Analysis

  • max time kernel
    119s
  • max time network
    120s
  • platform
    windows7_x64
  • resource
    win7-20240903-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20240903-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
  • submitted
    22-12-2024 20:56

General

  • Target

    27e7c3c983148345bd6694b972325c8af83587f9c414c891fad275697d714cb4.exe

  • Size

    783KB

  • MD5

    98847426d37f95205ac38af1a2dffcb4

  • SHA1

    c859a5aa720b06186316cc5c42b4be0b34b4599b

  • SHA256

    27e7c3c983148345bd6694b972325c8af83587f9c414c891fad275697d714cb4

  • SHA512

    b021f71904752c4cebcfc61530fe69dd720a38991a750f718d4b473890c560e7e5aca125df93d04336e8e1979eaa608162c87ce86e103f465f36e0571ce81875

  • SSDEEP

    12288:GqnOYxdAgpoNeF91rg5iFdr0yQ9gYx+EIpakCYJRU7Q9bWoFzqK:G+OQbpbgsFdAyQvzSqaq8q

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 7 IoCs

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

  • UAC bypass 3 TTPs 6 IoCs
  • DCRat payload 4 IoCs

    Detects payload of DCRat, commonly dropped by NSIS installers.

  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 7 IoCs
  • Checks whether UAC is enabled 1 TTPs 4 IoCs
  • Drops file in System32 directory 8 IoCs
  • Drops file in Program Files directory 4 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 4 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

    Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

  • Modifies system certificate store 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
  • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 7 IoCs

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

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 21 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs
  • System policy modification 1 TTPs 6 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\27e7c3c983148345bd6694b972325c8af83587f9c414c891fad275697d714cb4.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\27e7c3c983148345bd6694b972325c8af83587f9c414c891fad275697d714cb4.exe"
    1⤵
    • UAC bypass
    • Adds Run key to start application
    • Checks whether UAC is enabled
    • 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
    • System policy modification
    PID:2552
    • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\73FDxf5OiE.bat"
      2⤵
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:1944
      • C:\Windows\system32\w32tm.exe
        w32tm /stripchart /computer:localhost /period:5 /dataonly /samples:2
        3⤵
          PID:2712
        • C:\Windows\PFRO\explorer.exe
          "C:\Windows\PFRO\explorer.exe"
          3⤵
          • UAC bypass
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • Checks whether UAC is enabled
          • Modifies system certificate store
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          • System policy modification
          PID:2984
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "explorer" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Windows\PFRO\explorer.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2884
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "spoolsv" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Windows\System32\VSSVC\spoolsv.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2888
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "winlogon" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Windows\System32\msdmo\winlogon.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2776
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "OSPPSVC" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\ProgramData\Start Menu\OSPPSVC.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:3048
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "services" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\ProgramData\Start Menu\services.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2816
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "services" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\PerfLogs\Admin\services.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2676
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "System" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft\System.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:1768

    Network

    MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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    Downloads

    • C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\services.exe

      Filesize

      783KB

      MD5

      98847426d37f95205ac38af1a2dffcb4

      SHA1

      c859a5aa720b06186316cc5c42b4be0b34b4599b

      SHA256

      27e7c3c983148345bd6694b972325c8af83587f9c414c891fad275697d714cb4

      SHA512

      b021f71904752c4cebcfc61530fe69dd720a38991a750f718d4b473890c560e7e5aca125df93d04336e8e1979eaa608162c87ce86e103f465f36e0571ce81875

    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\73FDxf5OiE.bat

      Filesize

      192B

      MD5

      2ff4aef44e0e37e997f44966572fd779

      SHA1

      a9268e857c6de2ab7a46557889dfb071d202984d

      SHA256

      8f8ccc013487bfb43e96f60210f812fab202e98c0dd1f68a95e26d60d0f945b6

      SHA512

      5ed2bef0fbb3f54822b9cba2fc7e4fedb6acf0c72230a4fc247365894a9d633cbeb885cbabdeedc1a6f3cd4b6b24cac51730c938421e2955fbf0e6685d4a7dec

    • C:\Windows\PFRO\explorer.exe

      Filesize

      783KB

      MD5

      7ba753e41f7a0f174e5ee7c01b2234ca

      SHA1

      4a72ba12cf6983a8cb7d8257da274962e1c39046

      SHA256

      7893073a217fe7704c61e458272ef6369068e490b467efb439ae1620bbe74049

      SHA512

      05542dad252ae8838dfcc923bdf883aa52ecba4cc0871612c101ec15053b6d1af1fa1a293d188e8a5946dd6273a2d6b5f8565b029c87da98bb89148c265e1d7c

    • memory/2552-14-0x0000000002270000-0x0000000002278000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      32KB

    • memory/2552-17-0x00000000022C0000-0x00000000022C8000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      32KB

    • memory/2552-4-0x0000000000B70000-0x0000000000B78000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      32KB

    • memory/2552-6-0x0000000000C10000-0x0000000000C18000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      32KB

    • memory/2552-7-0x0000000000C50000-0x0000000000C5C000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      48KB

    • memory/2552-8-0x0000000000C70000-0x0000000000C7A000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      40KB

    • memory/2552-9-0x0000000000C40000-0x0000000000C4A000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      40KB

    • memory/2552-11-0x0000000000C80000-0x0000000000C88000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      32KB

    • memory/2552-10-0x0000000000C30000-0x0000000000C38000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      32KB

    • memory/2552-12-0x0000000000C20000-0x0000000000C28000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      32KB

    • memory/2552-13-0x0000000000C60000-0x0000000000C68000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      32KB

    • memory/2552-0-0x000007FEF6313000-0x000007FEF6314000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      4KB

    • memory/2552-15-0x0000000002290000-0x0000000002298000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      32KB

    • memory/2552-5-0x0000000000C00000-0x0000000000C10000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      64KB

    • memory/2552-16-0x00000000022B0000-0x00000000022B8000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      32KB

    • memory/2552-18-0x0000000002280000-0x0000000002288000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      32KB

    • memory/2552-19-0x00000000022D0000-0x00000000022D8000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      32KB

    • memory/2552-20-0x00000000022F0000-0x00000000022F8000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      32KB

    • memory/2552-21-0x000000001AB00000-0x000000001AB0C000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      48KB

    • memory/2552-22-0x00000000022A0000-0x00000000022A8000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      32KB

    • memory/2552-25-0x000007FEF6310000-0x000007FEF6CFC000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      9.9MB

    • memory/2552-3-0x00000000003D0000-0x00000000003D8000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      32KB

    • memory/2552-93-0x000007FEF6310000-0x000007FEF6CFC000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      9.9MB

    • memory/2552-2-0x000007FEF6310000-0x000007FEF6CFC000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      9.9MB

    • memory/2552-1-0x0000000000C90000-0x0000000000D5A000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      808KB

    • memory/2984-97-0x0000000000CE0000-0x0000000000DAA000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      808KB