Analysis
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max time kernel
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max time network
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platform
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resource
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resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20240903-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system -
submitted
22-11-2024 07:38
Static task
static1
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
adebff4c705c3b2f33f51042bdba1094f29d33f24b456ddb1465be3f7f80b3ca.exe
Resource
win7-20240903-en
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
adebff4c705c3b2f33f51042bdba1094f29d33f24b456ddb1465be3f7f80b3ca.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20241007-en
General
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Target
adebff4c705c3b2f33f51042bdba1094f29d33f24b456ddb1465be3f7f80b3ca.exe
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Size
1.9MB
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MD5
f93786885d2a064e5bfaa873d5adce3a
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SHA1
2f5607b932aca74701dd9aa0a581d7e6971df23f
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SHA256
adebff4c705c3b2f33f51042bdba1094f29d33f24b456ddb1465be3f7f80b3ca
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SHA512
61d28dc832fd3ec100841323e1cdb3da166c0673bfbb20ab2ccff25d0e90b407b05fe8f59eb0ce93c0fdf130aa2b12e0cc7ce2158b4b2a22f51d7701550782c9
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SSDEEP
49152:HN54VMGOhLmPkO4koPyVu5eAEfgPwNqsrui:v0vEf8u5eAmFZ
Malware Config
Signatures
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DcRat
DarkCrystal(DC) is a new .NET RAT active since June 2019 capable of loading additional plugins.
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Dcrat family
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Process spawned unexpected child process 6 IoCs
This typically indicates the parent process was compromised via an exploit or macro.
description pid pid_target Process procid_target Parent C:\Windows\system32\wbem\wmiprvse.exe is not expected to spawn this process 2856 2860 schtasks.exe 28 Parent C:\Windows\system32\wbem\wmiprvse.exe is not expected to spawn this process 2632 2860 schtasks.exe 28 Parent C:\Windows\system32\wbem\wmiprvse.exe is not expected to spawn this process 2760 2860 schtasks.exe 28 Parent C:\Windows\system32\wbem\wmiprvse.exe is not expected to spawn this process 2640 2860 schtasks.exe 28 Parent C:\Windows\system32\wbem\wmiprvse.exe is not expected to spawn this process 2608 2860 schtasks.exe 28 Parent C:\Windows\system32\wbem\wmiprvse.exe is not expected to spawn this process 2672 2860 schtasks.exe 28 -
resource yara_rule behavioral1/memory/2408-1-0x0000000001050000-0x000000000154A000-memory.dmp dcrat behavioral1/memory/2408-2-0x0000000001050000-0x000000000154A000-memory.dmp dcrat behavioral1/memory/2408-24-0x0000000001050000-0x000000000154A000-memory.dmp dcrat behavioral1/memory/2656-26-0x0000000001040000-0x000000000153A000-memory.dmp dcrat behavioral1/memory/2656-27-0x0000000001040000-0x000000000153A000-memory.dmp dcrat behavioral1/memory/2656-33-0x0000000001040000-0x000000000153A000-memory.dmp dcrat -
Identifies VirtualBox via ACPI registry values (likely anti-VM) 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
description ioc Process Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\ACPI\DSDT\VBOX__ adebff4c705c3b2f33f51042bdba1094f29d33f24b456ddb1465be3f7f80b3ca.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\ACPI\DSDT\VBOX__ dwm.exe -
Checks BIOS information in registry 2 TTPs 4 IoCs
BIOS information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.
description ioc Process Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\SystemBiosVersion dwm.exe Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\VideoBiosVersion dwm.exe Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\SystemBiosVersion adebff4c705c3b2f33f51042bdba1094f29d33f24b456ddb1465be3f7f80b3ca.exe Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\VideoBiosVersion adebff4c705c3b2f33f51042bdba1094f29d33f24b456ddb1465be3f7f80b3ca.exe -
Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
pid Process 2656 dwm.exe -
Identifies Wine through registry keys 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
Wine is a compatibility layer capable of running Windows applications, which can be used as sandboxing environment.
