Analysis

  • max time kernel
    93s
  • max time network
    136s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20241007-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20241007-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
  • submitted
    21-11-2024 01:18

General

  • Target

    d9bfa2b5b08b1708ce9083cd1ce174e5f38fc7e92e17aa2148a5b1a388b27f75.exe

  • Size

    1.5MB

  • MD5

    bdf8dba699d63caad5ea9a29a0f6dfda

  • SHA1

    60b104b39c4b843e982fba55dc94ca89c444a315

  • SHA256

    d9bfa2b5b08b1708ce9083cd1ce174e5f38fc7e92e17aa2148a5b1a388b27f75

  • SHA512

    d2200cbbe4312dc5f0c57d45306ac1dd988f8b4892b036ca2b7f05bf0d75f213303b7d4e20a0e0b39862c0d59966468458ba37db084e1972b58b8a6ebce3fa6a

  • SSDEEP

    24576:Q2G/nvxW3W8ARZJJJJjsJJJJvJHJJJJJJ/wYnWW5Yxwo06RF91aOd9lfLQP9gMsD:QbA34VAb5J8RFyA10DsGxpQ

Malware Config

Signatures

  • DcRat 6 IoCs

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

  • Dcrat family
  • Process spawned unexpected child process 5 IoCs

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

  • DCRat payload 2 IoCs

    Detects payload of DCRat, commonly dropped by NSIS installers.

  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 3 IoCs

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

  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 5 IoCs
  • Drops file in System32 directory 2 IoCs
  • Drops file in Program Files directory 4 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 5 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.

  • Modifies registry class 2 IoCs
  • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 5 IoCs

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

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 14 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\d9bfa2b5b08b1708ce9083cd1ce174e5f38fc7e92e17aa2148a5b1a388b27f75.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\d9bfa2b5b08b1708ce9083cd1ce174e5f38fc7e92e17aa2148a5b1a388b27f75.exe"
    1⤵
    • DcRat
    • Checks computer location settings
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Modifies registry class
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2236
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WScript.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\WScript.exe" "C:\sessionMonitor\yKWvGem3BjBd.vbe"
      2⤵
      • Checks computer location settings
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4908
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c ""C:\sessionMonitor\sAhrfeOmh26XUgm.bat" "
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:2328
        • C:\sessionMonitor\sessionMonitordriverCrtMonitor.exe
          "C:\sessionMonitor\sessionMonitordriverCrtMonitor.exe"
          4⤵
          • Checks computer location settings
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • Adds Run key to start application
          • Drops file in System32 directory
          • 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:3676
          • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
            "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MzvpMeoCuQ.bat"
            5⤵
            • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
            PID:1092
            • C:\Windows\system32\w32tm.exe
              w32tm /stripchart /computer:localhost /period:5 /dataonly /samples:2
              6⤵
                PID:2556
              • C:\Windows\fr-FR\unsecapp.exe
                "C:\Windows\fr-FR\unsecapp.exe"
                6⤵
                • Executes dropped EXE
                • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
                • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
                PID:2800
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "unsecapp" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Windows\fr-FR\unsecapp.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • DcRat
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:5088
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "RuntimeBroker" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Windows\System32\comctl32\RuntimeBroker.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • DcRat
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:3944
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "StartMenuExperienceHost" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.Windows.StartMenuExperienceHost_cw5n1h2txyewy\StartUI\StartMenuExperienceHost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • DcRat
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2244
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "sessionMonitordriverCrtMonitor" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\ja-JP\sessionMonitordriverCrtMonitor.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • DcRat
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:1944
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "TrustedInstaller" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft.NET\Primary Interop Assemblies\TrustedInstaller.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • DcRat
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:4144

    Network

    MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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    Downloads

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

      Filesize

      193B

      MD5

      28036d5aba76ce83c1c646481068449f

      SHA1

      c3649d7a64e1d408f25776094fca2828a4459c99

      SHA256

      484cb2eddfe485f58eedd2b903873db8a3ce97bf9a6b8a5cfa3a321015a79dea

      SHA512

      6004ea99cec8cdf98adf27d2cac436dc395b25bb6ba4f2f4851ec7c8a15d2ea74b6f29f3bcc93ad400426d6e015bc99cf5ee7c26fcb89e3d06c0784acc7bac22

    • C:\sessionMonitor\sAhrfeOmh26XUgm.bat

      Filesize

      54B

      MD5

      b768018829ff0d793581de74a77fefbc

      SHA1

      7ed52d592e48aae0f2c6d787848a551733da0992

      SHA256

      3c4f92a5815ed7905dcf662250f92066291dd1fe3d72778ddcc5618c6fd9ac1e

      SHA512

      c06ae8e9b5e60c7013673dc8786f8a4e0bb5749af0ed9766935a103d866ce0e79feb49fa5db02d34cdf4f93d74152852bd88cdbbbff78fc72e6a74a0d7581f91

    • C:\sessionMonitor\sessionMonitordriverCrtMonitor.exe

      Filesize

      912KB

      MD5

      ad4510fe830bfd34f52dff2e550ceda8

      SHA1

      e5c892210dfa873f5de94f391586333af3a0e4e6

      SHA256

      1623da1c762e72dc669be09129c7b0f201fc315f98dbefbc12ee3b8da2473a14

      SHA512

      a1dcc93cfa30187137d6a06bd0f8aa7d2d5b43c09029a5df206682b90b070c1c57357aed38a9d98e527409a7dfffbe9ec22b4818a1643573028e2db219ddd836

    • C:\sessionMonitor\yKWvGem3BjBd.vbe

      Filesize

      206B

      MD5

      c71311d680117ae76fd803c7729b0f2e

      SHA1

      71b4746c7a7c7d13af5ef8f08e2cf7e5a8bf0c5c

      SHA256

      1028dc026cf11c71dcfd49ffe23504013fa3b291c4a38d3554d31d9579083fe0

      SHA512

      ccc8a8ff690948f6b3158794636960483d2a7a38be8a6be6b1bee92d9684c06ec109831d50e3f39b0df0a319e788398136c4ca91e8de79cde3a0fef560bb7c06

    • memory/3676-12-0x00007FFA4BFE3000-0x00007FFA4BFE5000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      8KB

    • memory/3676-13-0x0000000000D00000-0x0000000000DEC000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      944KB