Analysis

  • max time kernel
    93s
  • max time network
    141s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20241007-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20241007-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
  • submitted
    26-11-2024 03:19

General

  • Target

    c0d51cad38cd578ac0f62737185d0e15184843b8a118bb978d11d9e86998eef3.exe

  • Size

    1.1MB

  • MD5

    11da048860021b6c22e171032e48b023

  • SHA1

    b3b636a8bd17223454b4522fdbdb4863e0c4a565

  • SHA256

    c0d51cad38cd578ac0f62737185d0e15184843b8a118bb978d11d9e86998eef3

  • SHA512

    09b8bc3f1fa034d28a14e0fc5e44722ee84cfd9b32dc7887674100d967b3c9232d7ae42156c8d45050ea781ba87a3ee29a54bfc04bef98c6e5f6d9123444509f

  • SSDEEP

    24576:U2G/nvxW3Ww0tpI7rd5XFM2cxARnZ0S/J1:UbA30pILXZjv

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 39 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
  • Drops file in Program Files directory 5 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 6 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 39 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 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\c0d51cad38cd578ac0f62737185d0e15184843b8a118bb978d11d9e86998eef3.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\c0d51cad38cd578ac0f62737185d0e15184843b8a118bb978d11d9e86998eef3.exe"
    1⤵
    • Checks computer location settings
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Modifies registry class
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1260
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WScript.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\WScript.exe" "C:\blockrefSessionBrokerDll\5sVJrvWE.vbe"
      2⤵
      • Checks computer location settings
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2972
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c ""C:\blockrefSessionBrokerDll\jNiINMcACfpGfudqTH4IxZpVWTbF.bat" "
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:3540
        • C:\blockrefSessionBrokerDll\chainMonitor.exe
          "C:\blockrefSessionBrokerDll\chainMonitor.exe"
          4⤵
          • Checks computer location settings
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • 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:460
          • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
            "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\v8Bt0r0cRz.bat"
            5⤵
            • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
            PID:448
            • C:\Windows\system32\w32tm.exe
              w32tm /stripchart /computer:localhost /period:5 /dataonly /samples:2
              6⤵
                PID:4444
              • C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\WmiPrvSE.exe
                "C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\WmiPrvSE.exe"
                6⤵
                • Executes dropped EXE
                • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
                • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
                PID:2216
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "explorere" /sc MINUTE /mo 5 /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Esl\explorer.exe'" /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2612
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "explorer" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Esl\explorer.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:700
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "explorere" /sc MINUTE /mo 11 /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Esl\explorer.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:1852
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "conhostc" /sc MINUTE /mo 9 /tr "'C:\blockrefSessionBrokerDll\conhost.exe'" /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2884
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "conhost" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\blockrefSessionBrokerDll\conhost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:3264
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "conhostc" /sc MINUTE /mo 7 /tr "'C:\blockrefSessionBrokerDll\conhost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2828
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "fontdrvhostf" /sc MINUTE /mo 9 /tr "'C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\fontdrvhost.exe'" /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2412
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "fontdrvhost" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\fontdrvhost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:3912
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "fontdrvhostf" /sc MINUTE /mo 13 /tr "'C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\fontdrvhost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2032
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "SppExtComObjS" /sc MINUTE /mo 13 /tr "'C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\SppExtComObj.exe'" /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:1336
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "SppExtComObj" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\SppExtComObj.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:4040
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "SppExtComObjS" /sc MINUTE /mo 7 /tr "'C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\SppExtComObj.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:4724
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "WmiPrvSEW" /sc MINUTE /mo 12 /tr "'C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\WmiPrvSE.exe'" /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:1528
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "WmiPrvSE" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\WmiPrvSE.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:4956
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "WmiPrvSEW" /sc MINUTE /mo 7 /tr "'C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\WmiPrvSE.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:3080
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "WmiPrvSEW" /sc MINUTE /mo 5 /tr "'C:\Users\All Users\WmiPrvSE.exe'" /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:1160
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "WmiPrvSE" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Users\All Users\WmiPrvSE.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:588
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "WmiPrvSEW" /sc MINUTE /mo 10 /tr "'C:\Users\All Users\WmiPrvSE.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2716
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "dllhostd" /sc MINUTE /mo 9 /tr "'C:\blockrefSessionBrokerDll\dllhost.exe'" /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:4048
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "dllhost" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\blockrefSessionBrokerDll\dllhost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:4776
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "dllhostd" /sc MINUTE /mo 10 /tr "'C:\blockrefSessionBrokerDll\dllhost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:1804
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "smsss" /sc MINUTE /mo 13 /tr "'C:\Windows\Speech_OneCore\Engines\Lexicon\ja-JP\smss.exe'" /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:1956
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "smss" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Windows\Speech_OneCore\Engines\Lexicon\ja-JP\smss.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:4212
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "smsss" /sc MINUTE /mo 7 /tr "'C:\Windows\Speech_OneCore\Engines\Lexicon\ja-JP\smss.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2692
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "SystemS" /sc MINUTE /mo 5 /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Update\Offline\System.exe'" /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2860
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "System" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Update\Offline\System.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:220
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "SystemS" /sc MINUTE /mo 13 /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Update\Offline\System.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:840
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "wininitw" /sc MINUTE /mo 6 /tr "'C:\Users\Public\wininit.exe'" /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2836
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "wininit" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Users\Public\wininit.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:3304
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "wininitw" /sc MINUTE /mo 6 /tr "'C:\Users\Public\wininit.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:1128
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "csrssc" /sc MINUTE /mo 8 /tr "'C:\Windows\DigitalLocker\en-US\csrss.exe'" /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:764
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "csrss" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Windows\DigitalLocker\en-US\csrss.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:4732
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "csrssc" /sc MINUTE /mo 5 /tr "'C:\Windows\DigitalLocker\en-US\csrss.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:3948
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "wininitw" /sc MINUTE /mo 6 /tr "'C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\wininit.exe'" /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:3404
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "wininit" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\wininit.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:912
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "wininitw" /sc MINUTE /mo 11 /tr "'C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\wininit.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2452
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "WmiPrvSEW" /sc MINUTE /mo 5 /tr "'C:\Windows\Help\Corporate\WmiPrvSE.exe'" /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2948
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "WmiPrvSE" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Windows\Help\Corporate\WmiPrvSE.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:4024
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "WmiPrvSEW" /sc MINUTE /mo 5 /tr "'C:\Windows\Help\Corporate\WmiPrvSE.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:4084

