Analysis

  • max time kernel
    120s
  • max time network
    123s
  • platform
    windows7_x64
  • resource
    win7-20240903-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20240903-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
  • submitted
    23-11-2024 00:41

General

  • Target

    308238649d710b938f9e0cf04bf52a0a3a89b253310035afdc0ba8e846732c61.exe

  • Size

    2.3MB

  • MD5

    8856304a8bad8f3c4132c28042b8df80

  • SHA1

    82adc02d2ccdc3485e6edb00ac36f71f2d804158

  • SHA256

    308238649d710b938f9e0cf04bf52a0a3a89b253310035afdc0ba8e846732c61

  • SHA512

    c5ab3dca5ad9c0577dcce69a6941259e67066141dc297e07a53b487ea0a51a68c9b79934ce443dc4a3f5e7eee65521cbc13b2f7afe7f594ee7ec5db59f484499

  • SSDEEP

    49152:UbA300qL5o66QwgVAVph9QBoyycpwgPGdnDq3IEPU:UbV7oh9yycFODq3vPU

Malware Config

Signatures

  • DcRat 13 IoCs

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

  • Dcrat family
  • Process spawned unexpected child process 12 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 3 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 2 IoCs
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 12 IoCs
  • Drops file in System32 directory 15 IoCs
  • Drops file in Program Files directory 5 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 2 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 12 IoCs

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

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 11 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 30 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\308238649d710b938f9e0cf04bf52a0a3a89b253310035afdc0ba8e846732c61.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\308238649d710b938f9e0cf04bf52a0a3a89b253310035afdc0ba8e846732c61.exe"
    1⤵
    • DcRat
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1620
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WScript.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\WScript.exe" "C:\brokerDhcp\S0tGSQFMCx6Y.vbe"
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3056
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
        cmd /c ""C:\brokerDhcp\ZZ2hXACs.bat" "
        3⤵
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:2244
        • C:\brokerDhcp\brokerDhcpdriverref.exe
          "C:\brokerDhcp\brokerDhcpdriverref.exe"
          4⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • Adds Run key to start application
          • Drops file in System32 directory
          • Drops file in Program Files directory
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:2712
          • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
            "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\QxB7FNCB0Q.bat"
            5⤵
            • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
            PID:2208
            • C:\Windows\system32\w32tm.exe
              w32tm /stripchart /computer:localhost /period:5 /dataonly /samples:2
              6⤵
                PID:2164
              • C:\brokerDhcp\brokerDhcpdriverref.exe
                "C:\brokerDhcp\brokerDhcpdriverref.exe"
                6⤵
                • 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
                • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
                • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
                • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                PID:1248
                • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
                  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Azkztd9slk.bat"
                  7⤵
                  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                  PID:2292
                  • C:\Windows\system32\w32tm.exe
                    w32tm /stripchart /computer:localhost /period:5 /dataonly /samples:2
                    8⤵
                      PID:2428
                    • C:\Windows\System32\sdiageng\taskhost.exe
                      "C:\Windows\System32\sdiageng\taskhost.exe"
                      8⤵
                      • Executes dropped EXE
                      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
                      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
                      PID:2192
      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
        schtasks.exe /create /tn "sppsvc" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows NT\TableTextService\de-DE\sppsvc.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
        1⤵
        • DcRat
        • Process spawned unexpected child process
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:2908
      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
        schtasks.exe /create /tn "WmiPrvSE" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Windows\System32\wbem\scersop\WmiPrvSE.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
        1⤵
        • DcRat
        • Process spawned unexpected child process
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:2792
      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
        schtasks.exe /create /tn "sppsvc" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Documents and Settings\sppsvc.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
        1⤵
        • DcRat
        • Process spawned unexpected child process
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:2876
      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
        schtasks.exe /create /tn "WmiPrvSE" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Windows\System32\wbem\win32_printer\WmiPrvSE.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
        1⤵
        • DcRat
        • Process spawned unexpected child process
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:2632
      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
        schtasks.exe /create /tn "lsm" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Windows\System32\sysntfy\lsm.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
        1⤵
        • DcRat
        • Process spawned unexpected child process
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:1920
      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
        schtasks.exe /create /tn "dwm" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Windows\System32\KBDARME\dwm.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
        1⤵
        • DcRat
        • Process spawned unexpected child process
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:2364
      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
        schtasks.exe /create /tn "explorer" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Windows\fveupdate\explorer.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
        1⤵
        • DcRat
        • Process spawned unexpected child process
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:2588
      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
        schtasks.exe /create /tn "taskhost" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Windows\System32\sdiageng\taskhost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
        1⤵
        • DcRat
        • Process spawned unexpected child process
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:112
      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
        schtasks.exe /create /tn "csrss" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Windows\System32\rekeywiz\csrss.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
        1⤵
        • DcRat
        • Process spawned unexpected child process
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:1720
      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
        schtasks.exe /create /tn "brokerDhcpdriverref" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Documents and Settings\brokerDhcpdriverref.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
        1⤵
        • DcRat
        • Process spawned unexpected child process
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:1888
      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
        schtasks.exe /create /tn "WmiPrvSE" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Windows\System32\wbem\networkitemfactory\WmiPrvSE.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
        1⤵
        • DcRat
        • Process spawned unexpected child process
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:1672
      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
        schtasks.exe /create /tn "dwm" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Reference Assemblies\dwm.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
        1⤵
        • DcRat
        • Process spawned unexpected child process
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:2940

