Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    140s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20240508-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20240508-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
  • submitted
    25/06/2024, 01:53

General

  • Target
    d1995d6d75da8ad99eb04af2689e9601e54d23abb3c90a2f6f3309cd7fcca502.exe
  • Size 2.4MB
  • Sample240625-cba93svapd
  • SHA256 d1995d6d75da8ad99eb04af2689e9601e54d23abb3c90a2f6f3309cd7fcca502
  • 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 9 IoCs

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

  • UAC bypass 3 TTPs 27 IoCs
  • DCRat payload 2 IoCs

    Detects payload of DCRat, commonly dropped by NSIS installers.

  • Detects executables packed with SmartAssembly 1 IoCs
  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 8 IoCs

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

  • Executes dropped EXE 8 IoCs
  • Checks whether UAC is enabled 1 TTPs 18 IoCs
  • Legitimate hosting services abused for malware hosting/C2 1 TTPs 6 IoCs
  • Drops file in Program Files directory 5 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • Modifies registry class 8 IoCs
  • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 9 IoCs

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

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 11 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 9 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 48 IoCs
  • System policy modification 1 TTPs 27 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\d1995d6d75da8ad99eb04af2689e9601e54d23abb3c90a2f6f3309cd7fcca502.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\d1995d6d75da8ad99eb04af2689e9601e54d23abb3c90a2f6f3309cd7fcca502.exe"
    1⤵
    • UAC bypass
    • Checks computer location settings
    • Checks whether UAC is enabled
    • Drops file in Program Files directory
    • Modifies registry class
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    • System policy modification
    PID:4088
    • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\mCxoCI6GGO.bat"
      2⤵
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4504
      • C:\Windows\system32\w32tm.exe
        w32tm /stripchart /computer:localhost /period:5 /dataonly /samples:2
        3⤵
          PID:1960
        • C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\smss.exe
          "C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\smss.exe"
          3⤵
          • UAC bypass
          • Checks computer location settings
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • Checks whether UAC is enabled
          • Modifies registry class
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          • System policy modification
          PID:456
          • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
            "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\9Z120WfzwF.bat"
            4⤵
            • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
            PID:1560
            • C:\Windows\system32\w32tm.exe
              w32tm /stripchart /computer:localhost /period:5 /dataonly /samples:2
              5⤵
                PID:5064
              • C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\smss.exe
                "C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\smss.exe"
                5⤵
                • UAC bypass
                • Checks computer location settings
                • Executes dropped EXE
                • Checks whether UAC is enabled
                • Modifies registry class
                • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
                • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
                • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                • System policy modification
                PID:4280
                • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
                  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AKY6NrPTox.bat"
                  6⤵
                  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                  PID:896
                  • C:\Windows\system32\w32tm.exe
                    w32tm /stripchart /computer:localhost /period:5 /dataonly /samples:2
                    7⤵
                      PID:432
                    • C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\smss.exe
                      "C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\smss.exe"
                      7⤵
                      • UAC bypass
                      • Checks computer location settings
                      • Executes dropped EXE
                      • Checks whether UAC is enabled
                      • Modifies registry class
                      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
                      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
                      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                      • System policy modification
                      PID:2512
                      • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
                        "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\M53DwaTFc6.bat"
                        8⤵
                        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                        PID:4584
                        • C:\Windows\system32\w32tm.exe
                          w32tm /stripchart /computer:localhost /period:5 /dataonly /samples:2
                          9⤵
                            PID:404
                          • C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\smss.exe
                            "C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\smss.exe"
                            9⤵
                            • UAC bypass
                            • Checks computer location settings
                            • Executes dropped EXE
                            • Checks whether UAC is enabled
                            • Modifies registry class
                            • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
                            • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
                            • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                            • System policy modification
                            PID:2572
                            • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
                              "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\hlBWXN5z7R.bat"
                              10⤵
                              • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                              PID:4128
                              • C:\Windows\system32\w32tm.exe
                                w32tm /stripchart /computer:localhost /period:5 /dataonly /samples:2
                                11⤵
                                  PID:2128
                                • C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\smss.exe
                                  "C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\smss.exe"
                                  11⤵
                                  • UAC bypass
                                  • Checks computer location settings
                                  • Executes dropped EXE
                                  • Checks whether UAC is enabled
                                  • Modifies registry class
                                  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
                                  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
                                  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                                  • System policy modification
                                  PID:412
                                  • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
                                    "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\QHkN6qNcbm.bat"
                                    12⤵
                                    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                                    PID:4628
                                    • C:\Windows\system32\w32tm.exe
