Analysis

  • max time kernel
    138s
  • max time network
    142s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20241007-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20241007-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
  • submitted
    05-11-2024 03:59

General

  • Target

    9615f26aefd8a273a4f87f28f88306238f06960ff560b75a9c1f8cd1d7910462.exe

  • Size

    1.8MB

  • MD5

    8fe4d765052f33ee206babd50ecebff4

  • SHA1

    626ed36cc72ed374334c868a5d2471cd1d70e9ef

  • SHA256

    9615f26aefd8a273a4f87f28f88306238f06960ff560b75a9c1f8cd1d7910462

  • SHA512

    5a41dbc6ead37caa5de7c3110378fc1357954a6b02b50eea6d82ff2685962536090e2e6e75a83ab321aa14a04a50f31c92290ace854bd45bc4c5913a1e1a7210

  • SSDEEP

    49152:IBJS5y9ltNK+s0am17m5uSTRhNCYX1xoUQ/Ui5zbf2qmOK:ywGls0amCyN5zbf7jK

Malware Config

Signatures

  • DcRat

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

  • Dcrat family
  • Modifies WinLogon for persistence 2 TTPs 6 IoCs
  • Process spawned unexpected child process 18 IoCs

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

  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 3 IoCs

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

  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 12 IoCs
  • Drops file in System32 directory 2 IoCs
  • Drops file in Program Files directory 4 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 3 IoCs

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

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

    Adversaries may check for Internet connectivity on compromised systems.

  • Modifies registry class 2 IoCs
  • Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 18 IoCs

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

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 18 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\9615f26aefd8a273a4f87f28f88306238f06960ff560b75a9c1f8cd1d7910462.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\9615f26aefd8a273a4f87f28f88306238f06960ff560b75a9c1f8cd1d7910462.exe"
    1⤵
    • Checks computer location settings
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Modifies registry class
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4772
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WScript.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\WScript.exe" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\msSurrogateProvidercomponentPerf\jkOicXdQzIcV9is8cWaVy6nJ.vbe"
      2⤵
      • Checks computer location settings
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3968
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c ""C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\msSurrogateProvidercomponentPerf\wAdFTqpCaV8zL9PLLEPDNQlrlvWhrY.bat" "
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:3532
        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\msSurrogateProvidercomponentPerf\MsRefHost.exe
          "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\msSurrogateProvidercomponentPerf/MsRefHost.exe"
          4⤵
          • Modifies WinLogon for persistence
          • Checks computer location settings
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • Adds Run key to start application
          • 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:1468
          • C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\csc.exe
            "C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\csc.exe" /noconfig /fullpaths @"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ylmjyyss\ylmjyyss.cmdline"
            5⤵
            • Drops file in System32 directory
            • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
            PID:1936
            • C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\cvtres.exe
              C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\cvtres.exe /NOLOGO /READONLY /MACHINE:IX86 "/OUT:C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\RESB0B2.tmp" "c:\Windows\System32\CSCB7606ED5BFA54835834AEEB8DB87F28E.TMP"
              6⤵
                PID:3908
            • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
              "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\faltEFKk0g.bat"
              5⤵
              • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
              PID:3856
              • C:\Windows\system32\chcp.com
                chcp 65001
                6⤵
                  PID:4556
                • C:\Windows\system32\PING.EXE
                  ping -n 10 localhost
                  6⤵
                  • System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
                  • Runs ping.exe
                  PID:1108
      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
        schtasks.exe /create /tn "TextInputHostT" /sc MINUTE /mo 11 /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\TextInputHost.exe'" /f
        1⤵
        • Process spawned unexpected child process
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:1500
      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
        schtasks.exe /create /tn "TextInputHost" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\TextInputHost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
        1⤵
        • Process spawned unexpected child process
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:3600
      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
        schtasks.exe /create /tn "TextInputHostT" /sc MINUTE /mo 10 /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\TextInputHost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
        1⤵
        • Process spawned unexpected child process
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:3204
      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
        schtasks.exe /create /tn "StartMenuExperienceHostS" /sc MINUTE /mo 14 /tr "'C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\StartMenuExperienceHost.exe'" /f
        1⤵
        • Process spawned unexpected child process
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:212
      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
        schtasks.exe /create /tn "StartMenuExperienceHost" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\StartMenuExperienceHost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
        1⤵
        • Process spawned unexpected child process
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:1880
      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
        schtasks.exe /create /tn "StartMenuExperienceHostS" /sc MINUTE /mo 12 /tr "'C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\StartMenuExperienceHost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
        1⤵
        • Process spawned unexpected child process
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:2680
      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
        schtasks.exe /create /tn "dwmd" /sc MINUTE /mo 10 /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\it-IT\dwm.exe'" /f
        1⤵
        • Process spawned unexpected child process
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:4540
      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
        schtasks.exe /create /tn "dwm" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\it-IT\dwm.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
        1⤵
        • Process spawned unexpected child process
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:1272
      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
        schtasks.exe /create /tn "dwmd" /sc MINUTE /mo 10 /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\it-IT\dwm.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
        1⤵
        • Process spawned unexpected child process
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:1852
      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
        schtasks.exe /create /tn "SppExtComObjS" /sc MINUTE /mo 9 /tr "'C:\Windows\Registration\CRMLog\SppExtComObj.exe'" /f
        1⤵
        • Process spawned unexpected child process
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:3660
      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
        schtasks.exe /create /tn "SppExtComObj" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Windows\Registration\CRMLog\SppExtComObj.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
        1⤵
        • Process spawned unexpected child process
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:4796
      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
        schtasks.exe /create /tn "SppExtComObjS" /sc MINUTE /mo 5 /tr "'C:\Windows\Registration\CRMLog\SppExtComObj.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
        1⤵
        • Process spawned unexpected child process
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:464
      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
        schtasks.exe /create /tn "dwmd" /sc MINUTE /mo 13 /tr "'C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\dwm.exe'" /f
        1⤵
        • Process spawned unexpected child process
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:1796
      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
        schtasks.exe /create /tn "dwm" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\dwm.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
        1⤵
        • Process spawned unexpected child process
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:876
      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
        schtasks.exe /create /tn "dwmd" /sc MINUTE /mo 7 /tr "'C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\dwm.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
        1⤵
        • Process spawned unexpected child process
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:1056
      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
        schtasks.exe /create /tn "MsRefHostM" /sc MINUTE /mo 14 /tr "'C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\msSurrogateProvidercomponentPerf\MsRefHost.exe'" /f
        1⤵
        • Process spawned unexpected child process
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:1192
      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
        schtasks.exe /create /tn "MsRefHost" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\msSurrogateProvidercomponentPerf\MsRefHost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
        1⤵
        • Process spawned unexpected child process
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:4508
      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
        schtasks.exe /create /tn "MsRefHostM" /sc MINUTE /mo 13 /tr "'C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\msSurrogateProvidercomponentPerf\MsRefHost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
        1⤵
        • Process spawned unexpected child process
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:316

