Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    151s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20241007-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20241007-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
  • submitted
    30/10/2024, 21:31

General

  • Target
    6C5F6433BAE4CBF3DC2D1FD40B716B08.exe
  • Size 3.5MB
  • Sample241030-1dc4fssqfr
  • SHA256 9bcfa4a19be080565caf27f4ea1bc691c124601bb120aac4ca55802593af400a
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

Malware Config

Signatures

  • DcRat

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

  • Dcrat family
  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 13 IoCs

    Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.

  • Executes dropped EXE 12 IoCs
  • Drops file in Program Files directory 5 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 2 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery 1 TTPs 7 IoCs

    Adversaries may check for Internet connectivity on compromised systems.

  • Modifies registry class 13 IoCs
  • Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 7 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 13 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 64 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\6C5F6433BAE4CBF3DC2D1FD40B716B08.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\6C5F6433BAE4CBF3DC2D1FD40B716B08.exe"
    1⤵
    • Checks computer location settings
    • Drops file in Program Files directory
    • Drops file in Windows directory
    • Modifies registry class
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2012
    • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\0Y1E5iSZDr.bat"
      2⤵
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:5076
      • C:\Windows\system32\chcp.com
        chcp 65001
        3⤵
          PID:3808
        • C:\Windows\system32\PING.EXE
          ping -n 10 localhost
          3⤵
          • System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
          • Runs ping.exe
          PID:3828
        • C:\Users\Default User\smss.exe
          "C:\Users\Default User\smss.exe"
          3⤵
          • Checks computer location settings
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • Modifies registry class
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:3632
          • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
            "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\TtX0d4fx4d.bat"
            4⤵
            • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
            PID:4960
            • C:\Windows\system32\chcp.com
              chcp 65001
              5⤵
                PID:3216
              • C:\Windows\system32\w32tm.exe
                w32tm /stripchart /computer:localhost /period:5 /dataonly /samples:2
                5⤵
                  PID:4824
                • C:\Users\Default User\smss.exe
                  "C:\Users\Default User\smss.exe"
                  5⤵
                  • Checks computer location settings
                  • Executes dropped EXE
                  • Modifies registry class
                  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
                  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                  PID:4384
                  • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
                    "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\czppXKEUSU.bat"
                    6⤵
                    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                    PID:1036
                    • C:\Windows\system32\chcp.com
                      chcp 65001
                      7⤵
                        PID:4120
                      • C:\Windows\system32\w32tm.exe
                        w32tm /stripchart /computer:localhost /period:5 /dataonly /samples:2
                        7⤵
                          PID:4744
                        • C:\Users\Default User\smss.exe
                          "C:\Users\Default User\smss.exe"
                          7⤵
                          • Checks computer location settings
                          • Executes dropped EXE
                          • Modifies registry class
                          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
                          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                          PID:1408
                          • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
                            "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\xDZppRkgYb.bat"
                            8⤵
                            • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                            PID:3100
                            • C:\Windows\system32\chcp.com
                              chcp 65001
                              9⤵
                                PID:2948
                              • C:\Windows\system32\w32tm.exe
                                w32tm /stripchart /computer:localhost /period:5 /dataonly /samples:2
                                9⤵
                                  PID:4440
                                • C:\Users\Default User\smss.exe
                                  "C:\Users\Default User\smss.exe"
                                  9⤵
                                  • Checks computer location settings
                                  • Executes dropped EXE
                                  • Modifies registry class
                                  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
                                  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                                  PID:1468
                                  • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
                                    "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\FxfZ91HAHt.bat"
                                    10⤵
                                    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                                    PID:4844
                                    • C:\Windows\system32\chcp.com
                                      chcp 65001
                                      11⤵
                                        PID:1732
                                      • C:\Windows\system32\PING.EXE
                                        ping -n 10 localhost
                                        11⤵
                                        • System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
                                        • Runs ping.exe
                                        PID:1000
                                      • C:\Users\Default User\smss.exe
                                        "C:\Users\Default User\smss.exe"
                                        11⤵
                                        • Checks computer location settings
                                        • Executes dropped EXE
                                        • Modifies registry class
                                        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
                                        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                                        PID:1976
                                        • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
                                          "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\kPncStCbb0.bat"
                                          12⤵
                                          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                                          PID:4876
                                          • C:\Windows\system32\chcp.com
                                            chcp 65001
                                            13⤵
                                              PID:1776
                                            • C:\Windows\system32\w32tm.exe
                                              w32tm /stripchart /computer:localhost /period:5 /dataonly /samples:2
                                              13⤵
                                                PID:4168
                                              • C:\Users\Default User\smss.exe
                                                "C:\Users\Default User\smss.exe"
                                                13⤵
                                                • Checks computer location settings
                                                • Executes dropped EXE
                                                • Modifies registry class
                                                • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
                                                • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                                                PID:220
                                                • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
                                                  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\bkzh3ZFdGZ.bat"
                                                  14⤵
                                                  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                                                  PID:3152
                                                  • C:\Windows\system32\chcp.com
                                                    chcp 65001
                                                    15⤵
                                                      PID:1164
                                                    • C:\Windows\system32\PING.EXE
                                                      ping -n 10 localhost
                                                      15⤵
                                                      • System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
                                                      • Runs ping.exe
                                                      PID:2536
                                                    • C:\Users\Default User\smss.exe
                                                      "C:\Users\Default User\smss.exe"
                                                      15⤵
                                                      • Checks computer location settings
                                                      • Executes dropped EXE
                                                      • Modifies registry class
                                                      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
                                                      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                                                      PID:4928
                                                      • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
                                                        "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\HRKp7XGsej.bat"
                                                        16⤵
                                                        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                                                        PID:2800
                                                        • C:\Windows\system32\chcp.com
                                                          chcp 65001
                                                          17⤵
                                                            PID:1916
                                                          • C:\Windows\system32\PING.EXE
