Analysis

  • max time kernel
    107s
  • max time network
    109s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20240709-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20240709-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
  • submitted
    21/07/2024, 13:04

General

  • Target
    c830d62f6f45993891816dee47dee340N.exe
  • Size 1.7MB
  • Sample240721-qa36csteqp
  • SHA256 2338d4f0154b4295202b61eafb9c5e457112de784325f6fc38a587be668024e3
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

Malware Config

Signatures

  • DcRat 21 IoCs

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

  • Modifies WinLogon for persistence 2 TTPs 7 IoCs
  • Process spawned unexpected child process 21 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.

  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 9 IoCs

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

  • Drops file in Drivers directory 1 IoCs
  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 14 IoCs
  • Drops file in Program Files directory 12 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 7 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 21 IoCs

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

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 12 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 22 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\c830d62f6f45993891816dee47dee340N.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\c830d62f6f45993891816dee47dee340N.exe"
    1⤵
    • Modifies WinLogon for persistence
    • Drops file in Drivers directory
    • Checks computer location settings
    • Adds Run key to start application
    • 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:1428
    • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "powershell" -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\c830d62f6f45993891816dee47dee340N.exe'
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:4276
    • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "powershell" -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\fontdrvhost.exe'
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:2360
    • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "powershell" -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft.NET\Primary Interop Assemblies\RuntimeBroker.exe'
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:2376
    • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "powershell" -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office 15\ClientX64\taskhostw.exe'
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:4124
    • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "powershell" -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\Windows\addins\winlogon.exe'
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:3464
    • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "powershell" -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Maintenance Service\logs\csrss.exe'
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:1092
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\c830d62f6f45993891816dee47dee340N.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\c830d62f6f45993891816dee47dee340N.exe"
      2⤵
      • Modifies WinLogon for persistence
      • Checks computer location settings
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Adds Run key to start application
      • Drops file in Windows directory
      • Modifies registry class
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:1548
      • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
        "powershell" -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\c830d62f6f45993891816dee47dee340N.exe'
        3⤵
        • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:4788
      • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
        "powershell" -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\Windows\Panther\setup.exe\SearchApp.exe'
        3⤵
        • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:1180
      • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
        "powershell" -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\Users\Admin\OneDrive\c830d62f6f45993891816dee47dee340N.exe'
        3⤵
        • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:1204
      • C:\Windows\Panther\setup.exe\SearchApp.exe
        "C:\Windows\Panther\setup.exe\SearchApp.exe"
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:2376
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "fontdrvhostf" /sc MINUTE /mo 7 /tr "'C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\fontdrvhost.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • DcRat
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:1880
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "fontdrvhost" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\fontdrvhost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • DcRat
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:456
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "fontdrvhostf" /sc MINUTE /mo 10 /tr "'C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\fontdrvhost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • DcRat
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:3656
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "RuntimeBrokerR" /sc MINUTE /mo 12 /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft.NET\Primary Interop Assemblies\RuntimeBroker.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • DcRat
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:4988
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "RuntimeBroker" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft.NET\Primary Interop Assemblies\RuntimeBroker.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • DcRat
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:2576
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "RuntimeBrokerR" /sc MINUTE /mo 9 /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft.NET\Primary Interop Assemblies\RuntimeBroker.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • DcRat
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:2224
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "taskhostwt" /sc MINUTE /mo 11 /tr "'C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office 15\ClientX64\taskhostw.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • DcRat
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:3128
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "taskhostw" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office 15\ClientX64\taskhostw.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • DcRat
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:2804
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "taskhostwt" /sc MINUTE /mo 5 /tr "'C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office 15\ClientX64\taskhostw.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • DcRat
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:3340
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "winlogonw" /sc MINUTE /mo 9 /tr "'C:\Windows\addins\winlogon.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • DcRat
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:3536
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "winlogon" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Windows\addins\winlogon.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • DcRat
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:2192
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "winlogonw" /sc MINUTE /mo 7 /tr "'C:\Windows\addins\winlogon.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • DcRat
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:2640
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "csrssc" /sc MINUTE /mo 9 /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Maintenance Service\logs\csrss.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • DcRat
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:2924
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "csrss" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Maintenance Service\logs\csrss.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • DcRat
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:4764
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "csrssc" /sc MINUTE /mo 9 /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Maintenance Service\logs\csrss.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • DcRat
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:4420
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "SearchAppS" /sc MINUTE /mo 5 /tr "'C:\Windows\Panther\setup.exe\SearchApp.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • DcRat
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:116
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "SearchApp" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Windows\Panther\setup.exe\SearchApp.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • DcRat
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:996
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "SearchAppS" /sc MINUTE /mo 7 /tr "'C:\Windows\Panther\setup.exe\SearchApp.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • DcRat
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:2320
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "c830d62f6f45993891816dee47dee340Nc" /sc MINUTE /mo 6 /tr "'C:\Users\Admin\OneDrive\c830d62f6f45993891816dee47dee340N.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • DcRat
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:3572
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "c830d62f6f45993891816dee47dee340N" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Users\Admin\OneDrive\c830d62f6f45993891816dee47dee340N.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • DcRat
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:3780
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "c830d62f6f45993891816dee47dee340Nc" /sc MINUTE /mo 9 /tr "'C:\Users\Admin\OneDrive\c830d62f6f45993891816dee47dee340N.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • DcRat
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:3760

