Analysis

  • max time kernel
    120s
  • max time network
    122s
  • platform
    windows7_x64
  • resource
    win7-20240903-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20240903-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
  • submitted
    18-11-2024 02:30

General

  • Target

    87a4b8833cd4cb394e3b19b1672491575466fe8b0afb935b7d9363a1cbaca59d.exe

  • Size

    1.1MB

  • MD5

    5216ca61384f1d0eaa9b873e0b756f0b

  • SHA1

    c29692709f869ebc5743f561c8f3975b2a2d5ae9

  • SHA256

    87a4b8833cd4cb394e3b19b1672491575466fe8b0afb935b7d9363a1cbaca59d

  • SHA512

    8dce4092b5a9c10309228a55f0a9a6d3508eae2f1f8bf26e2196f4426398d35d2618cc001d5665be5b24cfb138c46153c74b3b56e37d26e8ec7b8c0ebbd11758

  • SSDEEP

    24576:U2G/nvxW3Ww0t7EJyn5ySinOYEI09IlOmLdRz4:UbA307EJ3tEI06Rs

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 18 IoCs

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

  • DCRat payload 3 IoCs

    Detects payload of DCRat, commonly dropped by NSIS installers.

  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 2 IoCs
  • Drops file in Program Files 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.

  • 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 4 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 15 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\87a4b8833cd4cb394e3b19b1672491575466fe8b0afb935b7d9363a1cbaca59d.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\87a4b8833cd4cb394e3b19b1672491575466fe8b0afb935b7d9363a1cbaca59d.exe"
    1⤵
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2408
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WScript.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\WScript.exe" "C:\Msdhcp\kYflM234aT9Hkuk3JQCzywjVnA9.vbe"
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:1452
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
        cmd /c ""C:\Msdhcp\tQvStNv.bat" "
        3⤵
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:2556
        • C:\Msdhcp\MsWebfont.exe
          "C:\Msdhcp\MsWebfont.exe"
          4⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • Drops file in Program Files directory
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:2216
          • C:\Msdhcp\csrss.exe
            "C:\Msdhcp\csrss.exe"
            5⤵
            • Executes dropped EXE
            • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
            • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
            PID:2984
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "csrssc" /sc MINUTE /mo 10 /tr "'C:\Msdhcp\csrss.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:2760
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "csrss" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Msdhcp\csrss.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:2080
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "csrssc" /sc MINUTE /mo 5 /tr "'C:\Msdhcp\csrss.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:2772
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "csrssc" /sc MINUTE /mo 11 /tr "'C:\Recovery\1f5748e2-69f6-11ef-b486-62cb582c238c\csrss.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:2636
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "csrss" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Recovery\1f5748e2-69f6-11ef-b486-62cb582c238c\csrss.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:2660
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "csrssc" /sc MINUTE /mo 10 /tr "'C:\Recovery\1f5748e2-69f6-11ef-b486-62cb582c238c\csrss.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:2608
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "WmiPrvSEW" /sc MINUTE /mo 6 /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Maintenance Service\logs\WmiPrvSE.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:2688
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "WmiPrvSE" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Maintenance Service\logs\WmiPrvSE.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:2348
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "WmiPrvSEW" /sc MINUTE /mo 13 /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Maintenance Service\logs\WmiPrvSE.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:2500
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "taskhostt" /sc MINUTE /mo 13 /tr "'C:\Recovery\1f5748e2-69f6-11ef-b486-62cb582c238c\taskhost.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:684
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "taskhost" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Recovery\1f5748e2-69f6-11ef-b486-62cb582c238c\taskhost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:1120
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "taskhostt" /sc MINUTE /mo 14 /tr "'C:\Recovery\1f5748e2-69f6-11ef-b486-62cb582c238c\taskhost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:2956
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "smsss" /sc MINUTE /mo 11 /tr "'C:\Users\Public\Downloads\smss.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:2020
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "smss" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Users\Public\Downloads\smss.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:976
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "smsss" /sc MINUTE /mo 5 /tr "'C:\Users\Public\Downloads\smss.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:484
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "lsassl" /sc MINUTE /mo 9 /tr "'C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Solitaire\es-ES\lsass.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:2892
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "lsass" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Solitaire\es-ES\lsass.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:2944
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "lsassl" /sc MINUTE /mo 9 /tr "'C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Solitaire\es-ES\lsass.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:1064

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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Downloads

  • C:\Msdhcp\kYflM234aT9Hkuk3JQCzywjVnA9.vbe

    Filesize

    190B

    MD5

    4879ca936544d01129cb0dec0b708d3d

    SHA1

    53122a833a136039a3c3ace69fff24fb10e6e6c5

    SHA256

    3db689b9b2dbb3730a26f8b7a4d9e9724aac2c24810015e41c1b5ba73681a724

    SHA512

    8097473a86ed3d72fe70ae1fe269f217632a36d27f074ba4317fd98d529cd390ee6c890e560a8728e386158b8ea83d3f6c1d9a739dbe282e7e0bac1052b7e47c

  • C:\Msdhcp\tQvStNv.bat

    Filesize

    25B

    MD5

    1b3f947bdc497eb9f7fa4d4f975e3354

    SHA1

    c3114bc2b359b592dda481bf881c64b45d15c641

    SHA256

    2e71a1366a0e31635d8c67f168aeefe58eaed85aaf91762c52d2da837232f4d3

    SHA512

    8552c68c08ce5f70c8d8b8e360dfdf607142684fa046d1c434207d07cbf5a6262ff5d8b505ce8413d76da7e5954db4fd7d9f15bea7fe367ad2d0a731a2983ded

  • \Msdhcp\MsWebfont.exe

    Filesize

    827KB

    MD5

    ec7c50f1bebb1402b88fa756af1b3f4c

    SHA1

    82e1c02d54d7212efe8c6cdb40b811a134900bf0

    SHA256

    9d96e194f9c8eaae557943041df2f29f88a4557b4f2e79b2d89a149ad8e93ab1

    SHA512

    97bb7773be2d5471ba49914f2ab698e4c0142a001cd5fface4fca189cea22cb77c856bd314d97b574216e756219a72c541efa7084ffdbb924a2b578c3aa1bf02

  • memory/2216-13-0x0000000000040000-0x0000000000116000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    856KB

  • memory/2984-32-0x0000000000C70000-0x0000000000D46000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    856KB