            "powershell" -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\Program Files\dotnet\swidtag\TextInputHost.exe'
            5⤵
            • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
            • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
            • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
            PID:1244
          • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
            "powershell" -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft.NET\Primary Interop Assemblies\dllhost.exe'
            5⤵
            • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
            • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
            • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
            PID:3484
          • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
            "powershell" -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\csrss.exe'
            5⤵
            • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
            • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
            • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
            PID:4116
          • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
            "powershell" -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\Users\Admin\sysmon.exe'
            5⤵
            • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
            • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
            • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
            PID:4588
          • C:\Program Files\dotnet\swidtag\TextInputHost.exe
            "C:\Program Files\dotnet\swidtag\TextInputHost.exe"
            5⤵
            • UAC bypass
            • Executes dropped EXE
            • Checks whether UAC is enabled
            • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
            • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
            • System policy modification
            PID:2272
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "sppsvcs" /sc MINUTE /mo 5 /tr "'C:\Windows\Tasks\sppsvc.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:3496
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "sppsvc" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Windows\Tasks\sppsvc.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:3292
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "sppsvcs" /sc MINUTE /mo 6 /tr "'C:\Windows\Tasks\sppsvc.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:1516
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "TextInputHostT" /sc MINUTE /mo 12 /tr "'C:\Program Files\dotnet\swidtag\TextInputHost.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:532
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "TextInputHost" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Program Files\dotnet\swidtag\TextInputHost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:2104
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "TextInputHostT" /sc MINUTE /mo 8 /tr "'C:\Program Files\dotnet\swidtag\TextInputHost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:4724
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "dllhostd" /sc MINUTE /mo 9 /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft.NET\Primary Interop Assemblies\dllhost.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:4644
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "dllhost" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft.NET\Primary Interop Assemblies\dllhost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:2632
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "dllhostd" /sc MINUTE /mo 7 /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft.NET\Primary Interop Assemblies\dllhost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:2536
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "csrssc" /sc MINUTE /mo 13 /tr "'C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\csrss.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:3368
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "csrss" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\csrss.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:4820
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "csrssc" /sc MINUTE /mo 14 /tr "'C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\csrss.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:4184
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "sysmons" /sc MINUTE /mo 6 /tr "'C:\Users\Admin\sysmon.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:4504
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "sysmon" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Users\Admin\sysmon.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:3684
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "sysmons" /sc MINUTE /mo 9 /tr "'C:\Users\Admin\sysmon.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:2728

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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        Downloads

        RCX740E.tmp

        • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft.NET\Primary Interop Assemblies\RCX740E.tmp
        • Size 2.6MB
        • SHA256 58c7bad1e273d3fd150aaa0a353caa1cd10d2587fdbc57c22a7db9fb4f618463
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

        TextInputHost.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\swidtag\TextInputHost.exe
        • Size 2.6MB
        • SHA256 6793ecc536270bc53f7d81e01d084b543d6d2dc5817c574ca8b258a93187beaf
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

        csrss.exe

        • Path C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\csrss.exe
        • Size 2.6MB
        • SHA256 cb831131c26796fe81b503e8623d23deee606950159393cf1beb2055c09e87f5
        • 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 385da35673330e21ac02545220552fe301fe54dedefbdafc097ac4342a295233
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
        • Size 944B
        • SHA256 cce65b73cdfe9304bcd5207913e8b60fb69faa20cd3b684f2b0343b755b99438
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
        • Size 944B
        • SHA256 5ab6a1726f425c6d0158f55eb8d81754ddedd51e651aa0a899a29b7a58619c4c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        __PSScriptPolicyTest_rcv1veqk.ulk.ps1

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_rcv1veqk.ulk.ps1
        • Size 60B
        • SHA256 96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        sysmon.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\sysmon.exe
        • Size 2.6MB
        • SHA256 471d4f1cbd8f3cbb42d3e5994309958861886f271f086f1190641087b3aa6b32
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

        3lPtXgH9N1E9jEm.bat

        • Path C:\blockbrowsermonitordhcp\3lPtXgH9N1E9jEm.bat
        • Size 44B
        • SHA256 ff732f4a3d7515b057cd1191df9964213cd23a5b0bc3c0b8530ce7dbbf2a8b30
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        hypercommon.exe

        • Path C:\blockbrowsermonitordhcp\hypercommon.exe
        • Size 2.6MB
        • SHA256 b89f847baffc578ee4a3ec45dcd8eaeea855c62461bd028c624640f276c5836b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

        uQQph67rTANLpyChAg.vbe

        • Path C:\blockbrowsermonitordhcp\uQQph67rTANLpyChAg.vbe
        • Size 215B
        • SHA256 e7d558882675f3e81287374e61c8a45e287443c24ef523265a9e97cb1959eb61
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        memory/660-16-0x000000001B380000-0x000000001B3D0000-memory.dmp

        memory/660-20-0x000000001B360000-0x000000001B36A000-memory.dmp

        memory/660-23-0x000000001B3D0000-0x000000001B3E2000-memory.dmp

        memory/660-24-0x000000001C4C0000-0x000000001C9E8000-memory.dmp

        memory/660-26-0x000000001BCF0000-0x000000001BCFE000-memory.dmp

        memory/660-27-0x000000001BD00000-0x000000001BD08000-memory.dmp

        memory/660-28-0x000000001BB80000-0x000000001BB8C000-memory.dmp

        memory/660-25-0x000000001B560000-0x000000001B56C000-memory.dmp

        memory/660-21-0x000000001B510000-0x000000001B566000-memory.dmp

        memory/660-22-0x000000001B370000-0x000000001B37C000-memory.dmp

        memory/660-19-0x000000001B350000-0x000000001B360000-memory.dmp

        memory/660-18-0x000000001B330000-0x000000001B346000-memory.dmp

        memory/660-12-0x00007FF9A10E3000-0x00007FF9A10E5000-memory.dmp

        memory/660-17-0x0000000002A40000-0x0000000002A50000-memory.dmp

        memory/660-13-0x0000000000550000-0x00000000007FC000-memory.dmp

        memory/660-15-0x0000000002910000-0x000000000292C000-memory.dmp

        memory/660-14-0x0000000002900000-0x0000000002908000-memory.dmp

        memory/2272-215-0x0000000000250000-0x00000000004FC000-memory.dmp

        memory/4116-149-0x000001746EDC0000-0x000001746EDE2000-memory.dmp