darkcomet | a0c67599cbd0895731e75614ab9ac96885eef66f27b917ec9092ea276c9b863e

Analysis

max time kernel
150s
max time network
121s
platform
windows7_x64
resource
win7-20241010-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20241010-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
submitted
22/10/2024, 11:30

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General

Target

6a44fe87f200b6d088283bcb8a09de60_JaffaCakes118.exe
Size

437KB
MD5

6a44fe87f200b6d088283bcb8a09de60
SHA1

85ee7aead8cdf3188ab557fa3d1646dabbee5cfa
SHA256

a0c67599cbd0895731e75614ab9ac96885eef66f27b917ec9092ea276c9b863e
SHA512

c6ba6f9a3b96135c22393ec65b63a6884150cb1dcaa7373d8b63887f80154d292707ecbb8151535796502e3481dc5d93a31cb2b3510c8fa12e1fe9e30f806851
SSDEEP

12288:XAGAViwM6nkT4EqyV9iUdp3cxsdYponS:Q3guxsmOnS

Score

10^/10

darkcomet newdc discovery persistence rat trojan upx

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

darkcomet

Botnet

NewDC

testiphone.no-ip.biz:84

Mutex

DC_MUTEX-XCEQFST

Attributes

gencode
6czE5EXKN81j
install
false
offline_keylogger
false
password
motdepasse
persistence
false

Signatures

Darkcomet
DarkComet is a remote access trojan (RAT) developed by Jean-Pierre Lesueur.
trojan rat darkcomet

Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs

pid	Process
2888	CertPolEng.exe
2604	panmap.exe

Loads dropped DLL 2 IoCs

pid	Process
2700	6a44fe87f200b6d088283bcb8a09de60_JaffaCakes118.exe
2888	CertPolEng.exe

Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Modify Registry

T1112

description	ioc	Process
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2039016743-699959520-214465309-1000\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\Certificate Policy Engine = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\AppData\\Roaming\\Microsoft\\Windows\\Templates\\CertPolEng.exe"	CertPolEng.exe

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2700 set thread context of 2952	2700	6a44fe87f200b6d088283bcb8a09de60_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 2604 set thread context of 3064	2604	panmap.exe	33

UPX packed file 11 IoCs

Detects executables packed with UPX/modified UPX open source packer.

upx

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/memory/2952-14-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004BA000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2952-15-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004BA000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2952-16-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004BA000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2952-11-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004BA000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2952-10-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004BA000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2952-20-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004BA000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2952-19-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004BA000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2952-21-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004BA000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2952-18-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004BA000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2952-25-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004BA000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2952-44-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004BA000-memory.dmp	upx

Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

System Information Discovery
T1082

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 5 IoCs

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

discovery

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	CertPolEng.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	panmap.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	AppLaunch.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	6a44fe87f200b6d088283bcb8a09de60_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	AppLaunch.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 64 IoCs

