Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    151s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20240709-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20240709-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
  • submitted
    23/07/2024, 15:25

General

  • Target
    25228b9b7646e3a44d0c0458b2d9f4dde89cb36ca52f69ae317edad02678678c.exe
  • Size 2.5MB
  • Sample240723-stzy6axaml
  • SHA256 25228b9b7646e3a44d0c0458b2d9f4dde89cb36ca52f69ae317edad02678678c
  • 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 33 IoCs

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

  • UAC bypass 3 TTPs 9 IoCs
  • DCRat payload 2 IoCs

    Detects payload of DCRat, commonly dropped by NSIS installers.

  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • Checks whether UAC is enabled 1 TTPs 6 IoCs
  • Drops file in Program Files directory 8 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 2 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • Modifies registry class 1 IoCs
  • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 33 IoCs

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

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 8 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\25228b9b7646e3a44d0c0458b2d9f4dde89cb36ca52f69ae317edad02678678c.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\25228b9b7646e3a44d0c0458b2d9f4dde89cb36ca52f69ae317edad02678678c.exe"
    1⤵
    • UAC bypass
    • Checks computer location settings
    • 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:4948
    • C:\Windows\LiveKernelReports\RuntimeBroker.exe
      "C:\Windows\LiveKernelReports\RuntimeBroker.exe"
      2⤵
      • 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:1532
      • C:\Windows\System32\WScript.exe
        "C:\Windows\System32\WScript.exe" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\71ae7404-8235-4534-b2e6-45e674376595.vbs"
        3⤵
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:4880
        • C:\Windows\LiveKernelReports\RuntimeBroker.exe
          C:\Windows\LiveKernelReports\RuntimeBroker.exe
          4⤵
          • UAC bypass
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • Checks whether UAC is enabled
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          • System policy modification
          PID:3104
      • C:\Windows\System32\WScript.exe
        "C:\Windows\System32\WScript.exe" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\9f9e41ec-1a7e-4ce4-a51f-00075dd172cb.vbs"
        3⤵
          PID:2924
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "backgroundTaskHostb" /sc MINUTE /mo 6 /tr "'C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\backgroundTaskHost.exe'" /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:1128
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "backgroundTaskHost" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\backgroundTaskHost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:1388
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "backgroundTaskHostb" /sc MINUTE /mo 6 /tr "'C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\backgroundTaskHost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:4008
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "RuntimeBrokerR" /sc MINUTE /mo 11 /tr "'C:\Windows\LiveKernelReports\RuntimeBroker.exe'" /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:1660
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "RuntimeBroker" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Windows\LiveKernelReports\RuntimeBroker.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2324
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "RuntimeBrokerR" /sc MINUTE /mo 8 /tr "'C:\Windows\LiveKernelReports\RuntimeBroker.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:856
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "SppExtComObjS" /sc MINUTE /mo 7 /tr "'C:\Users\Public\Pictures\SppExtComObj.exe'" /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2604
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "SppExtComObj" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Users\Public\Pictures\SppExtComObj.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2260
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "SppExtComObjS" /sc MINUTE /mo 5 /tr "'C:\Users\Public\Pictures\SppExtComObj.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:3032
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "RuntimeBrokerR" /sc MINUTE /mo 11 /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft\Windows Workflow Foundation\RuntimeBroker.exe'" /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:3684
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "RuntimeBroker" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft\Windows Workflow Foundation\RuntimeBroker.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:1972
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "RuntimeBrokerR" /sc MINUTE /mo 5 /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft\Windows Workflow Foundation\RuntimeBroker.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:3560
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "sppsvcs" /sc MINUTE /mo 5 /tr "'C:\Users\Default\Pictures\sppsvc.exe'" /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:4884
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "sppsvc" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Users\Default\Pictures\sppsvc.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:928
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "sppsvcs" /sc MINUTE /mo 12 /tr "'C:\Users\Default\Pictures\sppsvc.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:1300
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "dwmd" /sc MINUTE /mo 8 /tr "'C:\Program Files\Uninstall Information\dwm.exe'" /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:4932
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "dwm" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Program Files\Uninstall Information\dwm.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2700
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "dwmd" /sc MINUTE /mo 9 /tr "'C:\Program Files\Uninstall Information\dwm.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2208
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "wininitw" /sc MINUTE /mo 6 /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Mail\wininit.exe'" /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2444
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "wininit" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Mail\wininit.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2652
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "wininitw" /sc MINUTE /mo 13 /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Mail\wininit.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:4064
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "SystemS" /sc MINUTE /mo 7 /tr "'C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\System.exe'" /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:3908
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "System" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\System.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:4448
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "SystemS" /sc MINUTE /mo 9 /tr "'C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\System.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:4744
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "winlogonw" /sc MINUTE /mo 8 /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Media Player\uk-UA\winlogon.exe'" /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:3540
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "winlogon" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Media Player\uk-UA\winlogon.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:3616
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "winlogonw" /sc MINUTE /mo 7 /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Media Player\uk-UA\winlogon.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:1680
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "fontdrvhostf" /sc MINUTE /mo 7 /tr "'C:\Users\Admin\fontdrvhost.exe'" /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:400
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "fontdrvhost" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Users\Admin\fontdrvhost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:4648
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "fontdrvhostf" /sc MINUTE /mo 8 /tr "'C:\Users\Admin\fontdrvhost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:1028
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "spoolsvs" /sc MINUTE /mo 14 /tr "'C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\spoolsv.exe'" /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:3700
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "spoolsv" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\spoolsv.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:4768
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "spoolsvs" /sc MINUTE /mo 13 /tr "'C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\spoolsv.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:4804

