Analysis

  • max time kernel
    147s
  • max time network
    150s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20241007-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20241007-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
  • submitted
    10-11-2024 23:07

General

  • Target

    5e7335d97a5514b9dfe04a2f493854f017f1b995e24d2affeeb4ae247068103a.exe

  • Size

    1.8MB

  • MD5

    5fe5c094a2fd1a198178aa10c5b62307

  • SHA1

    766b36ad58f89249728f8405b893ee104f3a8e6d

  • SHA256

    5e7335d97a5514b9dfe04a2f493854f017f1b995e24d2affeeb4ae247068103a

  • SHA512

    c1d4c29f0bf10787c5ed6bafd244f466a9be5a805976670a52337d90362eb00d3f9a278d822d9858128d5c8189c1da1125da76dd75b3e10d04be639a4e30b0c0

  • SSDEEP

    49152:mhjAJVllHZrhbBruPk+xjSMX4ODTDF8OcFSkMh:mgVTVXYNX9mOWSkM

Malware Config

Signatures

  • DcRat

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

  • Dcrat family
  • Process spawned unexpected child process 9 IoCs

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

  • UAC bypass 3 TTPs 12 IoCs
  • DCRat payload 2 IoCs

    Detects payload of DCRat, commonly dropped by NSIS installers.

  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 4 IoCs

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

  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 4 IoCs

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

  • Executes dropped EXE 3 IoCs
  • Checks whether UAC is enabled 1 TTPs 8 IoCs
  • Drops file in Program Files directory 8 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 4 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • Modifies registry class 4 IoCs
  • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 9 IoCs

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

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 14 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 8 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 26 IoCs
  • System policy modification 1 TTPs 12 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\5e7335d97a5514b9dfe04a2f493854f017f1b995e24d2affeeb4ae247068103a.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\5e7335d97a5514b9dfe04a2f493854f017f1b995e24d2affeeb4ae247068103a.exe"
    1⤵
    • UAC bypass
    • Checks computer location settings
    • Checks whether UAC is enabled
    • 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
    • System policy modification
    PID:5116
    • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "powershell" -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\5e7335d97a5514b9dfe04a2f493854f017f1b995e24d2affeeb4ae247068103a.exe'
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:4512
    • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "powershell" -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate_bk\System.exe'
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:3656
    • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "powershell" -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\Windows\it-IT\SppExtComObj.exe'
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:3176
    • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "powershell" -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Portable Devices\explorer.exe'
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:4068
    • C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Portable Devices\explorer.exe
      "C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Portable Devices\explorer.exe"
      2⤵
      • UAC bypass
      • Checks computer location settings
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Checks whether UAC is enabled
      • Modifies registry class
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      • System policy modification
      PID:4432
      • C:\Windows\System32\WScript.exe
        "C:\Windows\System32\WScript.exe" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\02415c8a-ab8d-422a-b3dd-8772c50ebd16.vbs"
        3⤵
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:4040
        • C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Portable Devices\explorer.exe
          "C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Portable Devices\explorer.exe"
          4⤵
          • UAC bypass
          • Checks computer location settings
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • Checks whether UAC is enabled
          • Modifies registry class
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          • System policy modification
          PID:2164
          • C:\Windows\System32\WScript.exe
            "C:\Windows\System32\WScript.exe" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1f9bd786-e6b5-42e5-9c72-5839c8508165.vbs"
            5⤵
            • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
            PID:4924
            • C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Portable Devices\explorer.exe
              "C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Portable Devices\explorer.exe"
              6⤵
              • UAC bypass
              • Checks computer location settings
              • Executes dropped EXE
              • Checks whether UAC is enabled
              • Modifies registry class
              • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
              • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
              • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
              • System policy modification
              PID:1212
              • C:\Windows\System32\WScript.exe
                "C:\Windows\System32\WScript.exe" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\fa0b8fb6-bccf-4e49-9099-246ff5eefcd2.vbs"
                7⤵
                  PID:4608
                • C:\Windows\System32\WScript.exe
                  "C:\Windows\System32\WScript.exe" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\e9c36bcb-e04a-4224-a380-f774944a771a.vbs"
                  7⤵
                    PID:4376
              • C:\Windows\System32\WScript.exe
                "C:\Windows\System32\WScript.exe" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\4aa2da00-9530-4d32-98b6-05bde155bfc1.vbs"
                5⤵
                  PID:1416
            • C:\Windows\System32\WScript.exe
              "C:\Windows\System32\WScript.exe" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ea301e1b-603c-438c-875b-df484c6b731f.vbs"
              3⤵
                PID:2948
          • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
            schtasks.exe /create /tn "SystemS" /sc MINUTE /mo 8 /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate_bk\System.exe'" /f
            1⤵
            • Process spawned unexpected child process
            • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
            PID:2276
          • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
            schtasks.exe /create /tn "System" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate_bk\System.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
            1⤵
            • Process spawned unexpected child process
            • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
            PID:4896
          • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
            schtasks.exe /create /tn "SystemS" /sc MINUTE /mo 13 /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate_bk\System.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
            1⤵
            • Process spawned unexpected child process
            • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
            PID:4812
          • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
            schtasks.exe /create /tn "SppExtComObjS" /sc MINUTE /mo 14 /tr "'C:\Windows\it-IT\SppExtComObj.exe'" /f
            1⤵
            • Process spawned unexpected child process
            • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
            PID:4904
          • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
            schtasks.exe /create /tn "SppExtComObj" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Windows\it-IT\SppExtComObj.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
            1⤵
            • Process spawned unexpected child process
            • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
            PID:4976
          • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
            schtasks.exe /create /tn "SppExtComObjS" /sc MINUTE /mo 5 /tr "'C:\Windows\it-IT\SppExtComObj.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
            1⤵
            • Process spawned unexpected child process
            • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
            PID:4016
          • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
            schtasks.exe /create /tn "explorere" /sc MINUTE /mo 8 /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Portable Devices\explorer.exe'" /f
            1⤵
            • Process spawned unexpected child process
            • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
            PID:1772
          • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
            schtasks.exe /create /tn "explorer" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Portable Devices\explorer.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
            1⤵
            • Process spawned unexpected child process
            • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
            PID:4040
          • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
            schtasks.exe /create /tn "explorere" /sc MINUTE /mo 14 /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Portable Devices\explorer.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
            1⤵
            • Process spawned unexpected child process
            • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
            PID:3680

          Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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          Downloads

          • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate_bk\System.exe

            Filesize

            1.8MB

            MD5

            5fe5c094a2fd1a198178aa10c5b62307

            SHA1

            766b36ad58f89249728f8405b893ee104f3a8e6d

            SHA256

            5e7335d97a5514b9dfe04a2f493854f017f1b995e24d2affeeb4ae247068103a

            SHA512

            c1d4c29f0bf10787c5ed6bafd244f466a9be5a805976670a52337d90362eb00d3f9a278d822d9858128d5c8189c1da1125da76dd75b3e10d04be639a4e30b0c0

          • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0\UsageLogs\explorer.exe.log

            Filesize

            1KB

            MD5

            4a667f150a4d1d02f53a9f24d89d53d1

            SHA1

            306e125c9edce66f28fdb63e6c4ca5c9ad6e8c97

            SHA256

            414659decfd237dde09625a49811e03b5b30ee06ee2ee97ea8bcfac394d281fd

            SHA512

            4edd8e73ce03488a6d92750a782cd4042fbb54a5b3f8d8ba3ea227fda0653c2cd84f0c5d64976c7cdc1f518a2fdc8ff10e2a015ec7acf3cd01b0d62bc98542d8

          • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0\UsageLogs\powershell.exe.log

            Filesize

            2KB

            MD5

            d85ba6ff808d9e5444a4b369f5bc2730

            SHA1

            31aa9d96590fff6981b315e0b391b575e4c0804a

            SHA256

            84739c608a73509419748e4e20e6cc4e1846056c3fe1929a8300d5a1a488202f

            SHA512

            8c414eb55b45212af385accc16d9d562adba2123583ce70d22b91161fe878683845512a78f04dedd4ea98ed9b174dbfa98cf696370598ad8e6fbd1e714f1f249

          • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

            Filesize

            944B

            MD5

            6d3e9c29fe44e90aae6ed30ccf799ca8

            SHA1

            c7974ef72264bbdf13a2793ccf1aed11bc565dce

            SHA256

            2360634e63e8f0b5748e2c56ebb8f4aa78e71008ea7b5c9ca1c49be03b49557d

            SHA512

            60c38c4367352537545d859f64b9c5cbada94240478d1d039fd27b5ecba4dc1c90051557c16d802269703b873546ead416279c0a80c6fd5e49ad361cef22596a

          • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

            Filesize

            944B

            MD5

            77d622bb1a5b250869a3238b9bc1402b

            SHA1

            d47f4003c2554b9dfc4c16f22460b331886b191b

            SHA256

            f97ff12a8abf4bf88bb6497bd2ac2da12628c8847a8ba5a9026bdbb76507cdfb

            SHA512

            d6789b5499f23c9035375a102271e17a8a82e57d6f5312fa24242e08a83efdeb8becb7622f55c4cf1b89c7d864b445df11f4d994cf7e2f87a900535bcca12fd9

          • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\02415c8a-ab8d-422a-b3dd-8772c50ebd16.vbs

            Filesize

            736B

            MD5

            c6d5c4932b72f50e6aede9e44259c3bb

            SHA1

            df18e4580c3c8144ab429b9a8ffdea2b6d2ff407

            SHA256

            adb9f8c6f1e859816b26cbee1dc6567041c52717b1a459359a414b1ba51b7e6d

            SHA512

            955fc9ce1333ab362e07f15fb08813301d85e894baf781f990d157752357bffb15fba18ac611a600cb0d76365f9f1df0fe0f45d4e64ffa447424ad7214cbde75

          • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1f9bd786-e6b5-42e5-9c72-5839c8508165.vbs