                                      w32tm /stripchart /computer:localhost /period:5 /dataonly /samples:2
                                      13⤵
                                        PID:4684
                                      • C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\smss.exe
                                        "C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\smss.exe"
                                        13⤵
                                        • UAC bypass
                                        • Checks computer location settings
                                        • Executes dropped EXE
                                        • Checks whether UAC is enabled
                                        • Modifies registry class
                                        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
                                        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
                                        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                                        • System policy modification
                                        PID:1572
                                        • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
                                          "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\IJ9EkrtYDM.bat"
                                          14⤵
                                          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                                          PID:4872
                                          • C:\Windows\system32\w32tm.exe
                                            w32tm /stripchart /computer:localhost /period:5 /dataonly /samples:2
                                            15⤵
                                              PID:4940
                                            • C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\smss.exe
                                              "C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\smss.exe"
                                              15⤵
                                              • UAC bypass
                                              • Checks computer location settings
                                              • Executes dropped EXE
                                              • Checks whether UAC is enabled
                                              • Modifies registry class
                                              • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
                                              • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
                                              • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                                              • System policy modification
                                              PID:4944
                                              • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
                                                "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\yTtrehocny.bat"
                                                16⤵
                                                • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                                                PID:2460
                                                • C:\Windows\system32\w32tm.exe
                                                  w32tm /stripchart /computer:localhost /period:5 /dataonly /samples:2
                                                  17⤵
                                                    PID:3528
                                                  • C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\smss.exe
                                                    "C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\smss.exe"
                                                    17⤵
                                                    • UAC bypass
                                                    • Executes dropped EXE
                                                    • Checks whether UAC is enabled
                                                    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
                                                    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
                                                    • System policy modification
                                                    PID:2820
                  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                    schtasks.exe /create /tn "RuntimeBrokerR" /sc MINUTE /mo 13 /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\Acrobat\RuntimeBroker.exe'" /f
                    1⤵
                    • Process spawned unexpected child process
                    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
                    PID:2724
                  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                    schtasks.exe /create /tn "RuntimeBroker" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\Acrobat\RuntimeBroker.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
                    1⤵
                    • Process spawned unexpected child process
                    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
                    PID:436
                  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                    schtasks.exe /create /tn "RuntimeBrokerR" /sc MINUTE /mo 13 /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\Acrobat\RuntimeBroker.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
                    1⤵
                    • Process spawned unexpected child process
                    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
                    PID:2112
                  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                    schtasks.exe /create /tn "smsss" /sc MINUTE /mo 11 /tr "'C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\smss.exe'" /f
                    1⤵
                    • Process spawned unexpected child process
                    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
                    PID:3772
                  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                    schtasks.exe /create /tn "smss" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\smss.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
                    1⤵
                    • Process spawned unexpected child process
                    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
                    PID:3016
                  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                    schtasks.exe /create /tn "smsss" /sc MINUTE /mo 10 /tr "'C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\smss.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
                    1⤵
                    • Process spawned unexpected child process
                    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
                    PID:4328
                  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                    schtasks.exe /create /tn "dllhostd" /sc MINUTE /mo 13 /tr "'C:\Program Files\Windows Security\dllhost.exe'" /f
                    1⤵
                    • Process spawned unexpected child process
                    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
                    PID:2440
                  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                    schtasks.exe /create /tn "dllhost" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Program Files\Windows Security\dllhost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
                    1⤵
                    • Process spawned unexpected child process
                    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
                    PID:2844
                  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                    schtasks.exe /create /tn "dllhostd" /sc MINUTE /mo 14 /tr "'C:\Program Files\Windows Security\dllhost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
                    1⤵
                    • Process spawned unexpected child process
                    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
                    PID:2152