                                                            ping -n 10 localhost
                                                            17⤵
                                                            • System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
                                                            • Runs ping.exe
                                                            PID:3316
                                                          • C:\Users\Default User\smss.exe
                                                            "C:\Users\Default User\smss.exe"
                                                            17⤵
                                                            • Checks computer location settings
                                                            • Executes dropped EXE
                                                            • Modifies registry class
                                                            • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
                                                            PID:4596
                                                            • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
                                                              "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\NiOMBGhh72.bat"
                                                              18⤵
                                                                PID:2948
                                                                • C:\Windows\system32\chcp.com
                                                                  chcp 65001
                                                                  19⤵
                                                                    PID:4472
                                                                  • C:\Windows\system32\w32tm.exe
                                                                    w32tm /stripchart /computer:localhost /period:5 /dataonly /samples:2
                                                                    19⤵
                                                                      PID:436
                                                                    • C:\Users\Default User\smss.exe
                                                                      "C:\Users\Default User\smss.exe"
                                                                      19⤵
                                                                      • Checks computer location settings
                                                                      • Executes dropped EXE
                                                                      • Modifies registry class
                                                                      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
                                                                      PID:2280
                                                                      • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
                                                                        "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\b5cCzjWvuk.bat"
                                                                        20⤵
                                                                          PID:4468
                                                                          • C:\Windows\system32\chcp.com
                                                                            chcp 65001
                                                                            21⤵
                                                                              PID:3336
                                                                            • C:\Windows\system32\PING.EXE
                                                                              ping -n 10 localhost
                                                                              21⤵
                                                                              • System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
                                                                              • Runs ping.exe
                                                                              PID:5112
                                                                            • C:\Users\Default User\smss.exe
                                                                              "C:\Users\Default User\smss.exe"
                                                                              21⤵
                                                                              • Checks computer location settings
                                                                              • Executes dropped EXE
                                                                              • Modifies registry class
                                                                              • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
                                                                              PID:744
                                                                              • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
                                                                                "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tV5RM9l7zq.bat"
                                                                                22⤵
                                                                                  PID:1872
                                                                                  • C:\Windows\system32\chcp.com
                                                                                    chcp 65001
                                                                                    23⤵
                                                                                      PID:3848
                                                                                    • C:\Windows\system32\PING.EXE
                                                                                      ping -n 10 localhost
                                                                                      23⤵
                                                                                      • System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
                                                                                      • Runs ping.exe
                                                                                      PID:3920
                                                                                    • C:\Users\Default User\smss.exe
                                                                                      "C:\Users\Default User\smss.exe"
                                                                                      23⤵
                                                                                      • Checks computer location settings
                                                                                      • Executes dropped EXE
                                                                                      • Modifies registry class
                                                                                      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
                                                                                      PID:1084
                                                                                      • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
                                                                                        "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\czppXKEUSU.bat"
                                                                                        24⤵
                                                                                          PID:5040
                                                                                          • C:\Windows\system32\chcp.com
                                                                                            chcp 65001
                                                                                            25⤵
                                                                                              PID:4608
                                                                                            • C:\Windows\system32\w32tm.exe
                                                                                              w32tm /stripchart /computer:localhost /period:5 /dataonly /samples:2
                                                                                              25⤵
                                                                                                PID:832
                                                                                              • C:\Users\Default User\smss.exe
                                                                                                "C:\Users\Default User\smss.exe"
                                                                                                25⤵
                                                                                                • Checks computer location settings
                                                                                                • Executes dropped EXE
                                                                                                • Modifies registry class
                                                                                                • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
                                                                                                PID:5080
                                                                                                • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
                                                                                                  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JKWSf9zRCT.bat"
                                                                                                  26⤵
                                                                                                    PID:3596
                                                                                                    • C:\Windows\system32\chcp.com
                                                                                                      chcp 65001
                                                                                                      27⤵
                                                                                                        PID:632
                                                                                                      • C:\Windows\system32\PING.EXE
                                                                                                        ping -n 10 localhost
                                                                                                        27⤵
                                                                                                        • System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
                                                                                                        • Runs ping.exe
                                                                                                        PID:4072