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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        Downloads

        csrss.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Maintenance Service\logs\csrss.exe
        • Size 1.7MB
        • SHA256 2338d4f0154b4295202b61eafb9c5e457112de784325f6fc38a587be668024e3
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

        c830d62f6f45993891816dee47dee340N.exe.log

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0\UsageLogs\c830d62f6f45993891816dee47dee340N.exe.log
        • Size 1KB
        • SHA256 29f5645ac14353ac460858f52c856548f3aeb144b09eef672a6b4849bafe742e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        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 2360634e63e8f0b5748e2c56ebb8f4aa78e71008ea7b5c9ca1c49be03b49557d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
        • Size 944B
        • SHA256 f97ff12a8abf4bf88bb6497bd2ac2da12628c8847a8ba5a9026bdbb76507cdfb
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
        • Size 944B
        • SHA256 95d79fd575bbd21540e378fcbc1cd00d16f51af62ce15bae7080bb72c24e2010
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
        • Size 944B
        • SHA256 da8c02ce00d5b1e6d4c3667465c7bbc14d7cd5227eb634f3d9690afd488267fe
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
        • Size 944B
        • SHA256 c4d16552769ca1762f6867bce85589c645ac3dc490b650083d74f853f898cfab
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        __PSScriptPolicyTest_ntfnwd1v.rtl.ps1

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_ntfnwd1v.rtl.ps1
        • Size 60B
        • SHA256 96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        memory/1428-18-0x0000000002E30000-0x0000000002E3C000-memory.dmp

        memory/1428-8-0x0000000001490000-0x00000000014A6000-memory.dmp

        memory/1428-6-0x0000000001470000-0x0000000001478000-memory.dmp

        memory/1428-13-0x0000000002DE0000-0x0000000002DEC000-memory.dmp

        memory/1428-14-0x0000000002DF0000-0x0000000002DFC000-memory.dmp

        memory/1428-0-0x00007FFF03BF3000-0x00007FFF03BF5000-memory.dmp

        memory/1428-17-0x0000000002E20000-0x0000000002E2E000-memory.dmp

        memory/1428-16-0x0000000002E10000-0x0000000002E18000-memory.dmp

        memory/1428-15-0x0000000002E00000-0x0000000002E0E000-memory.dmp

        memory/1428-21-0x00007FFF03BF0000-0x00007FFF046B1000-memory.dmp

        memory/1428-22-0x00007FFF03BF0000-0x00007FFF046B1000-memory.dmp

        memory/1428-7-0x0000000001480000-0x0000000001490000-memory.dmp

        memory/1428-1-0x0000000000930000-0x0000000000AE2000-memory.dmp

        memory/1428-10-0x0000000001510000-0x0000000001518000-memory.dmp

        memory/1428-126-0x00007FFF03BF0000-0x00007FFF046B1000-memory.dmp

        memory/1428-12-0x0000000001520000-0x000000000152C000-memory.dmp

        memory/1428-9-0x00000000014B0000-0x00000000014BC000-memory.dmp

        memory/1428-5-0x00000000014C0000-0x0000000001510000-memory.dmp

        memory/1428-4-0x0000000001450000-0x000000000146C000-memory.dmp

        memory/1428-3-0x0000000001440000-0x000000000144E000-memory.dmp

        memory/1428-2-0x00007FFF03BF0000-0x00007FFF046B1000-memory.dmp

        memory/3464-74-0x00000289F3160000-0x00000289F3182000-memory.dmp