Analysis

  • max time kernel
    143s
  • max time network
    155s
  • platform
    windows7_x64
  • resource
    win7-20241010-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20241010-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
  • submitted
    07-11-2024 02:46

General

  • Target

    8b0b6f7ba3c1c98fdc17ceb74e37057793e104dc92aa4d4319d71411b3e56366.exe

  • Size

    1.6MB

  • MD5

    477db3de46b7779b63495a8bdb279f2c

  • SHA1

    77dc3f7d83728294c49298db82dd0e668adc3a73

  • SHA256

    8b0b6f7ba3c1c98fdc17ceb74e37057793e104dc92aa4d4319d71411b3e56366

  • SHA512

    4ac940fa7ce3c8a2a646639a5b00c5c8a1dcafcfba460782068446a321455cf5af10e1e6ae4e6753150beab7d2431a7c38192787b32c4e508b73f4b3ac843956

  • SSDEEP

    24576:/KEYWAa5pLMzdFGZWWs5cRtb6kMgmrmtXVdaNjTXf3qtzdzkkJj6:/p1JAz5cjb6k4cFdaNjTXfa/

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.

  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 6 IoCs

    Run Powershell to modify Windows Defender settings to add exclusions for file extensions, paths, and processes.

  • 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 3 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 2 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • 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 behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 8 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 36 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\8b0b6f7ba3c1c98fdc17ceb74e37057793e104dc92aa4d4319d71411b3e56366.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\8b0b6f7ba3c1c98fdc17ceb74e37057793e104dc92aa4d4319d71411b3e56366.exe"
    1⤵
    • Modifies WinLogon for persistence
    • Adds Run key to start application
    • Drops file in Program Files directory
    • Drops file in Windows directory
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2860
    • 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\yx1d3y15\yx1d3y15.cmdline"
      2⤵
      • Drops file in System32 directory
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:1972
      • 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\RES57B1.tmp" "c:\Windows\System32\CSC7D37CDC732D5497BAA5CAAD33ABA3120.TMP"
        3⤵
          PID:2336
      • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
        "powershell" -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\Recovery\31f19e42-8726-11ef-be9a-dab21757c799\dllhost.exe'
        2⤵
        • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:2452
      • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
        "powershell" -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\Windows\Web\winlogon.exe'
        2⤵
        • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:1912
      • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
        "powershell" -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\MSOCache\All Users\{90140000-0016-0409-0000-0000000FF1CE}-C\wininit.exe'
        2⤵
        • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:1896
      • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
        "powershell" -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\Users\All Users\Package Cache\{ef6b00ec-13e1-4c25-9064-b2f383cb8412}\System.exe'
        2⤵
        • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:2192
      • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
        "powershell" -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\Program Files\Windows Journal\dllhost.exe'
        2⤵
        • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:2200
      • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
        "powershell" -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\8b0b6f7ba3c1c98fdc17ceb74e37057793e104dc92aa4d4319d71411b3e56366.exe'
        2⤵
        • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:3060
      • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
        "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\BqTVbcFHTW.bat"
        2⤵
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:1592
        • C:\Windows\system32\chcp.com
          chcp 65001
          3⤵
            PID:2560
          • C:\Windows\system32\w32tm.exe
            w32tm /stripchart /computer:localhost /period:5 /dataonly /samples:2
            3⤵
              PID:1284
            • C:\Recovery\31f19e42-8726-11ef-be9a-dab21757c799\dllhost.exe
              "C:\Recovery\31f19e42-8726-11ef-be9a-dab21757c799\dllhost.exe"
              3⤵
              • Executes dropped EXE
              • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
              • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
              • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
              PID:2780
        • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
          schtasks.exe /create /tn "dllhostd" /sc MINUTE /mo 7 /tr "'C:\Recovery\31f19e42-8726-11ef-be9a-dab21757c799\dllhost.exe'" /f
          1⤵
          • Process spawned unexpected child process
          • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
          PID:2652
        • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
          schtasks.exe /create /tn "dllhost" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Recovery\31f19e42-8726-11ef-be9a-dab21757c799\dllhost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
          1⤵
          • Process spawned unexpected child process
          • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
          PID:2340
        • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
          schtasks.exe /create /tn "dllhostd" /sc MINUTE /mo 12 /tr "'C:\Recovery\31f19e42-8726-11ef-be9a-dab21757c799\dllhost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
          1⤵
          • Process spawned unexpected child process
          • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
          PID:2476
        • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
          schtasks.exe /create /tn "winlogonw" /sc MINUTE /mo 13 /tr "'C:\Windows\Web\winlogon.exe'" /f
          1⤵
          • Process spawned unexpected child process
          • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
          PID:2256
        • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
          schtasks.exe /create /tn "winlogon" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Windows\Web\winlogon.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
          1⤵
          • Process spawned unexpected child process
          • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
          PID:2496
        • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
          schtasks.exe /create /tn "winlogonw" /sc MINUTE /mo 10 /tr "'C:\Windows\Web\winlogon.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
          1⤵
          • Process spawned unexpected child process
          • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
          PID:1400
        • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
          schtasks.exe /create /tn "wininitw" /sc MINUTE /mo 12 /tr "'C:\MSOCache\All Users\{90140000-0016-0409-0000-0000000FF1CE}-C\wininit.exe'" /f
          1⤵
          • Process spawned unexpected child process
          • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
          PID:1448
        • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
          schtasks.exe /create /tn "wininit" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\MSOCache\All Users\{90140000-0016-0409-0000-0000000FF1CE}-C\wininit.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
          1⤵
          • Process spawned unexpected child process
          • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
          PID:2988
        • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
          schtasks.exe /create /tn "wininitw" /sc MINUTE /mo 10 /tr "'C:\MSOCache\All Users\{90140000-0016-0409-0000-0000000FF1CE}-C\wininit.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
          1⤵
          • Process spawned unexpected child process
          • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
          PID:1616
        • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
          schtasks.exe /create /tn "SystemS" /sc MINUTE /mo 7 /tr "'C:\Users\All Users\Package Cache\{ef6b00ec-13e1-4c25-9064-b2f383cb8412}\System.exe'" /f
          1⤵
          • Process spawned unexpected child process
          • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
          PID:2500
        • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
          schtasks.exe /create /tn "System" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Users\All Users\Package Cache\{ef6b00ec-13e1-4c25-9064-b2f383cb8412}\System.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
          1⤵
          • Process spawned unexpected child process
          • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
          PID:1640
        • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
          schtasks.exe /create /tn "SystemS" /sc MINUTE /mo 8 /tr "'C:\Users\All Users\Package Cache\{ef6b00ec-13e1-4c25-9064-b2f383cb8412}\System.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
          1⤵
          • Process spawned unexpected child process
          • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
          PID:2376
        • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
          schtasks.exe /create /tn "dllhostd" /sc MINUTE /mo 8 /tr "'C:\Program Files\Windows Journal\dllhost.exe'" /f
          1⤵
          • Process spawned unexpected child process
          • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
          PID:2984
        • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
          schtasks.exe /create /tn "dllhost" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Program Files\Windows Journal\dllhost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
          1⤵
          • Process spawned unexpected child process
          • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
          PID:1148
        • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
          schtasks.exe /create /tn "dllhostd" /sc MINUTE /mo 13 /tr "'C:\Program Files\Windows Journal\dllhost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
          1⤵
          • Process spawned unexpected child process
          • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
          PID:1556
        • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
          schtasks.exe /create /tn "8b0b6f7ba3c1c98fdc17ceb74e37057793e104dc92aa4d4319d71411b3e563668" /sc MINUTE /mo 6 /tr "'C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\8b0b6f7ba3c1c98fdc17ceb74e37057793e104dc92aa4d4319d71411b3e56366.exe'" /f
          1⤵
          • Process spawned unexpected child process
          • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
          PID:2460
        • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
          schtasks.exe /create /tn "8b0b6f7ba3c1c98fdc17ceb74e37057793e104dc92aa4d4319d71411b3e56366" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\8b0b6f7ba3c1c98fdc17ceb74e37057793e104dc92aa4d4319d71411b3e56366.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
          1⤵
          • Process spawned unexpected child process
          • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
          PID:2248
        • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
          schtasks.exe /create /tn "8b0b6f7ba3c1c98fdc17ceb74e37057793e104dc92aa4d4319d71411b3e563668" /sc MINUTE /mo 8 /tr "'C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\8b0b6f7ba3c1c98fdc17ceb74e37057793e104dc92aa4d4319d71411b3e56366.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
          1⤵
          • Process spawned unexpected child process
          • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
          PID:1124

        Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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        Downloads

        • C:\Recovery\31f19e42-8726-11ef-be9a-dab21757c799\dllhost.exe

          Filesize

          1.6MB

          MD5

          477db3de46b7779b63495a8bdb279f2c

          SHA1

          77dc3f7d83728294c49298db82dd0e668adc3a73

          SHA256

          8b0b6f7ba3c1c98fdc17ceb74e37057793e104dc92aa4d4319d71411b3e56366

          SHA512

          4ac940fa7ce3c8a2a646639a5b00c5c8a1dcafcfba460782068446a321455cf5af10e1e6ae4e6753150beab7d2431a7c38192787b32c4e508b73f4b3ac843956

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

          Filesize

          236B

          MD5

          1bc8d9c136dfa2c16ffd92f77cabe5f4

          SHA1

          2acfabc067e17231dfa4c35fbff228451a2f12aa

          SHA256

          d73930db7d0f41087ff04a2e608863de7dd2384053a8ada6e64a5b3bdcba367e

          SHA512

          6bdd6869f4c614af1dd58ecabacaf2ede7a075f5755b23ad306872e8a6004cdb2f5a8779cc69e0e6d1de4ec3370d94d5da9dfc99feb14be29b7325ad7d6376ac