pid	Process
2700	6a44fe87f200b6d088283bcb8a09de60_JaffaCakes118.exe
2700	6a44fe87f200b6d088283bcb8a09de60_JaffaCakes118.exe
2700	6a44fe87f200b6d088283bcb8a09de60_JaffaCakes118.exe
2700	6a44fe87f200b6d088283bcb8a09de60_JaffaCakes118.exe
2700	6a44fe87f200b6d088283bcb8a09de60_JaffaCakes118.exe
2700	6a44fe87f200b6d088283bcb8a09de60_JaffaCakes118.exe
2700	6a44fe87f200b6d088283bcb8a09de60_JaffaCakes118.exe
2888	CertPolEng.exe
2700	6a44fe87f200b6d088283bcb8a09de60_JaffaCakes118.exe
2700	6a44fe87f200b6d088283bcb8a09de60_JaffaCakes118.exe
2700	6a44fe87f200b6d088283bcb8a09de60_JaffaCakes118.exe
2700	6a44fe87f200b6d088283bcb8a09de60_JaffaCakes118.exe
2700	6a44fe87f200b6d088283bcb8a09de60_JaffaCakes118.exe
2700	6a44fe87f200b6d088283bcb8a09de60_JaffaCakes118.exe
2700	6a44fe87f200b6d088283bcb8a09de60_JaffaCakes118.exe
2700	6a44fe87f200b6d088283bcb8a09de60_JaffaCakes118.exe
2700	6a44fe87f200b6d088283bcb8a09de60_JaffaCakes118.exe
2700	6a44fe87f200b6d088283bcb8a09de60_JaffaCakes118.exe
2700	6a44fe87f200b6d088283bcb8a09de60_JaffaCakes118.exe
2700	6a44fe87f200b6d088283bcb8a09de60_JaffaCakes118.exe
2888	CertPolEng.exe
2700	6a44fe87f200b6d088283bcb8a09de60_JaffaCakes118.exe
2700	6a44fe87f200b6d088283bcb8a09de60_JaffaCakes118.exe
2700	6a44fe87f200b6d088283bcb8a09de60_JaffaCakes118.exe
2700	6a44fe87f200b6d088283bcb8a09de60_JaffaCakes118.exe
2700	6a44fe87f200b6d088283bcb8a09de60_JaffaCakes118.exe
2700	6a44fe87f200b6d088283bcb8a09de60_JaffaCakes118.exe
2700	6a44fe87f200b6d088283bcb8a09de60_JaffaCakes118.exe
2888	CertPolEng.exe
2700	6a44fe87f200b6d088283bcb8a09de60_JaffaCakes118.exe
2700	6a44fe87f200b6d088283bcb8a09de60_JaffaCakes118.exe
2700	6a44fe87f200b6d088283bcb8a09de60_JaffaCakes118.exe
2604	panmap.exe
2604	panmap.exe
2888	CertPolEng.exe
2888	CertPolEng.exe
2888	CertPolEng.exe
2888	CertPolEng.exe
2888	CertPolEng.exe
2888	CertPolEng.exe
2888	CertPolEng.exe
2888	CertPolEng.exe
2888	CertPolEng.exe
2888	CertPolEng.exe
2888	CertPolEng.exe
2888	CertPolEng.exe
2888	CertPolEng.exe
2888	CertPolEng.exe
2888	CertPolEng.exe
2888	CertPolEng.exe
2888	CertPolEng.exe
2888	CertPolEng.exe
2888	CertPolEng.exe
2888	CertPolEng.exe
2888	CertPolEng.exe
2888	CertPolEng.exe
2888	CertPolEng.exe
2604	panmap.exe
2604	panmap.exe
2604	panmap.exe
2888	CertPolEng.exe
2604	panmap.exe
2604	panmap.exe
2604	panmap.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 49 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2700	6a44fe87f200b6d088283bcb8a09de60_JaffaCakes118.exe
Token: SeIncreaseQuotaPrivilege	2952	AppLaunch.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	2952	AppLaunch.exe
Token: SeTakeOwnershipPrivilege	2952	AppLaunch.exe
Token: SeLoadDriverPrivilege	2952	AppLaunch.exe
Token: SeSystemProfilePrivilege	2952	AppLaunch.exe
Token: SeSystemtimePrivilege	2952	AppLaunch.exe
Token: SeProfSingleProcessPrivilege	2952	AppLaunch.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2952	AppLaunch.exe
Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege	2952	AppLaunch.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	2952	AppLaunch.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	2952	AppLaunch.exe
Token: SeShutdownPrivilege	2952	AppLaunch.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2952	AppLaunch.exe
Token: SeSystemEnvironmentPrivilege	2952	AppLaunch.exe
Token: SeChangeNotifyPrivilege	2952	AppLaunch.exe
Token: SeRemoteShutdownPrivilege	2952	AppLaunch.exe
Token: SeUndockPrivilege	2952	AppLaunch.exe
Token: SeManageVolumePrivilege	2952	AppLaunch.exe
Token: SeImpersonatePrivilege	2952	AppLaunch.exe
Token: SeCreateGlobalPrivilege	2952	AppLaunch.exe
Token: 33	2952	AppLaunch.exe
Token: 34	2952	AppLaunch.exe
Token: 35	2952	AppLaunch.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2888	CertPolEng.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2604	panmap.exe
Token: SeIncreaseQuotaPrivilege	3064	AppLaunch.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	3064	AppLaunch.exe
Token: SeTakeOwnershipPrivilege	3064	AppLaunch.exe
Token: SeLoadDriverPrivilege	3064	AppLaunch.exe
Token: SeSystemProfilePrivilege	3064	AppLaunch.exe
Token: SeSystemtimePrivilege	3064	AppLaunch.exe
Token: SeProfSingleProcessPrivilege	3064	AppLaunch.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	3064	AppLaunch.exe
Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege	3064	AppLaunch.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	3064	AppLaunch.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	3064	AppLaunch.exe
Token: SeShutdownPrivilege	3064	AppLaunch.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	3064	AppLaunch.exe
Token: SeSystemEnvironmentPrivilege	3064	AppLaunch.exe
Token: SeChangeNotifyPrivilege	3064	AppLaunch.exe
Token: SeRemoteShutdownPrivilege	3064	AppLaunch.exe
Token: SeUndockPrivilege	3064	AppLaunch.exe
Token: SeManageVolumePrivilege	3064	AppLaunch.exe
Token: SeImpersonatePrivilege	3064	AppLaunch.exe
Token: SeCreateGlobalPrivilege	3064	AppLaunch.exe
Token: 33	3064	AppLaunch.exe
Token: 34	3064	AppLaunch.exe
Token: 35	3064	AppLaunch.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 30 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2700 wrote to memory of 2952	2700	6a44fe87f200b6d088283bcb8a09de60_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 2700 wrote to memory of 2952	2700	6a44fe87f200b6d088283bcb8a09de60_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 2700 wrote to memory of 2952	2700	6a44fe87f200b6d088283bcb8a09de60_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 2700 wrote to memory of 2952	2700	6a44fe87f200b6d088283bcb8a09de60_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 2700 wrote to memory of 2952	2700	6a44fe87f200b6d088283bcb8a09de60_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 2700 wrote to memory of 2952	2700	6a44fe87f200b6d088283bcb8a09de60_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 2700 wrote to memory of 2952	2700	6a44fe87f200b6d088283bcb8a09de60_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 2700 wrote to memory of 2952	2700	6a44fe87f200b6d088283bcb8a09de60_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 2700 wrote to memory of 2952	2700	6a44fe87f200b6d088283bcb8a09de60_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 2700 wrote to memory of 2952	2700	6a44fe87f200b6d088283bcb8a09de60_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 2700 wrote to memory of 2952	2700	6a44fe87f200b6d088283bcb8a09de60_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 2700 wrote to memory of 2888	2700	6a44fe87f200b6d088283bcb8a09de60_JaffaCakes118.exe	31
PID 2700 wrote to memory of 2888	2700	6a44fe87f200b6d088283bcb8a09de60_JaffaCakes118.exe	31
PID 2700 wrote to memory of 2888	2700	6a44fe87f200b6d088283bcb8a09de60_JaffaCakes118.exe	31
PID 2700 wrote to memory of 2888	2700	6a44fe87f200b6d088283bcb8a09de60_JaffaCakes118.exe	31
PID 2888 wrote to memory of 2604	2888	CertPolEng.exe	32
PID 2888 wrote to memory of 2604	2888	CertPolEng.exe	32
PID 2888 wrote to memory of 2604	2888	CertPolEng.exe	32
PID 2888 wrote to memory of 2604	2888	CertPolEng.exe	32
PID 2604 wrote to memory of 3064	2604	panmap.exe	33
PID 2604 wrote to memory of 3064	2604	panmap.exe	33
PID 2604 wrote to memory of 3064	2604	panmap.exe	33
PID 2604 wrote to memory of 3064	2604	panmap.exe	33
PID 2604 wrote to memory of 3064	2604	panmap.exe	33
PID 2604 wrote to memory of 3064	2604	panmap.exe	33
PID 2604 wrote to memory of 3064	2604	panmap.exe	33
PID 2604 wrote to memory of 3064	2604	panmap.exe	33
PID 2604 wrote to memory of 3064	2604	panmap.exe	33
PID 2604 wrote to memory of 3064	2604	panmap.exe	33
PID 2604 wrote to memory of 3064	2604	panmap.exe	33

