Analysis

  • max time kernel
    145s
  • max time network
    150s
  • platform
    windows7_x64
  • resource
    win7-20240704-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20240704-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
  • submitted
    20/08/2024, 14:56

General

  • Target
    5d0958e2bf96b110c7f114d783e4517a.exe
  • Size 3.8MB
  • Sample240820-sa1fksyamd
  • SHA256 511b7dffe882fa5fa36b6aa5b426a58ba4be1a090294f6ba1dd197ee3fd6bdee
  • 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 12 IoCs
  • DCRat payload 5 IoCs

    Detects payload of DCRat, commonly dropped by NSIS installers.

  • 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.

  • Executes dropped EXE 4 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 2 IoCs
  • Checks whether UAC is enabled 1 TTPs 8 IoCs
  • Legitimate hosting services abused for malware hosting/C2 1 TTPs 4 IoCs
  • Drops file in Program Files directory 2 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 2 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 3 IoCs

    Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.

  • 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 10 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 10 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 63 IoCs
  • System policy modification 1 TTPs 12 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\5d0958e2bf96b110c7f114d783e4517a.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\5d0958e2bf96b110c7f114d783e4517a.exe"
    1⤵
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2312
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WScript.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\WScript.exe" "C:\chainfontBroker\trc5nQ.vbe"
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2888
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
        cmd /c ""C:\chainfontBroker\fo6T8oNFoLNkag45R4Dcasp.bat" "
        3⤵
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:2704
        • C:\chainfontBroker\Hyperdhcp.exe
          "C:\chainfontBroker\Hyperdhcp.exe"
          4⤵
          • UAC bypass
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • 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:2012
          • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
            "powershell" -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\chainfontBroker\Hyperdhcp.exe'
            5⤵
            • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
            • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
            • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
            PID:2864
          • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
            "powershell" -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\Users\Public\OSPPSVC.exe'
            5⤵
            • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
            • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
            • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
            PID:696
          • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
            "powershell" -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\Windows\IME\IMESC5\HELP\audiodg.exe'
            5⤵
            • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
            • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
            • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
            PID:984
          • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
            "powershell" -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\System\es-ES\OSPPSVC.exe'
            5⤵
            • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
            • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
            • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
            PID:1916
          • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
            "powershell" -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\chainfontBroker\csrss.exe'
            5⤵
            • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
            • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
            • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
            PID:1884
          • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
            "powershell" -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\Recovery\3c6609c2-3a8b-11ef-9675-d685e2345d05\services.exe'
            5⤵
            • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
            • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
            • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
            PID:2400
          • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
            "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\smeIq9i6Lu.bat"
            5⤵
            • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
            PID:2568
            • C:\Windows\system32\w32tm.exe
              w32tm /stripchart /computer:localhost /period:5 /dataonly /samples:2
              6⤵
                PID:2192
              • C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\System\es-ES\OSPPSVC.exe
                "C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\System\es-ES\OSPPSVC.exe"
                6⤵
                • 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:604
                • C:\Windows\System32\WScript.exe
                  "C:\Windows\System32\WScript.exe" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\cdfe2f33-2874-477c-9e2f-e8569f3e9012.vbs"
                  7⤵
                  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                  PID:880
                  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\System\es-ES\OSPPSVC.exe
                    "C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\System\es-ES\OSPPSVC.exe"
                    8⤵
                    • 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:2424
                    • C:\Windows\System32\WScript.exe
                      "C:\Windows\System32\WScript.exe" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\eb05ef1d-9484-4ab3-9438-b2601d583cf1.vbs"
                      9⤵
                      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                      PID:2000
                      • C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\System\es-ES\OSPPSVC.exe
                        "C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\System\es-ES\OSPPSVC.exe"
                        10⤵
                        • 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:2476
                        • C:\Windows\System32\WScript.exe
                          "C:\Windows\System32\WScript.exe" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1059413b-95a5-4ff2-a0e7-6ecfcf3352a2.vbs"
                          11⤵
                            PID:3016
                          • C:\Windows\System32\WScript.exe
                            "C:\Windows\System32\WScript.exe" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\67b4e572-deb0-4069-a89f-5e9908a1f4c0.vbs"