                                                  Network

                                                        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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                                                        Downloads

                                                        smss.exe.log

                                                        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0\UsageLogs\smss.exe.log
                                                        • Size 1KB
                                                        • SHA256 c45f52a36b283b46aae313b5a4fcbfbfb67b3c5ac4ee3ecd921087ddadb691a1
                                                        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                                                        0Y1E5iSZDr.bat

                                                        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\0Y1E5iSZDr.bat
                                                        • Size 158B
                                                        • SHA256 2ffe99f32a47660e711c0994ccc967dbaca5592341a10568ece606cf7a49453d
                                                        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                                                        FxfZ91HAHt.bat

                                                        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\FxfZ91HAHt.bat
                                                        • Size 158B
                                                        • SHA256 911f667c5fbdbad2655e16342af1a87a75e9a89eae42c767cf528c8ff969e832
                                                        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                                                        HRKp7XGsej.bat

                                                        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\HRKp7XGsej.bat
                                                        • Size 158B
                                                        • SHA256 98a7e61978f8d00a6909a322090233eb93d0f69798e0e046f8de93a2537978e4
                                                        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                                                        JKWSf9zRCT.bat

                                                        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JKWSf9zRCT.bat
                                                        • Size 158B
                                                        • SHA256 83d89e056bcaf85287330b83cf3295c5e2214ba4d387a2167c2248d9f7dd452b
                                                        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                                                        NiOMBGhh72.bat

                                                        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\NiOMBGhh72.bat
                                                        • Size 206B
                                                        • SHA256 1d4831f8e5767459737c31002361ae3d14823f991fb1cd1cfd462d6c640250d5
                                                        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                                                        TtX0d4fx4d.bat

                                                        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\TtX0d4fx4d.bat
                                                        • Size 206B
                                                        • SHA256 52c41c9a8e5c246ea1792437a3c9c82a8a94dc25c0d14d38679ebbe154f1c873
                                                        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                                                        b5cCzjWvuk.bat

                                                        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\b5cCzjWvuk.bat
                                                        • Size 158B
                                                        • SHA256 e36a0ccf266f433ba307838ebb81ca72f3a3867eaaffc24f56db016d89548bad
                                                        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                                                        bkzh3ZFdGZ.bat

                                                        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\bkzh3ZFdGZ.bat
                                                        • Size 158B
                                                        • SHA256 4ca6caf68fd7f1fe4d599d53b4a06f5e8cbde3fe2da47e2fa3f6d3741ecaecd8
                                                        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                                                        czppXKEUSU.bat

                                                        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\czppXKEUSU.bat
                                                        • Size 206B
                                                        • SHA256 c5598056b5da06e20c067709f2e1cffda7f97a9e197bf58f542e169d9c69ada6
                                                        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                                                        kPncStCbb0.bat

                                                        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\kPncStCbb0.bat
                                                        • Size 206B
                                                        • SHA256 f43e12be80829858ac280f7b8467db9ddae14803d6d396ddb12c053ef19fda64
                                                        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                                                        tV5RM9l7zq.bat

                                                        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tV5RM9l7zq.bat
                                                        • Size 158B
                                                        • SHA256 65aae31534db59628db88aea7b9b1410f4cf98b9f454b62b3fe1872d185c13b3
                                                        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                                                        xDZppRkgYb.bat

                                                        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\xDZppRkgYb.bat
                                                        • Size 206B
                                                        • SHA256 6e96592f32b3db286deb4dac30dfb9acb730746142ac85aa6b2bd33073b46afb
                                                        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                                                        wininit.exe