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\6a44fe87f200b6d088283bcb8a09de60_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\6a44fe87f200b6d088283bcb8a09de60_JaffaCakes118.exe"
1⤵
- Loads dropped DLL
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2700
- C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\AppLaunch.exe
  C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\AppLaunch.exe
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  PID:2952
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Templates\CertPolEng.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Templates\CertPolEng.exe"
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Loads dropped DLL
  - Adds Run key to start application
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:2888
- - C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\panmap.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\panmap.exe"
    3⤵
    - Executes dropped EXE
    - Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2604
  - - C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\AppLaunch.exe
      C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\AppLaunch.exe
      4⤵
      System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:3064

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Privilege Escalation

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

T1112

Credential Access

Discovery

System Information Discovery

T1082

System Location Discovery

T1614

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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Downloads

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\panmap.exe

Filesize
437KB

MD5
6a44fe87f200b6d088283bcb8a09de60

SHA1
85ee7aead8cdf3188ab557fa3d1646dabbee5cfa

SHA256
a0c67599cbd0895731e75614ab9ac96885eef66f27b917ec9092ea276c9b863e

SHA512
c6ba6f9a3b96135c22393ec65b63a6884150cb1dcaa7373d8b63887f80154d292707ecbb8151535796502e3481dc5d93a31cb2b3510c8fa12e1fe9e30f806851

Download Submit
\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Templates\CertPolEng.exe

Filesize
14KB

MD5
6140ed6cc366ccd3922e92b4ce446ecd

SHA1
7bdd71f315a255f9d7ed5c9f1c24f93ac0ddb86b

SHA256
5ad2ebc9e4bb1ac59a49497c29d4e3c8c4567658c54c02eaee2fb0e9bd48b536

SHA512
1a39fe688c99a02891633c0a4ac83a874f3b5c2d1cbbd7bc5d9e1971b36dad71b164ae37081d67756127374a4fda8ba0162fa0c1dd0c2d0968e02af87493195d

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memory/2700-0-0x0000000074551000-0x0000000074552000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2700-1-0x0000000074550000-0x0000000074AFB000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.7MB

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memory/2700-2-0x0000000074550000-0x0000000074AFB000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.7MB

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memory/2700-32-0x0000000074550000-0x0000000074AFB000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.7MB

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memory/2952-11-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004BA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
744KB

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memory/2952-12-0x000000007EFDE000-0x000000007EFDF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2952-16-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004BA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
744KB

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memory/2952-10-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004BA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
744KB

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memory/2952-20-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004BA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
744KB

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memory/2952-19-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004BA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
744KB

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memory/2952-21-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004BA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
744KB

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memory/2952-18-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004BA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
744KB

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memory/2952-15-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004BA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
744KB

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memory/2952-25-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004BA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
744KB

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memory/2952-14-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004BA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
744KB

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memory/2952-8-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004BA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
744KB

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memory/2952-44-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004BA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
744KB

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