            Filesize

            736B

            MD5

            ca16b72b921ee24e0bb6f944c53c9eb4

            SHA1

            689a10896f4448f0fdf0d82f0c81058afd34dae1

            SHA256

            fa419debad7088e6179b918b4540ab7f712bd4d2abb736b7b95e434144b4f8c0

            SHA512

            338158a790496177da5a7c35ece1853f67359c22c57709c845c43fd7ee3876f054654d3eae902fb367fa78aaa6df448360cd1edaee6d93da6260b73359b8f9a4

          • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_zujcwpez.wxw.ps1

            Filesize

            60B

            MD5

            d17fe0a3f47be24a6453e9ef58c94641

            SHA1

            6ab83620379fc69f80c0242105ddffd7d98d5d9d

            SHA256

            96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7

            SHA512

            5b592e58f26c264604f98f6aa12860758ce606d1c63220736cf0c779e4e18e3cec8706930a16c38b20161754d1017d1657d35258e58ca22b18f5b232880dec82

          • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ea301e1b-603c-438c-875b-df484c6b731f.vbs

            Filesize

            512B

            MD5

            d1d702df490d277aef40f49ac2ba5ff5

            SHA1

            645da54dab1de68f4791211c787fc9ae19ebca24

            SHA256

            0e94d7db261537d3e2e28cd000574cef25096d88c6981a1aa11db56bd284985d

            SHA512

            fda683df5f847321694068a59b338a893b3d098416405dcb61593a28ca64f022f4a5cbcf73cde6259c7b73010e694bbd75c78bf5000247d9b4bc1b88cf511b14

          • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\fa0b8fb6-bccf-4e49-9099-246ff5eefcd2.vbs

            Filesize

            736B

            MD5

            af091a5257be6f11beedc1a28fe68fa9

            SHA1

            fc746f4326497a6cf0af1a763587cb882ee5eecb

            SHA256

            9ef84aa73049489a3432c3796074eadaa5150808e4d4d9cc6a5c0c8f4cc8d09a

            SHA512

            b0d57212c74833d9a75b419454555ae674cd032b95c8be89784407a8ff7cc28f182921ac37c9e00bd4df3f22ccf362c2db329c9b7229c5d6b2c395e423d0e5dc

          • memory/1212-179-0x00000000028F0000-0x0000000002902000-memory.dmp

            Filesize

            72KB

          • memory/3656-97-0x0000024D9F240000-0x0000024D9F262000-memory.dmp

            Filesize

            136KB

          • memory/4432-155-0x000000001B680000-0x000000001B692000-memory.dmp

            Filesize

            72KB

          • memory/4432-154-0x000000001AF40000-0x000000001AF52000-memory.dmp

            Filesize

            72KB

          • memory/5116-8-0x000000001B390000-0x000000001B3A2000-memory.dmp

            Filesize

            72KB

          • memory/5116-10-0x000000001B3A0000-0x000000001B3AA000-memory.dmp

            Filesize

            40KB

          • memory/5116-16-0x000000001BB80000-0x000000001BB8C000-memory.dmp

            Filesize

            48KB

          • memory/5116-17-0x000000001BB90000-0x000000001BB9C000-memory.dmp

            Filesize

            48KB

          • memory/5116-15-0x000000001BB70000-0x000000001BB7E000-memory.dmp

            Filesize

            56KB

          • memory/5116-12-0x000000001C080000-0x000000001C5A8000-memory.dmp

            Filesize

            5.2MB

          • memory/5116-13-0x000000001BB50000-0x000000001BB5A000-memory.dmp

            Filesize

            40KB

          • memory/5116-11-0x000000001B3B0000-0x000000001B3C2000-memory.dmp

            Filesize

            72KB

          • memory/5116-153-0x00007FFF26BA0000-0x00007FFF27661000-memory.dmp

            Filesize

            10.8MB

          • memory/5116-14-0x000000001BB60000-0x000000001BB6E000-memory.dmp

            Filesize

            56KB

          • memory/5116-9-0x000000001B3C0000-0x000000001B3D0000-memory.dmp

            Filesize

            64KB

          • memory/5116-0-0x00007FFF26BA3000-0x00007FFF26BA5000-memory.dmp

            Filesize

            8KB

          • memory/5116-4-0x000000001B9E0000-0x000000001BA30000-memory.dmp

            Filesize

            320KB

          • memory/5116-5-0x000000001B350000-0x000000001B358000-memory.dmp

            Filesize

            32KB

          • memory/5116-6-0x000000001B360000-0x000000001B370000-memory.dmp

            Filesize

            64KB

          • memory/5116-7-0x000000001B370000-0x000000001B386000-memory.dmp

            Filesize

            88KB

          • memory/5116-3-0x0000000002900000-0x000000000291C000-memory.dmp

            Filesize

            112KB

          • memory/5116-2-0x00007FFF26BA0000-0x00007FFF27661000-memory.dmp

            Filesize

            10.8MB

          • memory/5116-1-0x0000000000560000-0x000000000072E000-memory.dmp

            Filesize

            1.8MB