Analysis

  • max time kernel
    136s
  • max time network
    149s
  • platform
    windows7_x64
  • resource
    win7-20240704-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20240704-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
  • submitted
    28-08-2024 01:57

General

  • Target

    8a23e0ccbd2027831ff07599f03b5c1324e080f9415983746de29a6c6ab695fc.exe

  • Size

    1.5MB

  • MD5

    31f61e9c68256b4cc089b3703c0e2039

  • SHA1

    5ed8cecacc5e6165d43ee91787f72846d2e8ad01

  • SHA256

    8a23e0ccbd2027831ff07599f03b5c1324e080f9415983746de29a6c6ab695fc

  • SHA512

    ae48468132212e4756864fe7ce22d55c35d53cadd482aebabd62ec9d724ea3786879d9364563613140a43fa6c63a6c5cc1ee1775e4e0e9977aee3b748d8a6df1

  • SSDEEP

    24576:yuDXTIGaPhEYzUzA0bOvbKAO1WMbkiSfLAo9Ffze20S4OIsAMWlXl9h2DvpfsTCu:1Djlabwz9Sv61kiQKvS4OUMI4hfaD

Malware Config

Signatures

  • DcRat 19 IoCs

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

  • Detect Umbral payload 2 IoCs
  • Modifies WinLogon for persistence 2 TTPs 6 IoCs
  • Process spawned unexpected child process 18 IoCs

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

  • UAC bypass 3 TTPs 6 IoCs
  • Umbral

    Umbral stealer is an opensource moduler stealer written in C#.

  • DCRat payload 4 IoCs

    Detects payload of DCRat, commonly dropped by NSIS installers.

  • Disables Task Manager via registry modification
  • Executes dropped EXE 4 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 2 IoCs
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 12 IoCs
  • Checks whether UAC is enabled 1 TTPs 4 IoCs
  • Looks up external IP address via web service 1 IoCs

    Uses a legitimate IP lookup service to find the infected system's external IP.

  • 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 4 IoCs

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

  • Modifies registry key 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 18 IoCs