    Network

    MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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    Downloads

    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\v8Bt0r0cRz.bat

      Filesize

      199B

      MD5

      f910e59693ceb93ea28b69359dff9b34

      SHA1

      39b5064bc79a09788144fd843565c83912cb5e09

      SHA256

      586193368aba81eeb0c849d2dc7f6d4b7d4d61b31576c912635b3ec9c2b53476

      SHA512

      addb6302494e148829adb3182084beaf9586933402e0d1ac049a8ba8d4d9555b8a0392634b61cf4cb3f98023fa61cbce9b3a5140c7545a8623688705c3652a06

    • C:\blockrefSessionBrokerDll\5sVJrvWE.vbe

      Filesize

      229B

      MD5

      7533c94864b144aa157dbd00f03e9871

      SHA1

      807bad6d8cb143e2fac7ec32a6e07a4016af308d

      SHA256

      1dceabad90f9b4e74e59d62eebbc86662708d2c28761074e8b4fd73aa73f60aa

      SHA512

      3d536e931dadb7d6efc079fc9ff336ee4f2c7a291fcd1df7139c565e74d73e4c12745b886dbb746f060cd46c36cb3d774bc2b9f3a5407a737cb94ac44ed70f8c

    • C:\blockrefSessionBrokerDll\chainMonitor.exe

      Filesize

      828KB

      MD5

      f6b809fa6bd0e72435fab78e9744ccd7

      SHA1

      52749158484cf20a6511fcd36fda0e8100ebe316

      SHA256

      af8a81f4387ba5ebe96f5111d56b65585c194602e5bd147997eab1b6e28ae7b2

      SHA512

      12c63edcd1f347b519da80c814fcf3640294fdbd2482a7be4da4d20f8f5d785d2e97f784df39ad28b317d2db3cc43d904c5584fc9eea2c1f1df01b999362adf9

    • C:\blockrefSessionBrokerDll\jNiINMcACfpGfudqTH4IxZpVWTbF.bat

      Filesize

      46B

      MD5

      6f0b3744c91bc8641c6cef0ae9be66b5

      SHA1

      5e45aef1422d839f27a9e73b395c58eeab7ae476

      SHA256

      6442de1cdf0bf9500de8b74c00506a7d84193b3780f9242f55497335526aad5c

      SHA512

      97089e966a4969391aa2fa10d0693c103a16eea70bfbc01481ecda46ae6953e3a25abf3034500e275cc60e0e8de6f95435b2ba2c9df2cda5bf58685af4cba8e0

    • memory/460-12-0x00007FFC61073000-0x00007FFC61075000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      8KB

    • memory/460-13-0x0000000000F40000-0x0000000001016000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      856KB