                            11⤵
                              PID:1916
                        • C:\Windows\System32\WScript.exe
                          "C:\Windows\System32\WScript.exe" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ad2f7b38-ddad-4a00-8ece-c2f04fd8bb10.vbs"
                          9⤵
                            PID:2936
                      • C:\Windows\System32\WScript.exe
                        "C:\Windows\System32\WScript.exe" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\8510bc79-0dfc-450d-b3d7-ab0186ca5d06.vbs"
                        7⤵
                          PID:2500
            • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
              schtasks.exe /create /tn "OSPPSVCO" /sc MINUTE /mo 7 /tr "'C:\Users\Public\OSPPSVC.exe'" /f
              1⤵
              • Process spawned unexpected child process
              • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
              PID:332
            • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
              schtasks.exe /create /tn "OSPPSVC" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Users\Public\OSPPSVC.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
              1⤵
              • Process spawned unexpected child process
              • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
              PID:1164
            • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
              schtasks.exe /create /tn "OSPPSVCO" /sc MINUTE /mo 10 /tr "'C:\Users\Public\OSPPSVC.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
              1⤵
              • Process spawned unexpected child process
              • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
              PID:1492
            • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
              schtasks.exe /create /tn "audiodga" /sc MINUTE /mo 10 /tr "'C:\Windows\IME\IMESC5\HELP\audiodg.exe'" /f
              1⤵
              • Process spawned unexpected child process
              • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
              PID:2964
            • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
              schtasks.exe /create /tn "audiodg" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Windows\IME\IMESC5\HELP\audiodg.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
              1⤵
              • Process spawned unexpected child process
              • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
              PID:3064
            • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
              schtasks.exe /create /tn "audiodga" /sc MINUTE /mo 13 /tr "'C:\Windows\IME\IMESC5\HELP\audiodg.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
              1⤵
              • Process spawned unexpected child process
              • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
              PID:2168
            • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
              schtasks.exe /create /tn "OSPPSVCO" /sc MINUTE /mo 14 /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\System\es-ES\OSPPSVC.exe'" /f
              1⤵
              • Process spawned unexpected child process
              • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
              PID:2420
            • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
              schtasks.exe /create /tn "OSPPSVC" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\System\es-ES\OSPPSVC.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
              1⤵
              • Process spawned unexpected child process
              • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
              PID:1928
            • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
              schtasks.exe /create /tn "OSPPSVCO" /sc MINUTE /mo 10 /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\System\es-ES\OSPPSVC.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
              1⤵
              • Process spawned unexpected child process
              • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
              PID:2120
            • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
              schtasks.exe /create /tn "csrssc" /sc MINUTE /mo 8 /tr "'C:\chainfontBroker\csrss.exe'" /f
              1⤵
              • Process spawned unexpected child process
              • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
              PID:1340
            • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
              schtasks.exe /create /tn "csrss" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\chainfontBroker\csrss.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
              1⤵
              • Process spawned unexpected child process
              • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
              PID:1932
            • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
              schtasks.exe /create /tn "csrssc" /sc MINUTE /mo 9 /tr "'C:\chainfontBroker\csrss.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
              1⤵
              • Process spawned unexpected child process
              • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
              PID:1452
            • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
              schtasks.exe /create /tn "servicess" /sc MINUTE /mo 10 /tr "'C:\Recovery\3c6609c2-3a8b-11ef-9675-d685e2345d05\services.exe'" /f
              1⤵
              • Process spawned unexpected child process
              • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
              PID:2852
            • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
              schtasks.exe /create /tn "services" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Recovery\3c6609c2-3a8b-11ef-9675-d685e2345d05\services.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
              1⤵
              • Process spawned unexpected child process
              • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
              PID:2920
            • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
              schtasks.exe /create /tn "servicess" /sc MINUTE /mo 8 /tr "'C:\Recovery\3c6609c2-3a8b-11ef-9675-d685e2345d05\services.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
              1⤵
              • Process spawned unexpected child process
              • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
              PID:2928

            Network

                  MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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                  Downloads

                  1059413b-95a5-4ff2-a0e7-6ecfcf3352a2.vbs

                  • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1059413b-95a5-4ff2-a0e7-6ecfcf3352a2.vbs
                  • Size 736B
                  • SHA256 d9a612e3bc5785773856b100c43abd2704a93d4d27e658fd60921fc166eb39d8
                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                  ad2f7b38-ddad-4a00-8ece-c2f04fd8bb10.vbs