        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\RES57B1.tmp

          Filesize

          1KB

          MD5

          45ce16cfe9e24989f9936926537113fc

          SHA1

          c2fd889701c73966985ab59e5a1b500b609d0abb

          SHA256

          a1dde49f3882afeb198dc65ca923331795c9deeef68ebb4811b2003f472fba16

          SHA512

          72951b705677e15f3b1041445ae3ff0234ad619d289719822f55c4be3a3bf8e0ea0c1bcad95b1a35b66000c4d284860dac946fdd57c13a91ab9a8ef0f0c0ee77

        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\CustomDestinations\590aee7bdd69b59b.customDestinations-ms

          Filesize

          7KB

          MD5

          e04e2ef60f867042256f733510c68284

          SHA1

          46ab6200df819384b492f1d9053aaead673faf53

          SHA256

          c07b4173b468668ed1bb0f91334ec4d821500dd87dc1687ed6150275067da766

          SHA512

          71e761e67b26913dd715d92ce798a40939fdd666d13a7e6c212c950d1d0124280145fcf50a09ae360b765546dc3eadc451db5733d324df27bcab13bcdcf5b404

        • \??\c:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\yx1d3y15\yx1d3y15.0.cs

          Filesize

          392B

          MD5

          a595073a7cba5be3ec3a4ecf8fb287f0

          SHA1

          2985328d2e3587e27b32e9af4a5fbc4dc3e73717

          SHA256

          a876cdcd0ba29e55e6a6832aaf21bd79befbcaaaac29442d0ce67524d069b8c2

          SHA512

          b01c883fcc9369600b924572d22cf6c2e1cd24d146dc5cea81086242a8b1231d8cb92b658bb983445474e2bc6a8dfe46ec6799b7c73997bfd4e576d768f2ec5f

        • \??\c:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\yx1d3y15\yx1d3y15.cmdline

          Filesize

          235B

          MD5

          f24f5ede77958585e38035db95ea2625

          SHA1

          c95755279a993640147f089c2d413ee0190ce4b8

          SHA256

          db0caaee4bff81c0483df361d5fa0d3d007da36301e9b907281d72520bffef44

          SHA512

          349846f2c42a2461efcbed8ce891aec5a203cf5dbf275409102c76e1575bd3b6b651e0452e6a4344d777e1b247fabae5fbbbe167c68f92138bd12c7d5ca22450

        • \??\c:\Windows\System32\CSC7D37CDC732D5497BAA5CAAD33ABA3120.TMP

          Filesize

          1KB

          MD5

          60a1ebb8f840aad127346a607d80fc19

          SHA1

          c8b7e9ad601ac19ab90b3e36f811960e8badf354

          SHA256

          9d6a9d38b7a86cc88e551a0c1172a3fb387b1a5f928ac13993ec3387d39cc243

          SHA512

          44830cefb264bac520174b4b884312dd0393be33a193d4f0fee3cc3c14deb86ca39e43ef281232f9169fd204d19b22e8a7aad72fa448ca52d5cbc3ee1dbb18a4

        • memory/2200-73-0x000000001B3E0000-0x000000001B6C2000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          2.9MB

        • memory/2780-77-0x0000000000EB0000-0x000000000105A000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          1.7MB

        • memory/2860-7-0x00000000003F0000-0x00000000003FE000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          56KB

        • memory/2860-5-0x000007FEF5A50000-0x000007FEF643C000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          9.9MB

        • memory/2860-23-0x000007FEF5A53000-0x000007FEF5A54000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          4KB

        • memory/2860-24-0x000007FEF5A50000-0x000007FEF643C000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          9.9MB

        • memory/2860-15-0x000007FEF5A50000-0x000007FEF643C000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          9.9MB

        • memory/2860-9-0x0000000000410000-0x000000000041C000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          48KB

        • memory/2860-0-0x000007FEF5A53000-0x000007FEF5A54000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          4KB

        • memory/2860-22-0x000007FEF5A50000-0x000007FEF643C000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          9.9MB

        • memory/2860-37-0x000007FEF5A50000-0x000007FEF643C000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          9.9MB

        • memory/2860-4-0x000007FEF5A50000-0x000007FEF643C000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          9.9MB

        • memory/2860-3-0x000007FEF5A50000-0x000007FEF643C000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          9.9MB

        • memory/2860-72-0x000007FEF5A50000-0x000007FEF643C000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          9.9MB

        • memory/2860-2-0x000007FEF5A50000-0x000007FEF643C000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          9.9MB

        • memory/2860-1-0x0000000001110000-0x00000000012BA000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          1.7MB

        • memory/3060-74-0x0000000002360000-0x0000000002368000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          32KB