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

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 10 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 43 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 35 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\8a23e0ccbd2027831ff07599f03b5c1324e080f9415983746de29a6c6ab695fc.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\8a23e0ccbd2027831ff07599f03b5c1324e080f9415983746de29a6c6ab695fc.exe"
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2068
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\stealqqgwrffs.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\stealqqgwrffs.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:1704
      • C:\Windows\System32\Wbem\wmic.exe
        "wmic.exe" csproduct get uuid
        3⤵
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:2756
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ratgergedrghi.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ratgergedrghi.exe"
      2⤵
      • DcRat
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3064
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WScript.exe
        "C:\Windows\System32\WScript.exe" "C:\providerWinsessionruntimehost\Xt9KI1krEJFJGvttvIkhdsOgzo3.vbe"
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:2928
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
          cmd /c ""C:\providerWinsessionruntimehost\g3CEdDrA4txDO2RaU.bat" "
          4⤵
          • Loads dropped DLL
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:2656
          • C:\providerWinsessionruntimehost\Surrogatereviewsession.exe
            "C:\providerWinsessionruntimehost\Surrogatereviewsession.exe"
            5⤵
            • Modifies WinLogon for persistence
            • UAC bypass
            • Executes dropped EXE
            • Adds Run key to start application
            • 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:2612
            • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
              "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\jgzc8Qt4RW.bat"
              6⤵
              • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
              PID:1108
              • C:\Windows\system32\w32tm.exe
                w32tm /stripchart /computer:localhost /period:5 /dataonly /samples:2
                7⤵
                  PID:2940
                • C:\MSOCache\All Users\{90140000-0011-0000-0000-0000000FF1CE}-C\Idle.exe
                  "C:\MSOCache\All Users\{90140000-0011-0000-0000-0000000FF1CE}-C\Idle.exe"
                  7⤵
                  • UAC bypass
                  • Executes dropped EXE
                  • Checks whether UAC is enabled
                  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
                  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
                  • System policy modification
                  PID:956
            • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\reg.exe
              reg add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System /v DisableTaskMgr /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f
              5⤵
              • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
              • Modifies registry key
              PID:3060
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "spoolsvs" /sc MINUTE /mo 8 /tr "'C:\Users\Public\spoolsv.exe'" /f
      1⤵
      • DcRat
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:324
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "spoolsv" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Users\Public\spoolsv.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • DcRat
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:1236
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "spoolsvs" /sc MINUTE /mo 10 /tr "'C:\Users\Public\spoolsv.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • DcRat
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:1940
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "IdleI" /sc MINUTE /mo 8 /tr "'C:\Recovery\7da403a2-3a8c-11ef-b191-d685e2345d05\Idle.exe'" /f
      1⤵
      • DcRat
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:532
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "Idle" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Recovery\7da403a2-3a8c-11ef-b191-d685e2345d05\Idle.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • DcRat
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:1700
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "IdleI" /sc MINUTE /mo 8 /tr "'C:\Recovery\7da403a2-3a8c-11ef-b191-d685e2345d05\Idle.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • DcRat
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:600
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "explorere" /sc MINUTE /mo 8 /tr "'C:\Windows\addins\explorer.exe'" /f
      1⤵
      • DcRat
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:1588
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "explorer" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Windows\addins\explorer.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • DcRat
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:1248
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "explorere" /sc MINUTE /mo 9 /tr "'C:\Windows\addins\explorer.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • DcRat
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:1304
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "servicess" /sc MINUTE /mo 14 /tr "'C:\MSOCache\All Users\{90140000-00A1-0409-0000-0000000FF1CE}-C\services.exe'" /f
      1⤵
      • DcRat
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:1868
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "services" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\MSOCache\All Users\{90140000-00A1-0409-0000-0000000FF1CE}-C\services.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • DcRat
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2896
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "servicess" /sc MINUTE /mo 11 /tr "'C:\MSOCache\All Users\{90140000-00A1-0409-0000-0000000FF1CE}-C\services.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • DcRat
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2880
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "csrssc" /sc MINUTE /mo 7 /tr "'C:\Program Files\Reference Assemblies\Microsoft\csrss.exe'" /f
      1⤵
      • DcRat
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2188
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "csrss" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Program Files\Reference Assemblies\Microsoft\csrss.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • DcRat
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2428
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "csrssc" /sc MINUTE /mo 5 /tr "'C:\Program Files\Reference Assemblies\Microsoft\csrss.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • DcRat
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:992
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "IdleI" /sc MINUTE /mo 5 /tr "'C:\MSOCache\All Users\{90140000-0011-0000-0000-0000000FF1CE}-C\Idle.exe'" /f
      1⤵
      • DcRat
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2696
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "Idle" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\MSOCache\All Users\{90140000-0011-0000-0000-0000000FF1CE}-C\Idle.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • DcRat
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2944
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "IdleI" /sc MINUTE /mo 14 /tr "'C:\MSOCache\All Users\{90140000-0011-0000-0000-0000000FF1CE}-C\Idle.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • DcRat
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2912

    Network

    MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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    Downloads

    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\jgzc8Qt4RW.bat

      Filesize

      236B

      MD5

      2ea3e1021482d0b1b8762c7fc10c92de

      SHA1

      3e546a3260e3fd67eca8f3d950e54601799f2b03

      SHA256

      ad6cfdfc3431d0f034786bf30e6342d4731b06a152f4c60480f5ecca149f4d73

      SHA512

      f818b55d627aef67dbc8de02a5993d7ccccf2cd57f40ac8de266c886ea235c8e1624845c343a0816cab93f1a9a81e5b9d551d41b70ec12c666020f0fc5abb268