description ioc Process Key opened \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-312935884-697965778-3955649944-1000\Software\Wine adebff4c705c3b2f33f51042bdba1094f29d33f24b456ddb1465be3f7f80b3ca.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-312935884-697965778-3955649944-1000\Software\Wine dwm.exe -
Loads dropped DLL 2 IoCs
pid Process 2408 adebff4c705c3b2f33f51042bdba1094f29d33f24b456ddb1465be3f7f80b3ca.exe 2408 adebff4c705c3b2f33f51042bdba1094f29d33f24b456ddb1465be3f7f80b3ca.exe -
Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 6 IoCs
description ioc Process Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\dwm = "\"C:\\Documents and Settings\\dwm.exe\"" adebff4c705c3b2f33f51042bdba1094f29d33f24b456ddb1465be3f7f80b3ca.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\dwm = "\"C:\\Windows\\System32\\dxtmsft\\dwm.exe\"" adebff4c705c3b2f33f51042bdba1094f29d33f24b456ddb1465be3f7f80b3ca.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\csrss = "\"C:\\Windows\\System32\\main\\csrss.exe\"" adebff4c705c3b2f33f51042bdba1094f29d33f24b456ddb1465be3f7f80b3ca.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\csrss = "\"C:\\Windows\\System32\\sbunattend\\csrss.exe\"" adebff4c705c3b2f33f51042bdba1094f29d33f24b456ddb1465be3f7f80b3ca.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\Idle = "\"C:\\ProgramData\\Favorites\\Idle.exe\"" adebff4c705c3b2f33f51042bdba1094f29d33f24b456ddb1465be3f7f80b3ca.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\dllhost = "\"C:\\Windows\\Registration\\CRMLog\\dllhost.exe\"" adebff4c705c3b2f33f51042bdba1094f29d33f24b456ddb1465be3f7f80b3ca.exe -
Drops file in System32 directory 6 IoCs
description ioc Process File created C:\Windows\SysWOW64\dxtmsft\6cb0b6c459d5d3455a3da700e713f2e2529862ff adebff4c705c3b2f33f51042bdba1094f29d33f24b456ddb1465be3f7f80b3ca.exe File created C:\Windows\SysWOW64\main\csrss.exe adebff4c705c3b2f33f51042bdba1094f29d33f24b456ddb1465be3f7f80b3ca.exe File created C:\Windows\SysWOW64\main\886983d96e3d3e31032c679b2d4ea91b6c05afef adebff4c705c3b2f33f51042bdba1094f29d33f24b456ddb1465be3f7f80b3ca.exe File created C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sbunattend\csrss.exe adebff4c705c3b2f33f51042bdba1094f29d33f24b456ddb1465be3f7f80b3ca.exe File created C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sbunattend\886983d96e3d3e31032c679b2d4ea91b6c05afef adebff4c705c3b2f33f51042bdba1094f29d33f24b456ddb1465be3f7f80b3ca.exe File created C:\Windows\SysWOW64\dxtmsft\dwm.exe adebff4c705c3b2f33f51042bdba1094f29d33f24b456ddb1465be3f7f80b3ca.exe -
Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger 2 IoCs
pid Process 2408 adebff4c705c3b2f33f51042bdba1094f29d33f24b456ddb1465be3f7f80b3ca.exe 2656 dwm.exe -
Drops file in Windows directory 3 IoCs
description ioc Process File created C:\Windows\Registration\CRMLog\dllhost.exe adebff4c705c3b2f33f51042bdba1094f29d33f24b456ddb1465be3f7f80b3ca.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\Registration\CRMLog\dllhost.exe adebff4c705c3b2f33f51042bdba1094f29d33f24b456ddb1465be3f7f80b3ca.exe File created C:\Windows\Registration\CRMLog\5940a34987c99120d96dace90a3f93f329dcad63 adebff4c705c3b2f33f51042bdba1094f29d33f24b456ddb1465be3f7f80b3ca.exe -
Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).