                                                        • Path C:\Windows\ShellExperiences\wininit.exe
                                                        • Size 3.5MB
                                                        • SHA256 9bcfa4a19be080565caf27f4ea1bc691c124601bb120aac4ca55802593af400a
                                                        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

                                                        memory/744-352-0x000000001F3A0000-0x000000001F549000-memory.dmp

                                                        memory/1084-380-0x000000001E760000-0x000000001E909000-memory.dmp

                                                        memory/2012-19-0x00000000028F0000-0x0000000002908000-memory.dmp

                                                        memory/2012-23-0x00000000028B0000-0x00000000028C0000-memory.dmp

                                                        memory/2012-28-0x000000001B430000-0x000000001B442000-memory.dmp

                                                        memory/2012-30-0x0000000002910000-0x0000000002920000-memory.dmp

                                                        memory/2012-33-0x000000001B470000-0x000000001B486000-memory.dmp

                                                        memory/2012-31-0x00007FF91EF00000-0x00007FF91F9C1000-memory.dmp

                                                        memory/2012-26-0x00007FF91EF00000-0x00007FF91F9C1000-memory.dmp

                                                        memory/2012-35-0x000000001B490000-0x000000001B4A2000-memory.dmp

                                                        memory/2012-36-0x00007FF91EF00000-0x00007FF91F9C1000-memory.dmp

                                                        memory/2012-37-0x000000001CE00000-0x000000001D328000-memory.dmp

                                                        memory/2012-40-0x00007FF91EF00000-0x00007FF91F9C1000-memory.dmp

                                                        memory/2012-39-0x0000000002920000-0x000000000292E000-memory.dmp

                                                        memory/2012-43-0x00007FF91EF00000-0x00007FF91F9C1000-memory.dmp

                                                        memory/2012-42-0x000000001B310000-0x000000001B320000-memory.dmp

                                                        memory/2012-45-0x000000001B450000-0x000000001B460000-memory.dmp

                                                        memory/2012-47-0x000000001C930000-0x000000001C98A000-memory.dmp

                                                        memory/2012-49-0x000000001B460000-0x000000001B46E000-memory.dmp

                                                        memory/2012-51-0x000000001B4B0000-0x000000001B4C0000-memory.dmp

                                                        memory/2012-53-0x000000001C8D0000-0x000000001C8DE000-memory.dmp

                                                        memory/2012-55-0x000000001C900000-0x000000001C918000-memory.dmp

                                                        memory/2012-57-0x000000001CBE0000-0x000000001CC2E000-memory.dmp

                                                        memory/2012-25-0x00000000028C0000-0x00000000028CE000-memory.dmp

                                                        memory/2012-74-0x00007FF91EF00000-0x00007FF91F9C1000-memory.dmp

                                                        memory/2012-21-0x0000000000FB0000-0x0000000000FC0000-memory.dmp

                                                        memory/2012-0-0x00007FF91EF03000-0x00007FF91EF05000-memory.dmp

                                                        memory/2012-17-0x0000000000E10000-0x0000000000E20000-memory.dmp

                                                        memory/2012-15-0x000000001C880000-0x000000001C8D0000-memory.dmp

                                                        memory/2012-14-0x00007FF91EF00000-0x00007FF91F9C1000-memory.dmp

                                                        memory/2012-13-0x00000000028D0000-0x00000000028EC000-memory.dmp

                                                        memory/2012-11-0x0000000000E00000-0x0000000000E0E000-memory.dmp

                                                        memory/2012-8-0x00007FF91EF00000-0x00007FF91F9C1000-memory.dmp

                                                        memory/2012-1-0x00000000002B0000-0x0000000000636000-memory.dmp

                                                        memory/2012-9-0x00007FF91EF00000-0x00007FF91F9C1000-memory.dmp

                                                        memory/2012-2-0x00007FF91EF00000-0x00007FF91F9C1000-memory.dmp

                                                        memory/2012-7-0x00007FF91EF00000-0x00007FF91F9C1000-memory.dmp

                                                        memory/2012-3-0x00007FF91EF00000-0x00007FF91F9C1000-memory.dmp

                                                        memory/2012-6-0x0000000002870000-0x0000000002896000-memory.dmp

                                                        memory/2012-4-0x00007FF91EF00000-0x00007FF91F9C1000-memory.dmp

                                                        memory/2280-324-0x000000001E8E0000-0x000000001EA89000-memory.dmp

                                                        memory/4596-296-0x000000001E360000-0x000000001E509000-memory.dmp

                                                        memory/4928-268-0x000000001E660000-0x000000001E809000-memory.dmp

                                                        memory/5080-408-0x000000001E400000-0x000000001E5A9000-memory.dmp