      Network

      MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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      Downloads

      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Azkztd9slk.bat

        Filesize

        205B

        MD5

        9dcee46aa267e1afdd9e9f9507652974

        SHA1

        fd179c934e040d160d85c35e5ecb59f564faff3b

        SHA256

        b07b4fe20174752668f95c0f2e4215942428253018759bb08961652dc38a9708

        SHA512

        15ceac441d5846246a592afaa1b5a10bc0a4423cdf15e0f252db4ed99d8e9912cf4d3633dae4ab1139ed05693b7e25d6a2d02ef93c39b3c9c108f5bb5ba3862a

      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\QxB7FNCB0Q.bat

        Filesize

        201B

        MD5

        a0ea9e01862f102a33b4a9ed77606b1d

        SHA1

        c6b2090be3ebdb21daa107721f8edfdca8ac41cc

        SHA256

        96fdf01617aaa33c0a8f715de358b5dcbec4b929aeeac5971e19aa4814f63899

        SHA512

        11acfb546e9ab278ba0a73ec203a91618614df6028307a37ee75c62d164142d682b4341450789fdeafe4dcb7cd040da6e808a3f1f5400a416d73b0fe3b012207

      • C:\brokerDhcp\S0tGSQFMCx6Y.vbe

        Filesize

        195B

        MD5

        0272bf47a2ead1950910e1629e35e5b5

        SHA1

        74b43b7ce5697d8bfddd3ed416b03ba61b81fbac

        SHA256

        45547e2ed9186e7405f394fe1e3b58d61106b205d78c3dcbe8f80dd0c8e13fdd

        SHA512

        9a02cb88ef7e8d1ee80e4c5cb6612d933b11ce8f63c6518ebe8a58bfdbd08046666a1ebedd509ad0a1b7652d361fbb610008835a823737cb7421d81e19104465

      • C:\brokerDhcp\ZZ2hXACs.bat

        Filesize

        39B

        MD5

        7336dff7322860e242cf39fd2067a903

        SHA1

        b97bdf53351221778777388168217a736b9670bc

        SHA256

        f875da2b44bb1c16ae7ad33e3ac89f235bd1c85445672e8ee092f1a540fd4cea

        SHA512

        fb5e86ca89e961c5df3d6a0e4e6d30b8ab7f5d4445efa71e7706ce86f3201267a3bd8b45af80d8f5a694e451cd0f0d51a70954e0a5f8d6aec0ee5bc31139a687

      • C:\brokerDhcp\brokerDhcpdriverref.exe

        Filesize

        2.0MB

        MD5

        c07cdd8d27b5b968b06166ceddcfd35a

        SHA1

        419905135ad7276f36edd5654ff50643875d52b3

        SHA256

        6b350fefc7d6ca79ca3e4cef39b4e71e7459d98ef213693ae3cec2c1b1d03863

        SHA512

        01ddba53ed10452aeefde7aa2bcb289d75d5ce90fe0771183d5abc5f3a178d20b5495381084e75e858130bf31dbdd33edf82d51c96d1e4a99ee4c21bf97327ed

      • memory/2192-54-0x00000000002B0000-0x00000000002BA000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        40KB

      • memory/2192-51-0x0000000000DD0000-0x0000000000FE2000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        2.1MB

      • memory/2192-52-0x0000000000250000-0x000000000025E000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        56KB

      • memory/2192-53-0x0000000000260000-0x00000000002B6000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        344KB

      • memory/2192-55-0x00000000002C0000-0x00000000002C8000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        32KB

      • memory/2192-56-0x00000000006F0000-0x00000000006FC000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        48KB

      • memory/2192-58-0x00000000002E0000-0x00000000002E8000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        32KB

      • memory/2192-57-0x00000000002D0000-0x00000000002D8000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        32KB

      • memory/2712-13-0x0000000000E10000-0x0000000001022000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        2.1MB