      Network

      MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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      Downloads

      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\RESB0B2.tmp

        Filesize

        1KB

        MD5

        af8137b61b2fe18356b4599b33a7343d

        SHA1

        33beb60f6a86963107fe7f3d76a7b2d8bfb328fc

        SHA256

        8a0c81af0b540f96564b6f625ccaffba63ccfefe58e853453f44afb19013f018

        SHA512

        2c93d2c85c83bf0bc2453e8b93fa2cafb2dca2ff3975b47aacbd0c39eb283f48637691cc9eaf302710d0d2e84e70df0adb7426851a69312ffeca69932e3d9810

      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\faltEFKk0g.bat

        Filesize

        175B

        MD5

        1e1e9571a872886c5e121d5544ec7dca

        SHA1

        a15f5f54018455bfc38f345895f5fb5eede9ca62

        SHA256

        80b7fe14f4e62882fcd561f97b13e3a2a502ec2ba5231bd32a2f087c512e2983

        SHA512

        3fe38dcfeab7b6680c874b063a428b014e4b6c4f276011be3b1308d0a5af7def21c4a927176fdc210a6e5085ef4a533f78beeb018d54b0689c4cc432b0905ba3

      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\msSurrogateProvidercomponentPerf\MsRefHost.exe

        Filesize

        1.9MB

        MD5

        8f4b5051db276e30641cd63fac01a982

        SHA1

        2da38a070be557014c57d314211f6236470aca37

        SHA256

        5864cdafd1e3c62524dd7ec715b055e11a3ace3f586d575a2c2f5f9c4f096553

        SHA512

        db77eb1df5aa539bb55ae9c6936c40f7e6d5b9b53e2c7e0c84c2d6df91f541cbdfef92675b45e5e7bb804b8998482970ff92f793e63ad2f9754d43bfab60bfa2

