Analysis

  • max time kernel
    122s
  • max time network
    123s
  • platform
    windows7_x64
  • resource
    win7-20240903-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20240903-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
  • submitted
    25/09/2024, 05:16

General

  • Target
    552e401ed4740592eed1d413ae5a798c.exe
  • Size 2.7MB
  • Sample240925-fx413azepg
  • SHA256 1d6628a6cd66f3dd7f3377ee1c30e8a92cedb1d40f5a121b84e5ab84a0e19909
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

Malware Config

Signatures

  • DcRat 43 IoCs

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

  • Modifies WinLogon for persistence 2 TTPs 14 IoCs
  • Process spawned unexpected child process 42 IoCs

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

  • DCRat payload 5 IoCs

    Detects payload of DCRat, commonly dropped by NSIS installers.

  • Disables Task Manager via registry modification
  • Executes dropped EXE 3 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 3 IoCs
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 28 IoCs
  • Drops file in Program Files directory 8 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 4 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 7 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 2 IoCs
  • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 42 IoCs

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

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 4 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 37 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\552e401ed4740592eed1d413ae5a798c.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\552e401ed4740592eed1d413ae5a798c.exe"
    1⤵
    • DcRat
    • Loads dropped DLL
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2916
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\gf.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\gf.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2292
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WScript.exe
        "C:\Windows\System32\WScript.exe" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\nvidiadrivers\u3p5x83dINqg4J2NZ.vbe"
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:2168
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
          cmd /c ""C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\nvidiadrivers\B2wJE9LGiwl91msFdoVPyW.bat" "
          4⤵
          • Loads dropped DLL
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:2816
          • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\nvidiadrivers\nvdriver.exe
            "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\nvidiadrivers\nvdriver.exe"
            5⤵
            • Modifies WinLogon for persistence
            • Executes dropped EXE
            • Adds Run key to start application
            • Drops file in Program Files directory
            • Drops file in Windows directory
            • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
            • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
            • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
            PID:2700
            • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
              "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\qPDcjSgeGO.bat"
              6⤵
              • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
              PID:1700
              • C:\Windows\system32\w32tm.exe
                w32tm /stripchart /computer:localhost /period:5 /dataonly /samples:2
                7⤵
                  PID:3016
                • C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution\DataStore\lsass.exe
                  "C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution\DataStore\lsass.exe"
                  7⤵
                  • Executes dropped EXE
                  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
                  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
                  PID:2736
            • 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:2976
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
          cmd /c ""C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\nvidiadrivers\cqJqQeasQQmFWMBrC3t.bat" "
          3⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:1272
          • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\reg.exe
            reg add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System /v DisableTaskMgr /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
            4⤵
            • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
            • Modifies registry key
            PID:2732
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "audiodga" /sc MINUTE /mo 11 /tr "'C:\Users\Public\Desktop\audiodg.exe'" /f
      1⤵
      • DcRat
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2632
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "audiodg" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Users\Public\Desktop\audiodg.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • DcRat
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:1356
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "audiodga" /sc MINUTE /mo 9 /tr "'C:\Users\Public\Desktop\audiodg.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • DcRat
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:1636
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "dwmd" /sc MINUTE /mo 11 /tr "'C:\MSOCache\All Users\{90140000-0018-0409-0000-0000000FF1CE}-C\dwm.exe'" /f
      1⤵
      • DcRat
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:316
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "dwm" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\MSOCache\All Users\{90140000-0018-0409-0000-0000000FF1CE}-C\dwm.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • DcRat
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:1160
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "dwmd" /sc MINUTE /mo 11 /tr "'C:\MSOCache\All Users\{90140000-0018-0409-0000-0000000FF1CE}-C\dwm.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • DcRat
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2008
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "dwmd" /sc MINUTE /mo 10 /tr "'C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\1040\dwm.exe'" /f
      1⤵
      • DcRat
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:1512
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "dwm" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\1040\dwm.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • DcRat
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:1692
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "dwmd" /sc MINUTE /mo 14 /tr "'C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\1040\dwm.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • DcRat
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:1728
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "lsassl" /sc MINUTE /mo 14 /tr "'C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution\DataStore\lsass.exe'" /f
      1⤵
      • DcRat
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2552
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "lsass" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution\DataStore\lsass.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • DcRat
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:1072
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "lsassl" /sc MINUTE /mo 14 /tr "'C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution\DataStore\lsass.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • DcRat
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2488
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "csrssc" /sc MINUTE /mo 9 /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Sync Framework\v1.0\Runtime\x86\csrss.exe'" /f
      1⤵
      • DcRat
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:1964
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "csrss" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Sync Framework\v1.0\Runtime\x86\csrss.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • DcRat
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:1952
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "csrssc" /sc MINUTE /mo 10 /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Sync Framework\v1.0\Runtime\x86\csrss.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • DcRat
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:1908
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "dllhostd" /sc MINUTE /mo 10 /tr "'C:\Users\Default User\dllhost.exe'" /f
      1⤵
      • DcRat
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:1624
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "dllhost" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Users\Default User\dllhost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • DcRat
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2876
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "dllhostd" /sc MINUTE /mo 8 /tr "'C:\Users\Default User\dllhost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • DcRat
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2904
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "audiodga" /sc MINUTE /mo 13 /tr "'C:\Users\Default\Videos\audiodg.exe'" /f
      1⤵
      • DcRat
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2424
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "audiodg" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Users\Default\Videos\audiodg.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • DcRat
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2820
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "audiodga" /sc MINUTE /mo 7 /tr "'C:\Users\Default\Videos\audiodg.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • DcRat
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2444
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "OSPPSVCO" /sc MINUTE /mo 7 /tr "'C:\Recovery\1f4ba082-69f6-11ef-a143-62cb582c238c\OSPPSVC.exe'" /f
      1⤵
      • DcRat
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:1216
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "OSPPSVC" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Recovery\1f4ba082-69f6-11ef-a143-62cb582c238c\OSPPSVC.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • DcRat
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:660
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "OSPPSVCO" /sc MINUTE /mo 11 /tr "'C:\Recovery\1f4ba082-69f6-11ef-a143-62cb582c238c\OSPPSVC.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • DcRat
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:1536
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "dwmd" /sc MINUTE /mo 14 /tr "'C:\Program Files\Windows Defender\dwm.exe'" /f
      1⤵
      • DcRat
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:1228
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "dwm" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Program Files\Windows Defender\dwm.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • DcRat
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:972
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "dwmd" /sc MINUTE /mo 13 /tr "'C:\Program Files\Windows Defender\dwm.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • DcRat
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:1752
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "spoolsvs" /sc MINUTE /mo 8 /tr "'C:\Recovery\1f4ba082-69f6-11ef-a143-62cb582c238c\spoolsv.exe'" /f
      1⤵
      • DcRat
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:600
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "spoolsv" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Recovery\1f4ba082-69f6-11ef-a143-62cb582c238c\spoolsv.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • DcRat
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:1732
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "spoolsvs" /sc MINUTE /mo 10 /tr "'C:\Recovery\1f4ba082-69f6-11ef-a143-62cb582c238c\spoolsv.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • DcRat
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:680
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "smsss" /sc MINUTE /mo 10 /tr "'C:\Program Files\Reference Assemblies\Microsoft\Framework\v3.0\it\smss.exe'" /f
      1⤵
      • DcRat
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:1548
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "smss" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Program Files\Reference Assemblies\Microsoft\Framework\v3.0\it\smss.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • DcRat
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:1436
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "smsss" /sc MINUTE /mo 13 /tr "'C:\Program Files\Reference Assemblies\Microsoft\Framework\v3.0\it\smss.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • DcRat
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:1332
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "lsml" /sc MINUTE /mo 10 /tr "'C:\Recovery\1f4ba082-69f6-11ef-a143-62cb582c238c\lsm.exe'" /f
      1⤵
      • DcRat
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2476
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "lsm" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Recovery\1f4ba082-69f6-11ef-a143-62cb582c238c\lsm.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • DcRat
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:1628
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "lsml" /sc MINUTE /mo 10 /tr "'C:\Recovery\1f4ba082-69f6-11ef-a143-62cb582c238c\lsm.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • DcRat
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2448
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "dwmd" /sc MINUTE /mo 14 /tr "'C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\SIGNUP\dwm.exe'" /f
      1⤵
      • DcRat
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2516
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "dwm" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\SIGNUP\dwm.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • DcRat
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2312
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "dwmd" /sc MINUTE /mo 14 /tr "'C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\SIGNUP\dwm.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • DcRat
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:1084
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "audiodga" /sc MINUTE /mo 7 /tr "'C:\Recovery\1f4ba082-69f6-11ef-a143-62cb582c238c\audiodg.exe'" /f
      1⤵
      • DcRat
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2088
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "audiodg" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Recovery\1f4ba082-69f6-11ef-a143-62cb582c238c\audiodg.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • DcRat
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2052
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "audiodga" /sc MINUTE /mo 5 /tr "'C:\Recovery\1f4ba082-69f6-11ef-a143-62cb582c238c\audiodg.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • DcRat
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2196

