darkcomet | db0e76eec32745e2c378771f5a3a9c350d9ba3a5337340ae80f1fc534a715c5b

General

Target

9c6f806374d594a4a9213a8d1c9415eb_JaffaCakes118.exe
Size

475KB
MD5

9c6f806374d594a4a9213a8d1c9415eb
SHA1

16b56047dc14e07ef61b75adf2f63efade034d6b
SHA256

db0e76eec32745e2c378771f5a3a9c350d9ba3a5337340ae80f1fc534a715c5b
SHA512

d13cb71fa7bdaee133cca43eb66335a4616fec3cfc1534cdd668114d679a61b6bbeb4990bf4ceace45fa5015e0e6892160b147719c63a29675edc5b93f2aeda6
SSDEEP

12288:1QS6a/Gbu4F0I10UoyHKCl9FsR4g4PA3VvxDX5XW5C4:1bGi4P10t1Cz2q2vT4

Score

10^/10

darkcomet guest16 discovery persistence rat trojan upx

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

darkcomet

Botnet

Guest16

C2

127.0.0.1:1604

jan.no-ip.org:1604

Mutex

DC_MUTEX-5SB8S31

Attributes

gencode
HJ8VHEicPMix
install
false
offline_keylogger
true
password
123456789
persistence
false

Signatures

Darkcomet
DarkComet is a remote access trojan (RAT) developed by Jean-Pierre Lesueur.
trojan rat darkcomet
Darkcomet family
darkcomet

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
1184	vbc.exe

Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs

pid	Process
392	9c6f806374d594a4a9213a8d1c9415eb_JaffaCakes118.exe

Uses the VBS compiler for execution 1 TTPs

Command and Scripting Interpreter
T1059

Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Modify Registry

T1112

description	ioc	Process
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3692679935-4019334568-335155002-1000\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\JavaUpdtr = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\AppData\\Roaming\\JavaUpdtr\\9c6f806374d594a4a9213a8d1c9415eb_JaffaCakes118.exe"	9c6f806374d594a4a9213a8d1c9415eb_JaffaCakes118.exe

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 392 set thread context of 1184	392	9c6f806374d594a4a9213a8d1c9415eb_JaffaCakes118.exe	29

UPX packed file 27 IoCs

Detects executables packed with UPX/modified UPX open source packer.

upx

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/memory/1184-19-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B7000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/1184-21-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B7000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/1184-25-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B7000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/1184-26-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B7000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/1184-23-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B7000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/1184-29-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B7000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/1184-28-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B7000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/1184-22-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B7000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/1184-17-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B7000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/1184-13-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B7000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/1184-11-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B7000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/1184-30-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B7000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/1184-31-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B7000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/1184-32-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B7000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/1184-33-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B7000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/1184-34-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B7000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/1184-35-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B7000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/1184-36-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B7000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/1184-37-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B7000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/1184-38-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B7000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/1184-39-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B7000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/1184-40-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B7000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/1184-41-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B7000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/1184-42-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B7000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/1184-43-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B7000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/1184-44-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B7000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/1184-45-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B7000-memory.dmp	upx

Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

System Information Discovery
T1082

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.

discovery

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	9c6f806374d594a4a9213a8d1c9415eb_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	vbc.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 23 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeIncreaseQuotaPrivilege	1184	vbc.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	1184	vbc.exe
Token: SeTakeOwnershipPrivilege	1184	vbc.exe
Token: SeLoadDriverPrivilege	1184	vbc.exe
Token: SeSystemProfilePrivilege	1184	vbc.exe
Token: SeSystemtimePrivilege	1184	vbc.exe
Token: SeProfSingleProcessPrivilege	1184	vbc.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	1184	vbc.exe
Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege	1184	vbc.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	1184	vbc.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	1184	vbc.exe
Token: SeShutdownPrivilege	1184	vbc.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1184	vbc.exe
Token: SeSystemEnvironmentPrivilege	1184	vbc.exe
Token: SeChangeNotifyPrivilege	1184	vbc.exe
Token: SeRemoteShutdownPrivilege	1184	vbc.exe
Token: SeUndockPrivilege	1184	vbc.exe
Token: SeManageVolumePrivilege	1184	vbc.exe
Token: SeImpersonatePrivilege	1184	vbc.exe
Token: SeCreateGlobalPrivilege	1184	vbc.exe
Token: 33	1184	vbc.exe
Token: 34	1184	vbc.exe
Token: 35	1184	vbc.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs

pid	Process
1184	vbc.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 8 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 392 wrote to memory of 1184	392	9c6f806374d594a4a9213a8d1c9415eb_JaffaCakes118.exe	29
PID 392 wrote to memory of 1184	392	9c6f806374d594a4a9213a8d1c9415eb_JaffaCakes118.exe	29
PID 392 wrote to memory of 1184	392	9c6f806374d594a4a9213a8d1c9415eb_JaffaCakes118.exe	29
PID 392 wrote to memory of 1184	392	9c6f806374d594a4a9213a8d1c9415eb_JaffaCakes118.exe	29
PID 392 wrote to memory of 1184	392	9c6f806374d594a4a9213a8d1c9415eb_JaffaCakes118.exe	29
PID 392 wrote to memory of 1184	392	9c6f806374d594a4a9213a8d1c9415eb_JaffaCakes118.exe	29
PID 392 wrote to memory of 1184	392	9c6f806374d594a4a9213a8d1c9415eb_JaffaCakes118.exe	29
PID 392 wrote to memory of 1184	392	9c6f806374d594a4a9213a8d1c9415eb_JaffaCakes118.exe	29

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\9c6f806374d594a4a9213a8d1c9415eb_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\9c6f806374d594a4a9213a8d1c9415eb_JaffaCakes118.exe"
1⤵
- Loads dropped DLL
- Adds Run key to start application
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:392
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\vbc.exe
  C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\vbc.exe
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
  PID:1184

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Command and Scripting Interpreter

1

T1059

Persistence

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

1

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

1

T1547.001

Privilege Escalation

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

1

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

1

T1547.001

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

1

T1112

Credential Access

Discovery

System Information Discovery

1

T1082

System Location Discovery

1

T1614

System Language Discovery

1

T1614.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\vbc.exe

Filesize
1.1MB

MD5
34aa912defa18c2c129f1e09d75c1d7e

SHA1
9c3046324657505a30ecd9b1fdb46c05bde7d470

SHA256
6df94b7fa33f1b87142adc39b3db0613fc520d9e7a5fd6a5301dd7f51f8d0386

SHA512
d1ea9368f5d7166180612fd763c87afb647d088498887961f5e7fb0a10f4a808bd5928e8a3666d70ff794093c51ecca8816f75dd47652fd4eb23dce7f9aa1f98

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memory/392-24-0x00000000745E0000-0x0000000074B8B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.7MB

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memory/392-1-0x00000000745E0000-0x0000000074B8B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.7MB

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memory/392-2-0x00000000745E0000-0x0000000074B8B000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.7MB

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memory/392-0-0x00000000745E1000-0x00000000745E2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/1184-13-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B7000-memory.dmp

Filesize
732KB

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memory/1184-32-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B7000-memory.dmp

Filesize
732KB

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memory/1184-25-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B7000-memory.dmp

Filesize
732KB

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memory/1184-19-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B7000-memory.dmp

Filesize
732KB

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memory/1184-26-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B7000-memory.dmp

Filesize
732KB

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memory/1184-23-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B7000-memory.dmp

Filesize
732KB

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memory/1184-29-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B7000-memory.dmp

Filesize
732KB

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memory/1184-28-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B7000-memory.dmp

Filesize
732KB

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memory/1184-22-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B7000-memory.dmp

Filesize
732KB

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memory/1184-17-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B7000-memory.dmp

Filesize
732KB

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memory/1184-15-0x000000007EFDE000-0x000000007EFDF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/1184-9-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B7000-memory.dmp

Filesize
732KB

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memory/1184-11-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B7000-memory.dmp

Filesize
732KB

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memory/1184-30-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B7000-memory.dmp

Filesize
732KB

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memory/1184-31-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B7000-memory.dmp

Filesize
732KB

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memory/1184-21-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B7000-memory.dmp

Filesize
732KB

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memory/1184-33-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B7000-memory.dmp

Filesize
732KB

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memory/1184-34-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B7000-memory.dmp

Filesize
732KB

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memory/1184-35-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B7000-memory.dmp

Filesize
732KB

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memory/1184-36-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B7000-memory.dmp

Filesize
732KB

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memory/1184-37-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B7000-memory.dmp

Filesize
732KB

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memory/1184-38-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B7000-memory.dmp

Filesize
732KB

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memory/1184-39-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B7000-memory.dmp

Filesize
732KB

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memory/1184-40-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B7000-memory.dmp

Filesize
732KB

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memory/1184-41-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B7000-memory.dmp

Filesize
732KB

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memory/1184-42-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B7000-memory.dmp

Filesize
732KB

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memory/1184-43-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B7000-memory.dmp

Filesize
732KB

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memory/1184-44-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B7000-memory.dmp

Filesize
732KB

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memory/1184-45-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B7000-memory.dmp

Filesize
732KB

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Analysis

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General

Malware Config

Extracted

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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