Analysis

  • max time kernel
    20s
  • max time network
    18s
  • platform
    windows7_x64
  • resource
    win7-20240729-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20240729-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
  • submitted
    03-11-2024 08:58

General

  • Target

    6932a63853e3107a6fc6aba076776ff370d6d79dc076e457eafcc5c6a2b2d9fdN.exe

  • Size

    784KB

  • MD5

    de823afda19d28d9868a69153f623070

  • SHA1

    9dc57b5bfd50f833432646b5a482e31801297b44

  • SHA256

    6932a63853e3107a6fc6aba076776ff370d6d79dc076e457eafcc5c6a2b2d9fd

  • SHA512

    10b5ced20ffb9082e211245eaf4a002dfab0faf5106f449719529f345be1f2b25a538cd61636d09d6b6326be575cc45c78a8a7c33a3c864f2c376e0996cf71c4

  • SSDEEP

    12288:eqnO8YpD1oOJp+Ce1PSiG2jfIBoI5DyDwYMDxFesH0ioBw7oKk2:e+ORToOWSi5gBoS4wYUJ0eo2

Malware Config

Signatures

  • DcRat 15 IoCs

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

  • Dcrat family
  • Process spawned unexpected child process 10 IoCs

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

  • UAC bypass 3 TTPs 6 IoCs
  • DCRat payload 4 IoCs

    Detects payload of DCRat, commonly dropped by NSIS installers.

  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 10 IoCs
  • Checks whether UAC is enabled 1 TTPs 4 IoCs
  • Drops file in System32 directory 17 IoCs
  • Drops file in Program Files directory 3 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 7 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 10 IoCs

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

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 23 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 12 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\6932a63853e3107a6fc6aba076776ff370d6d79dc076e457eafcc5c6a2b2d9fdN.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\6932a63853e3107a6fc6aba076776ff370d6d79dc076e457eafcc5c6a2b2d9fdN.exe"
    1⤵
    • DcRat
    • UAC bypass
    • Adds Run key to start application
    • Checks whether UAC is enabled
    • Drops file in System32 directory
    • Drops file in Windows directory
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    • System policy modification
    PID:2548
    • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\VszE6iO6j6.bat"
      2⤵
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:1820
      • C:\Windows\system32\w32tm.exe
        w32tm /stripchart /computer:localhost /period:5 /dataonly /samples:2
        3⤵
          PID:1556
        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\6932a63853e3107a6fc6aba076776ff370d6d79dc076e457eafcc5c6a2b2d9fdN.exe
          "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\6932a63853e3107a6fc6aba076776ff370d6d79dc076e457eafcc5c6a2b2d9fdN.exe"
          3⤵
          • UAC bypass
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • Adds Run key to start application
          • Checks whether UAC is enabled
          • Drops file in System32 directory
          • 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:2644
          • C:\Windows\System32\profprov\taskhost.exe
            "C:\Windows\System32\profprov\taskhost.exe"
            4⤵
            • Executes dropped EXE
            • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
            PID:1672
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "lsm" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Windows\System32\nltest\lsm.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • DcRat
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2856
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "spoolsv" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Documents and Settings\spoolsv.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • DcRat
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2608
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "dwm" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Windows\System32\wlaninst\dwm.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • DcRat
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2768
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "explorer" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Windows\setupact\explorer.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • DcRat
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2656
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "dllhost" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\MSOCache\All Users\{90140000-0018-0409-0000-0000000FF1CE}-C\dllhost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • DcRat
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:580
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "taskhost" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Program Files\Windows Defender\ja-JP\taskhost.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 "taskhost" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Windows\System32\profprov\taskhost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • DcRat
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:544
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "dllhost" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Windows\TAPI\dllhost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • DcRat
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2556
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "services" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Windows\System32\RegisterIEPKEYs\services.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • DcRat
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:344
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "taskhost" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Windows\System32\KBDMON\taskhost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • DcRat
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2296

