darkcomet | ce1c536950fd9e6b41e6b13db2c1ecb1b67e78097202257a960ac42b184ed2f7

Analysis

max time kernel
150s
max time network
123s
platform
windows7_x64
resource
win7-20240903-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20240903-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
submitted
28-10-2024 01:59

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General

Target

7719d0e8367fa5d34ea87c95a6e35176_JaffaCakes118.exe
Size

1.3MB
MD5

7719d0e8367fa5d34ea87c95a6e35176
SHA1

f50ac4008a870554cd036486aacef41dcd00bda9
SHA256

ce1c536950fd9e6b41e6b13db2c1ecb1b67e78097202257a960ac42b184ed2f7
SHA512

a5bf46d98e024fb11ff92ac534cb96a0df81888d41afa16aff339563f20ee1fe9892791ae2c6f71e47aef2fe0d81ba41405a648163927ec7795025c456cfecf7
SSDEEP

24576:MZ1xuVVjfFoynPaVBUR8f+kN10EBZjZ1xuVVjfFoynPaVBUR8f+kN10EB:8QDgok30EQDgok30

Score

10^/10

darkcomet guest16 discovery persistence rat trojan

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

darkcomet

Botnet

Guest16

hardywwe.sytes.net:1177

Mutex

DC_MUTEX-D2N7A52

Attributes

InstallPath
MSDCSC\msdcsc.exe
gencode
hoCJyYF6vH0V
install
true
offline_keylogger
true
persistence
false
reg_key
MicroUpdate

Signatures

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

Modifies WinLogon for persistence 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

persistence

Winlogon Helper DLL

T1547.004

Modify Registry

T1112

description	ioc	Process
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\UserInit = "C:\\Windows\\system32\\userinit.exe,C:\\Users\\Admin\\Documents\\MSDCSC\\msdcsc.exe"	7719d0e8367fa5d34ea87c95a6e35176_JaffaCakes118.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2124	msdcsc.exe

Loads dropped DLL 2 IoCs

pid	Process
2288	7719d0e8367fa5d34ea87c95a6e35176_JaffaCakes118.exe
2288	7719d0e8367fa5d34ea87c95a6e35176_JaffaCakes118.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-1-5-21-3290804112-2823094203-3137964600-1000\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\MicroUpdate = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\Documents\\MSDCSC\\msdcsc.exe"	7719d0e8367fa5d34ea87c95a6e35176_JaffaCakes118.exe