      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\msSurrogateProvidercomponentPerf\jkOicXdQzIcV9is8cWaVy6nJ.vbe

        Filesize

        247B

        MD5

        299cb1e8030c59ea61c25d77663d93ce

        SHA1

        47ed6fb489f8e725a2a25ff2de2f769f8c010ca9

        SHA256

        c21646d405045a3684859964fb3a6bab60be39d07ef509902baa267fb3735d60

        SHA512

        121da7ee97dbc5ea1aed2b95acd2b9869783851bf1f267e97dd9ae25d0ad2819eccb8618108d8adb745a4baed59de9eb5da4c2c132659219f5689f03302bcb08

      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\msSurrogateProvidercomponentPerf\wAdFTqpCaV8zL9PLLEPDNQlrlvWhrY.bat

        Filesize

        111B

        MD5

        7570b030d6165dbe5710aea256bc5fb0

        SHA1

        f748ac754c02cebb69b874e6c2b7c8dd51bfa43c

        SHA256

        5a7151908f5167f6be21b2518d8d825dc3f13e4fcc0e1b7ea4931669d28ef3e7

        SHA512

        64ba0ebacbc47fa0a7dc3efd361e89d24d7df343548ad337da0d2f4333e37a5ff208fc0d6f3c197d8e944d38cd4029f13f34b01e8a2adb63baea16dcedcd3ade

      • \??\c:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ylmjyyss\ylmjyyss.0.cs

        Filesize

        378B

        MD5

        98125938b01573bd87e3ee6526aea01d

        SHA1

        f5b7bff19c89d92323cc33d38774fd51f548752e

        SHA256

        c5c58b932b2694b27c149c00252b2385b8ae6679b0075a54f7d70f69b34e59e0

        SHA512

        0c5a0cb6be72794fdc4cd40b929d41a54b76964e740bb8af722e3bca324201279ae08d7c82450fee9f15bab7f5a02e1bd2f327fee0699169a42cd80bb31ae7be

      • \??\c:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ylmjyyss\ylmjyyss.cmdline

        Filesize

        235B

        MD5

        471808fe9f9cc256b48b97797ad18a94

        SHA1

        2c9681bacb1ee360053c27c89081bfa900598485

        SHA256

        d4d12d528a5088bc1c63dbc340fa815d8bd2a8f352a534723048a31ead4e1ffa

        SHA512

        334b8cf8acb85a417d8c10773002805c1d9211e357df80a611d18c0f746afff725f658bcaeb9cdd4a91fdd522c65fe371020c7ca413e63c900e394d1fc403224

      • \??\c:\Windows\System32\CSCB7606ED5BFA54835834AEEB8DB87F28E.TMP

        Filesize

        1KB

        MD5

        5984679060d0fc54eba47cead995f65a

        SHA1

        f72bbbba060ac80ac6abedc7b8679e8963f63ebf

        SHA256

        4104fdf5499f0aa7dd161568257acae002620ec385f2ede2072d4f550ecff433

        SHA512

        bc8aadfabe5dbb4e3ea5e07a5ccbddd363400005675acda3e9cb414dc75fb0ba74f41b4a6baf34d42f85a9ae0af7d2418420c78b0c643f7243fe93a49b8140b5

      • memory/1468-20-0x0000000002C00000-0x0000000002C18000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        96KB

      • memory/1468-22-0x0000000002C20000-0x0000000002C32000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        72KB

      • memory/1468-23-0x000000001C130000-0x000000001C658000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        5.2MB

      • memory/1468-25-0x00000000012F0000-0x00000000012FE000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        56KB

      • memory/1468-27-0x0000000001300000-0x000000000130C000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        48KB

      • memory/1468-18-0x000000001B560000-0x000000001B5B0000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        320KB

      • memory/1468-17-0x0000000002BE0000-0x0000000002BFC000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        112KB

      • memory/1468-15-0x00000000012A0000-0x00000000012AE000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        56KB

      • memory/1468-13-0x0000000000790000-0x0000000000984000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        2.0MB

      • memory/1468-12-0x00007FF813CE3000-0x00007FF813CE5000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        8KB