                  Network

                        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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                        Downloads

                        smss.exe

                        • Path C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\smss.exe
                        • Size 2.4MB
                        • SHA256 d1995d6d75da8ad99eb04af2689e9601e54d23abb3c90a2f6f3309cd7fcca502
                        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

                        smss.exe.log

                        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0\UsageLogs\smss.exe.log
                        • Size 1KB
                        • SHA256 414659decfd237dde09625a49811e03b5b30ee06ee2ee97ea8bcfac394d281fd
                        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                        9Z120WfzwF.bat

                        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\9Z120WfzwF.bat
                        • Size 195B
                        • SHA256 2755751075e068f9509125f89e96fa71cef7730b677fc458515afb37b39f0808
                        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                        AKY6NrPTox.bat

                        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AKY6NrPTox.bat
                        • Size 195B
                        • SHA256 59398142b59940de5379f62ca4996f2a3c9db855ce43da453b45938efa6a8ced
                        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                        IJ9EkrtYDM.bat

                        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\IJ9EkrtYDM.bat
                        • Size 195B
                        • SHA256 5642b633edd022523642bd58f5951e087278248bbfbebaf28d56c0c7cbc1f0b3
                        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                        M53DwaTFc6.bat

                        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\M53DwaTFc6.bat
                        • Size 195B
                        • SHA256 0eff535a5663639bc711cce1b43dbf4501938c4d4a09b872172145ecdaf542a8
                        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                        QHkN6qNcbm.bat

                        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\QHkN6qNcbm.bat
                        • Size 195B
                        • SHA256 93a245f4f9cf324c289d3c4f061ae66e5cc0060f988afb7a0f410114a03faf04
                        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                        hlBWXN5z7R.bat

                        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\hlBWXN5z7R.bat
                        • Size 195B
                        • SHA256 3ae49b9df982b796f133377c38d0ec4268c03a4c0d4ae260825f8cbba05de983
                        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                        mCxoCI6GGO.bat

                        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\mCxoCI6GGO.bat
                        • Size 195B
                        • SHA256 a0a1781050fc411552c6acd2e7ea156fbb9ac4e32e02440db9bacd47ea5db0c5
                        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                        yTtrehocny.bat

                        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\yTtrehocny.bat
                        • Size 195B
                        • SHA256 cd997ba07e8a92357179d3e1341400309809d35fc33ad1a04165d8a1546cc2d7
                        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                        memory/412-57-0x000000001D400000-0x000000001D456000-memory.dmp

                        memory/456-30-0x000000001BF80000-0x000000001BF92000-memory.dmp

                        memory/1572-68-0x000000001E590000-0x000000001E739000-memory.dmp

                        memory/4088-7-0x0000000002680000-0x00000000026D6000-memory.dmp

                        memory/4088-8-0x00000000026D0000-0x00000000026DC000-memory.dmp

                        memory/4088-12-0x000000001B770000-0x000000001B77E000-memory.dmp

                        memory/4088-13-0x000000001B790000-0x000000001B79C000-memory.dmp

                        memory/4088-11-0x000000001B760000-0x000000001B768000-memory.dmp

                        memory/4088-10-0x000000001C060000-0x000000001C588000-memory.dmp

                        memory/4088-9-0x000000001B730000-0x000000001B742000-memory.dmp

                        memory/4088-26-0x00007FFE14C70000-0x00007FFE15731000-memory.dmp

                        memory/4088-0-0x00007FFE14C73000-0x00007FFE14C75000-memory.dmp

                        memory/4088-5-0x0000000002650000-0x0000000002666000-memory.dmp

                        memory/4088-6-0x0000000002670000-0x000000000267A000-memory.dmp

                        memory/4088-4-0x000000001B6E0000-0x000000001B730000-memory.dmp

                        memory/4088-3-0x0000000000D30000-0x0000000000D4C000-memory.dmp

                        memory/4088-2-0x00007FFE14C70000-0x00007FFE15731000-memory.dmp

                        memory/4088-1-0x00000000002A0000-0x0000000000512000-memory.dmp