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 2 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	7719d0e8367fa5d34ea87c95a6e35176_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	msdcsc.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 46 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeIncreaseQuotaPrivilege	2288	7719d0e8367fa5d34ea87c95a6e35176_JaffaCakes118.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	2288	7719d0e8367fa5d34ea87c95a6e35176_JaffaCakes118.exe
Token: SeTakeOwnershipPrivilege	2288	7719d0e8367fa5d34ea87c95a6e35176_JaffaCakes118.exe
Token: SeLoadDriverPrivilege	2288	7719d0e8367fa5d34ea87c95a6e35176_JaffaCakes118.exe
Token: SeSystemProfilePrivilege	2288	7719d0e8367fa5d34ea87c95a6e35176_JaffaCakes118.exe
Token: SeSystemtimePrivilege	2288	7719d0e8367fa5d34ea87c95a6e35176_JaffaCakes118.exe
Token: SeProfSingleProcessPrivilege	2288	7719d0e8367fa5d34ea87c95a6e35176_JaffaCakes118.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2288	7719d0e8367fa5d34ea87c95a6e35176_JaffaCakes118.exe
Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege	2288	7719d0e8367fa5d34ea87c95a6e35176_JaffaCakes118.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	2288	7719d0e8367fa5d34ea87c95a6e35176_JaffaCakes118.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	2288	7719d0e8367fa5d34ea87c95a6e35176_JaffaCakes118.exe
Token: SeShutdownPrivilege	2288	7719d0e8367fa5d34ea87c95a6e35176_JaffaCakes118.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2288	7719d0e8367fa5d34ea87c95a6e35176_JaffaCakes118.exe
Token: SeSystemEnvironmentPrivilege	2288	7719d0e8367fa5d34ea87c95a6e35176_JaffaCakes118.exe
Token: SeChangeNotifyPrivilege	2288	7719d0e8367fa5d34ea87c95a6e35176_JaffaCakes118.exe
Token: SeRemoteShutdownPrivilege	2288	7719d0e8367fa5d34ea87c95a6e35176_JaffaCakes118.exe
Token: SeUndockPrivilege	2288	7719d0e8367fa5d34ea87c95a6e35176_JaffaCakes118.exe
Token: SeManageVolumePrivilege	2288	7719d0e8367fa5d34ea87c95a6e35176_JaffaCakes118.exe
Token: SeImpersonatePrivilege	2288	7719d0e8367fa5d34ea87c95a6e35176_JaffaCakes118.exe
Token: SeCreateGlobalPrivilege	2288	7719d0e8367fa5d34ea87c95a6e35176_JaffaCakes118.exe
Token: 33	2288	7719d0e8367fa5d34ea87c95a6e35176_JaffaCakes118.exe
Token: 34	2288	7719d0e8367fa5d34ea87c95a6e35176_JaffaCakes118.exe
Token: 35	2288	7719d0e8367fa5d34ea87c95a6e35176_JaffaCakes118.exe
Token: SeIncreaseQuotaPrivilege	2124	msdcsc.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	2124	msdcsc.exe
Token: SeTakeOwnershipPrivilege	2124	msdcsc.exe
Token: SeLoadDriverPrivilege	2124	msdcsc.exe
Token: SeSystemProfilePrivilege	2124	msdcsc.exe
Token: SeSystemtimePrivilege	2124	msdcsc.exe
Token: SeProfSingleProcessPrivilege	2124	msdcsc.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2124	msdcsc.exe
Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege	2124	msdcsc.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	2124	msdcsc.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	2124	msdcsc.exe
Token: SeShutdownPrivilege	2124	msdcsc.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2124	msdcsc.exe
Token: SeSystemEnvironmentPrivilege	2124	msdcsc.exe
Token: SeChangeNotifyPrivilege	2124	msdcsc.exe
Token: SeRemoteShutdownPrivilege	2124	msdcsc.exe
Token: SeUndockPrivilege	2124	msdcsc.exe
Token: SeManageVolumePrivilege	2124	msdcsc.exe
Token: SeImpersonatePrivilege	2124	msdcsc.exe
Token: SeCreateGlobalPrivilege	2124	msdcsc.exe
Token: 33	2124	msdcsc.exe
Token: 34	2124	msdcsc.exe
Token: 35	2124	msdcsc.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2124	msdcsc.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2288 wrote to memory of 2124	2288	7719d0e8367fa5d34ea87c95a6e35176_JaffaCakes118.exe	28
PID 2288 wrote to memory of 2124	2288	7719d0e8367fa5d34ea87c95a6e35176_JaffaCakes118.exe	28
PID 2288 wrote to memory of 2124	2288	7719d0e8367fa5d34ea87c95a6e35176_JaffaCakes118.exe	28
PID 2288 wrote to memory of 2124	2288	7719d0e8367fa5d34ea87c95a6e35176_JaffaCakes118.exe	28

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7719d0e8367fa5d34ea87c95a6e35176_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7719d0e8367fa5d34ea87c95a6e35176_JaffaCakes118.exe"
1⤵
- Modifies WinLogon for persistence
- Loads dropped DLL
- Adds Run key to start application
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2288
- C:\Users\Admin\Documents\MSDCSC\msdcsc.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\Documents\MSDCSC\msdcsc.exe"
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
  PID:2124

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

Winlogon Helper DLL

T1547.004

Privilege Escalation

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Winlogon Helper DLL

T1547.004

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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C:\Users\Admin\Documents\MSDCSC\msdcsc.exe

Filesize
1.3MB

MD5
7719d0e8367fa5d34ea87c95a6e35176

SHA1
f50ac4008a870554cd036486aacef41dcd00bda9

SHA256
ce1c536950fd9e6b41e6b13db2c1ecb1b67e78097202257a960ac42b184ed2f7

SHA512
a5bf46d98e024fb11ff92ac534cb96a0df81888d41afa16aff339563f20ee1fe9892791ae2c6f71e47aef2fe0d81ba41405a648163927ec7795025c456cfecf7

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memory/2124-18-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000556000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.3MB

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memory/2124-17-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000556000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.3MB

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memory/2124-13-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000556000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.3MB

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memory/2124-14-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000556000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.3MB

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memory/2124-19-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000556000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.3MB

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memory/2124-16-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000556000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.3MB

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memory/2124-26-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000556000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.3MB

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memory/2124-25-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000556000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.3MB

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memory/2124-15-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000556000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.3MB

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memory/2124-20-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000556000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.3MB

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memory/2124-21-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000556000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.3MB

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memory/2124-22-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000556000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.3MB

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memory/2124-23-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000556000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.3MB

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memory/2124-24-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000556000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.3MB

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memory/2288-0-0x0000000000270000-0x0000000000271000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2288-12-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000556000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.3MB

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Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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