                  • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ad2f7b38-ddad-4a00-8ece-c2f04fd8bb10.vbs
                  • Size 512B
                  • SHA256 7255ff1aec13634118912f6f47ac68b6a5a4885d25dc0f44be6770fcf9b5d0df
                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                  cdfe2f33-2874-477c-9e2f-e8569f3e9012.vbs

                  • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\cdfe2f33-2874-477c-9e2f-e8569f3e9012.vbs
                  • Size 735B
                  • SHA256 d23d0c916b5264b9b96025bcc97b65a12878a6c09c15776854e8e5ac9b53ec8d
                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                  eb05ef1d-9484-4ab3-9438-b2601d583cf1.vbs

                  • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\eb05ef1d-9484-4ab3-9438-b2601d583cf1.vbs
                  • Size 736B
                  • SHA256 6d588254dde2bb9c502e4fb99ccb839c0f0b620f17013e88b4bc8fa3b8245a13
                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                  smeIq9i6Lu.bat

                  • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\smeIq9i6Lu.bat
                  • Size 225B
                  • SHA256 2811cfc27930b9fd3258af8efa2e7bae8ff20d1f130f224e5dfd4d2a225da429
                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                  590aee7bdd69b59b.customDestinations-ms

                  • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\CustomDestinations\590aee7bdd69b59b.customDestinations-ms
                  • Size 7KB
                  • SHA256 b8c1712355811d38f4bc3f8ecdb45b94da7c247924ff36002ed43f910cc9ef4e
                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

                  fo6T8oNFoLNkag45R4Dcasp.bat

                  • Path C:\chainfontBroker\fo6T8oNFoLNkag45R4Dcasp.bat
                  • Size 34B
                  • SHA256 6fb6bdfb763e348c4962295201c7d6dcb281cbda602c5494679d7902aae0fff6
                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                  trc5nQ.vbe

                  • Path C:\chainfontBroker\trc5nQ.vbe
                  • Size 215B
                  • SHA256 8980bcd5c15acbc8faea86b278912c6ff8037bb29321c73f2695416d59656ad4
                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                  Hyperdhcp.exe

                  • Path \chainfontBroker\Hyperdhcp.exe
                  • Size 3.5MB
                  • SHA256 6f305ed7dd7503a5df720e384d391f64ce4d140a6586d0b6cf51c53a0ad1398e
                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

                  memory/604-75-0x0000000000AE0000-0x0000000000B36000-memory.dmp

                  memory/604-74-0x0000000000C70000-0x0000000000FEC000-memory.dmp

                  memory/1884-62-0x0000000001FC0000-0x0000000001FC8000-memory.dmp

                  memory/1884-61-0x000000001B6A0000-0x000000001B982000-memory.dmp

                  memory/2012-17-0x0000000000A90000-0x0000000000AE6000-memory.dmp

                  memory/2012-19-0x00000000005D0000-0x00000000005E2000-memory.dmp

                  memory/2012-25-0x000000001AAC0000-0x000000001AACC000-memory.dmp

                  memory/2012-23-0x0000000002580000-0x000000000258E000-memory.dmp

                  memory/2012-22-0x0000000000CC0000-0x0000000000CCA000-memory.dmp

                  memory/2012-21-0x00000000005E0000-0x00000000005E8000-memory.dmp

                  memory/2012-20-0x000000001AA10000-0x000000001AA66000-memory.dmp

                  memory/2012-24-0x000000001AA60000-0x000000001AA68000-memory.dmp

                  memory/2012-18-0x00000000005C0000-0x00000000005CC000-memory.dmp

                  memory/2012-16-0x00000000005B0000-0x00000000005BA000-memory.dmp

                  memory/2012-13-0x0000000000CD0000-0x000000000104C000-memory.dmp

                  memory/2012-15-0x0000000000580000-0x0000000000596000-memory.dmp

                  memory/2012-14-0x0000000000540000-0x000000000055C000-memory.dmp

                  memory/2424-85-0x0000000000E30000-0x00000000011AC000-memory.dmp

                  memory/2476-97-0x0000000001020000-0x000000000139C000-memory.dmp