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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          Downloads

          RuntimeBroker.exe.log

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0\UsageLogs\RuntimeBroker.exe.log
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 2ca8df156dba033c5b3ae4009e3be14dcdc6b9be53588055efd0864a1ab8ff73
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          71ae7404-8235-4534-b2e6-45e674376595.vbs

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\71ae7404-8235-4534-b2e6-45e674376595.vbs
          • Size 722B
          • SHA256 0e3ff3d4429190a5dbb6cdccc0324a9a649bee732e5b6028f197587a959d076d
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          9f9e41ec-1a7e-4ce4-a51f-00075dd172cb.vbs

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\9f9e41ec-1a7e-4ce4-a51f-00075dd172cb.vbs
          • Size 498B
          • SHA256 3a5c7705881b1efb212c7d27b7716a34f6c23e90f25a6cb6110729a3a5669717
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          sppsvc.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Default\Pictures\sppsvc.exe
          • Size 2.5MB
          • SHA256 25228b9b7646e3a44d0c0458b2d9f4dde89cb36ca52f69ae317edad02678678c
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          memory/1532-58-0x000000001D000000-0x000000001D056000-memory.dmp

          memory/4948-14-0x000000001BD40000-0x000000001BD4C000-memory.dmp

          memory/4948-19-0x000000001C5A0000-0x000000001C5A8000-memory.dmp

          memory/4948-6-0x0000000003350000-0x0000000003358000-memory.dmp

          memory/4948-8-0x0000000003370000-0x00000000033C6000-memory.dmp

          memory/4948-9-0x000000001BCF0000-0x000000001BCFC000-memory.dmp

          memory/4948-10-0x000000001BD00000-0x000000001BD08000-memory.dmp

          memory/4948-11-0x000000001BD10000-0x000000001BD1C000-memory.dmp

          memory/4948-12-0x000000001BD20000-0x000000001BD28000-memory.dmp

          memory/4948-13-0x000000001BD30000-0x000000001BD3C000-memory.dmp

          memory/4948-0-0x00007FFBABAD3000-0x00007FFBABAD5000-memory.dmp

          memory/4948-17-0x000000001C480000-0x000000001C48A000-memory.dmp

          memory/4948-21-0x000000001C5C0000-0x000000001C5CC000-memory.dmp

          memory/4948-20-0x000000001C5B0000-0x000000001C5B8000-memory.dmp

          memory/4948-7-0x0000000003360000-0x000000000336A000-memory.dmp

          memory/4948-18-0x000000001C590000-0x000000001C59E000-memory.dmp

          memory/4948-16-0x000000001C470000-0x000000001C47C000-memory.dmp

          memory/4948-15-0x000000001BD50000-0x000000001BD58000-memory.dmp

          memory/4948-23-0x00007FFBABAD0000-0x00007FFBAC591000-memory.dmp

          memory/4948-25-0x00007FFBABAD0000-0x00007FFBAC591000-memory.dmp

          memory/4948-5-0x000000001BCA0000-0x000000001BCF0000-memory.dmp

          memory/4948-57-0x00007FFBABAD0000-0x00007FFBAC591000-memory.dmp

          memory/4948-4-0x0000000003320000-0x000000000333C000-memory.dmp

          memory/4948-3-0x0000000001810000-0x0000000001818000-memory.dmp

          memory/4948-2-0x00007FFBABAD0000-0x00007FFBAC591000-memory.dmp

          memory/4948-1-0x0000000000E80000-0x0000000001100000-memory.dmp