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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          Downloads

          qPDcjSgeGO.bat

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\qPDcjSgeGO.bat
          • Size 216B
          • SHA256 58eeda1909595d72248403660b8cf34ab0423ce3d3343a8c2dae6624f3c1384e
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          B2wJE9LGiwl91msFdoVPyW.bat

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\nvidiadrivers\B2wJE9LGiwl91msFdoVPyW.bat
          • Size 150B
          • SHA256 92556b6d69fdb1d965f7aaca28d576422ee19f6bc1115d625415c06dba4663cd
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          cqJqQeasQQmFWMBrC3t.bat

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\nvidiadrivers\cqJqQeasQQmFWMBrC3t.bat
          • Size 109B
          • SHA256 8fc70a4625c0d4dabac7ec8eecc7175eb5b8f661293f478119c11f389d13318c
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          u3p5x83dINqg4J2NZ.vbe

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\nvidiadrivers\u3p5x83dINqg4J2NZ.vbe
          • Size 219B
          • SHA256 44590c0a478095e187c3dae37e9b49f6b0f561d01d41de65f319d5019728d19e
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          gf.exe

          • Path \Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\gf.exe
          • Size 2.5MB
          • SHA256 983cc8d48a66b58f5fed9d82a7733cc3b4f06b534eb9ea98163a7694fa4fe2d9
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          nvdriver.exe

          • Path \Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\nvidiadrivers\nvdriver.exe
          • Size 2.2MB
          • SHA256 60519e5af340c24acefe2ae89365ab197128a63adc3ff7045904d1a44696afcd
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          memory/2700-37-0x00000000012F0000-0x000000000152A000-memory.dmp

          memory/2700-38-0x0000000000160000-0x000000000017C000-memory.dmp

          memory/2700-39-0x0000000000390000-0x00000000003A6000-memory.dmp

          memory/2700-40-0x0000000001220000-0x0000000001276000-memory.dmp

          memory/2700-41-0x0000000000180000-0x000000000018E000-memory.dmp

          memory/2700-42-0x00000000003B0000-0x00000000003B8000-memory.dmp

          memory/2700-43-0x00000000009E0000-0x00000000009E8000-memory.dmp

          memory/2736-79-0x0000000000EE0000-0x000000000111A000-memory.dmp

          memory/2916-5-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000006BB000-memory.dmp