    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ratgergedrghi.exe

      Filesize

      1.5MB

      MD5

      260fd8b292d7acf337beab707e84604c

      SHA1

      1133c94c57883f8c5624837d51fb88ef220fab06

      SHA256

      6d7b8c65737968c2ba34d5c64bf2427a49b7b4c74b3d558cf64814c97ba88cfb

      SHA512

      f83a804b7ac3918bbe76cea264f7451f5682da26b71cfa67e4e66a3281bc6c1ea478db02d16c80b01f7191e157e644fb966c56c9035e800c42d9f3539fa682b1

    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\stealqqgwrffs.exe

      Filesize

      230KB

      MD5

      96ee12b0a9e8e1f0b0f85da1b482fdcb

      SHA1

      28711afb99a8397ebf5a6cb629e3e20465c0fdfa

      SHA256

      253b05b6848e8a312b0a622d62d370d6dedf59f24fb52fca803234977880649b

      SHA512

      f9f0012cc0eec4fe176338cc17ea8f870660ea5db8a33cc5000348e3bcdf4067ef7192dc3ecb3b7a5ff271d97085ba1c66eb5e170d24faf3daaee2b504c1e411

    • C:\providerWinsessionruntimehost\Xt9KI1krEJFJGvttvIkhdsOgzo3.vbe

      Filesize

      223B

      MD5

      88ef9c38e649b66c4641665e74fce531

      SHA1

      1603bd91a66807a8c7095d0cbc64c9d3679e6780

      SHA256

      65455609bf7611ec4bd6f9fbc08a0835612e15562665349f67ae92b0287243c6

      SHA512

      a3cd4848553acc3a685b10adf3b801f5ec78e9e706c7e0d6f89425dd7c64f4809dfa5001ee7aec60abeb8e23043608a351bc9ca52b687f6082f4880158465f16

    • C:\providerWinsessionruntimehost\g3CEdDrA4txDO2RaU.bat

      Filesize

      173B

      MD5

      2c8e46086b87c611b970c172dcb48bc1

      SHA1

      c489d490655a5af55c7a9b33cf69a460093fc1ec

      SHA256

      c8aaa713c91dfae8607a468ce53adb457685e5b89127ea6a36625058fadc00ab

      SHA512

      e7e23ae1690897518083cf5a5d2a53ef6c9e9ce8d520deff8d69b091305c0cfcd2a84ebf6ecccc5ef81f9de97b8a70796d243ee7b002b6cd63966bc1f4602377

    • \providerWinsessionruntimehost\Surrogatereviewsession.exe

      Filesize

      1.2MB

      MD5

      6227db1487700389df5e1bd5c29e16b6

      SHA1

      68795a61f653f7b63fa5e2ebbbe1bc97aed3242f

      SHA256

      359ede2f634418bc23101b414c0b35139c1dbacd9a6b5ff152f0733c4a9bd3d0

      SHA512

      2668b4a6d18b3ee6b2961b7eea6c1de669ec8df9b679f2a5fb3041d9f469eba92b4bd1467ea7b8ec7fc1e914a6d6cb008dbbe67bf67cc41b05d1f1979b56eead

    • memory/956-64-0x0000000000E60000-0x0000000000FA2000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      1.3MB

    • memory/1704-29-0x0000000001270000-0x00000000012B0000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      256KB

    • memory/2612-38-0x0000000000470000-0x000000000048C000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      112KB

    • memory/2612-39-0x00000000003E0000-0x00000000003E8000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      32KB

    • memory/2612-40-0x0000000000490000-0x000000000049A000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      40KB

    • memory/2612-41-0x00000000004A0000-0x00000000004AC000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      48KB

    • memory/2612-42-0x00000000004B0000-0x00000000004B8000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      32KB

    • memory/2612-43-0x0000000000980000-0x000000000098C000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      48KB

    • memory/2612-44-0x0000000000960000-0x000000000096A000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      40KB

    • memory/2612-37-0x00000000003D0000-0x00000000003DE000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      56KB

    • memory/2612-36-0x0000000000A00000-0x0000000000B42000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      1.3MB