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System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 2 IoCs
Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.
description ioc Process Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language adebff4c705c3b2f33f51042bdba1094f29d33f24b456ddb1465be3f7f80b3ca.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language dwm.exe -
Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 6 IoCs
Schtasks is often used by malware for persistence or to perform post-infection execution.
pid Process 2632 schtasks.exe 2760 schtasks.exe 2640 schtasks.exe 2608 schtasks.exe 2672 schtasks.exe 2856 schtasks.exe -
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 4 IoCs
pid Process 2408 adebff4c705c3b2f33f51042bdba1094f29d33f24b456ddb1465be3f7f80b3ca.exe 2408 adebff4c705c3b2f33f51042bdba1094f29d33f24b456ddb1465be3f7f80b3ca.exe 2656 dwm.exe 2656 dwm.exe -
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs
description pid Process Token: SeDebugPrivilege 2408 adebff4c705c3b2f33f51042bdba1094f29d33f24b456ddb1465be3f7f80b3ca.exe Token: SeDebugPrivilege 2656 dwm.exe -
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 2408 wrote to memory of 2656 2408 adebff4c705c3b2f33f51042bdba1094f29d33f24b456ddb1465be3f7f80b3ca.exe 35 PID 2408 wrote to memory of 2656 2408 adebff4c705c3b2f33f51042bdba1094f29d33f24b456ddb1465be3f7f80b3ca.exe 35 PID 2408 wrote to memory of 2656 2408 adebff4c705c3b2f33f51042bdba1094f29d33f24b456ddb1465be3f7f80b3ca.exe 35 PID 2408 wrote to memory of 2656 2408 adebff4c705c3b2f33f51042bdba1094f29d33f24b456ddb1465be3f7f80b3ca.exe 35 -
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
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\adebff4c705c3b2f33f51042bdba1094f29d33f24b456ddb1465be3f7f80b3ca.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\adebff4c705c3b2f33f51042bdba1094f29d33f24b456ddb1465be3f7f80b3ca.exe"1⤵
- Identifies VirtualBox via ACPI registry values (likely anti-VM)
- Checks BIOS information in registry
- Identifies Wine through registry keys
- Loads dropped DLL
- Adds Run key to start application
- Drops file in System32 directory
- Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger
- Drops file in Windows directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2408 -
C:\Documents and Settings\dwm.exe"C:\Documents and Settings\dwm.exe"2⤵
- Identifies VirtualBox via ACPI registry values (likely anti-VM)
- Checks BIOS information in registry
- Executes dropped EXE
- Identifies Wine through registry keys
- Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:2656
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C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exeschtasks.exe /create /tn "dllhost" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Windows\Registration\CRMLog\dllhost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f1⤵
- Process spawned unexpected child process
- Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
PID:2856
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C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exeschtasks.exe /create /tn "dwm" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Documents and Settings\dwm.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f1⤵
- Process spawned unexpected child process
- Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
PID:2632
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C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exeschtasks.exe /create /tn "dwm" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Windows\System32\dxtmsft\dwm.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f1⤵
- Process spawned unexpected child process
- Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
PID:2760
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C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exeschtasks.exe /create /tn "csrss" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Windows\System32\main\csrss.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f1⤵
- Process spawned unexpected child process
- Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
PID:2640
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C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exeschtasks.exe /create /tn "csrss" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Windows\System32\sbunattend\csrss.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f1⤵
- Process spawned unexpected child process
- Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
PID:2608
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C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exeschtasks.exe /create /tn "Idle" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\ProgramData\Favorites\Idle.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f1⤵
- Process spawned unexpected child process
- Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
PID:2672
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15
Persistence
Boot or Logon Autostart Execution
1Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder
1Scheduled Task/Job
1Scheduled Task
1Privilege Escalation
Boot or Logon Autostart Execution
1Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder
1Scheduled Task/Job
1Scheduled Task
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Downloads
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Filesize
1.9MB
MD5f93786885d2a064e5bfaa873d5adce3a
SHA12f5607b932aca74701dd9aa0a581d7e6971df23f
SHA256adebff4c705c3b2f33f51042bdba1094f29d33f24b456ddb1465be3f7f80b3ca
SHA51261d28dc832fd3ec100841323e1cdb3da166c0673bfbb20ab2ccff25d0e90b407b05fe8f59eb0ce93c0fdf130aa2b12e0cc7ce2158b4b2a22f51d7701550782c9