    Network

    MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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    Downloads

    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\VszE6iO6j6.bat

      Filesize

      267B

      MD5

      26a5d99f1fff82e1e24a1ce0a4998b75

      SHA1

      f36795fa533d92b5d240319a34fc7cb4272735c1

      SHA256

      e223b7ed325e30b959e35070bd50336ca05c338f89fa93852aba9bdf46b62b4a

      SHA512

      139e68dea9a45ee57150f3aa3cb503265041d36cad11edc55c02d57cba9f43ef41a9b1dd01b174ff3adb6a8fffbf478d148a023bafe333238050de230715ed0d

    • C:\Windows\System32\nltest\lsm.exe

      Filesize

      784KB

      MD5

      de823afda19d28d9868a69153f623070

      SHA1

      9dc57b5bfd50f833432646b5a482e31801297b44

      SHA256

      6932a63853e3107a6fc6aba076776ff370d6d79dc076e457eafcc5c6a2b2d9fd

      SHA512

      10b5ced20ffb9082e211245eaf4a002dfab0faf5106f449719529f345be1f2b25a538cd61636d09d6b6326be575cc45c78a8a7c33a3c864f2c376e0996cf71c4

    • memory/1672-103-0x00000000012E0000-0x00000000013AA000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      808KB

    • memory/2548-8-0x00000000004C0000-0x00000000004CA000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      40KB

    • memory/2548-7-0x00000000004A0000-0x00000000004AC000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      48KB

    • memory/2548-17-0x0000000000B60000-0x0000000000B68000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      32KB

    • memory/2548-6-0x00000000003F0000-0x00000000003F8000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      32KB

    • memory/2548-18-0x00000000004D0000-0x00000000004D8000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      32KB

    • memory/2548-0-0x000007FEF5643000-0x000007FEF5644000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      4KB

    • memory/2548-9-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040A000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      40KB

    • memory/2548-10-0x0000000000B10000-0x0000000000B18000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      32KB

    • memory/2548-11-0x0000000000B20000-0x0000000000B28000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      32KB

    • memory/2548-12-0x0000000000410000-0x0000000000418000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      32KB

    • memory/2548-13-0x00000000004B0000-0x00000000004B8000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      32KB

    • memory/2548-19-0x0000000000BA0000-0x0000000000BA8000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      32KB

    • memory/2548-15-0x0000000000B90000-0x0000000000B98000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      32KB

    • memory/2548-16-0x0000000000B40000-0x0000000000B48000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      32KB

    • memory/2548-5-0x00000000003E0000-0x00000000003F0000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      64KB

    • memory/2548-4-0x00000000003D0000-0x00000000003D8000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      32KB

    • memory/2548-14-0x0000000000B50000-0x0000000000B58000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      32KB

    • memory/2548-20-0x0000000000BC0000-0x0000000000BC8000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      32KB

    • memory/2548-21-0x0000000000B00000-0x0000000000B0C000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      48KB

    • memory/2548-22-0x0000000000B30000-0x0000000000B38000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      32KB

    • memory/2548-25-0x000007FEF5640000-0x000007FEF602C000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      9.9MB

    • memory/2548-3-0x0000000000140000-0x0000000000148000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      32KB

    • memory/2548-41-0x000007FEF5640000-0x000007FEF602C000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      9.9MB

    • memory/2548-56-0x000007FEF5640000-0x000007FEF602C000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      9.9MB

    • memory/2548-67-0x000007FEF5640000-0x000007FEF602C000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      9.9MB

    • memory/2548-2-0x000007FEF5640000-0x000007FEF602C000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      9.9MB

    • memory/2548-70-0x000007FEF5640000-0x000007FEF602C000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      9.9MB

    • memory/2548-1-0x0000000000CD0000-0x0000000000D9A000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      808KB

    • memory/2644-72-0x0000000000E00000-0x0000000000ECA000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      808KB