Analysis

  • max time kernel
    75s
  • max time network
    16s
  • platform
    windows7_x64
  • resource
    win7-20240903-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20240903-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
  • submitted
    30/12/2024, 17:52

General

  • Target
    91034df30d1ef00ed5f689e3d8cd041fb9a36caf97af9c430eede4c3e047567d.exe
  • Size 1.7MB
  • Sample241230-wfwlcstrhs
  • SHA256 91034df30d1ef00ed5f689e3d8cd041fb9a36caf97af9c430eede4c3e047567d
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

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 24 IoCs

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

  • DCRat payload 7 IoCs

    Detects payload of DCRat, commonly dropped by NSIS installers.

  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 12 IoCs

    Run Powershell to modify Windows Defender settings to add exclusions for file extensions, paths, and processes.

  • Drops file in Drivers directory 1 IoCs
  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • Drops file in Program Files directory 5 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 5 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 24 IoCs

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

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 15 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 48 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\91034df30d1ef00ed5f689e3d8cd041fb9a36caf97af9c430eede4c3e047567d.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\91034df30d1ef00ed5f689e3d8cd041fb9a36caf97af9c430eede4c3e047567d.exe"
    1⤵
    • Drops file in Drivers directory
    • Drops file in Program Files directory
    • Drops file in Windows directory
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1964
    • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "powershell" -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:/'
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:2072
    • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "powershell" -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:/$Recycle.Bin/'
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:1984
    • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "powershell" -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:/Documents and Settings/'
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:2416
    • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "powershell" -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:/MSOCache/'
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:1236
    • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "powershell" -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:/PerfLogs/'
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:2464
    • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "powershell" -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:/Program Files/'
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:2188
    • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "powershell" -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:/Program Files (x86)/'
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:552
    • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "powershell" -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:/ProgramData/'
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:2440
    • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "powershell" -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:/Recovery/'
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:2432
    • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "powershell" -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:/System Volume Information/'
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:1792
    • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "powershell" -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:/Users/'
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:3032
    • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "powershell" -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:/Windows/'
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:2184
    • C:\Recovery\18fc4542-69f6-11ef-a46c-62cb582c238c\smss.exe
      "C:\Recovery\18fc4542-69f6-11ef-a46c-62cb582c238c\smss.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2600
      • C:\Windows\System32\WScript.exe
        "C:\Windows\System32\WScript.exe" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1ea745bd-44e2-4cdf-854f-aa9f725189c6.vbs"
        3⤵
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:1404
        • C:\Recovery\18fc4542-69f6-11ef-a46c-62cb582c238c\smss.exe
          C:\Recovery\18fc4542-69f6-11ef-a46c-62cb582c238c\smss.exe
          4⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          PID:1540
      • C:\Windows\System32\WScript.exe
        "C:\Windows\System32\WScript.exe" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\b678f9cc-7828-4e7d-8561-950f335cb36e.vbs"
        3⤵
          PID:1760
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "csrssc" /sc MINUTE /mo 7 /tr "'C:\Recovery\18fc4542-69f6-11ef-a46c-62cb582c238c\csrss.exe'" /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2636
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "csrss" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Recovery\18fc4542-69f6-11ef-a46c-62cb582c238c\csrss.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2520
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "csrssc" /sc MINUTE /mo 8 /tr "'C:\Recovery\18fc4542-69f6-11ef-a46c-62cb582c238c\csrss.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2552
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "taskhostt" /sc MINUTE /mo 10 /tr "'C:\Users\Admin\Saved Games\taskhost.exe'" /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2984
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "taskhost" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Users\Admin\Saved Games\taskhost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:1756
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "taskhostt" /sc MINUTE /mo 11 /tr "'C:\Users\Admin\Saved Games\taskhost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2000
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "OSPPSVCO" /sc MINUTE /mo 10 /tr "'C:\MSOCache\All Users\{90140000-001A-0409-0000-0000000FF1CE}-C\OSPPSVC.exe'" /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2968
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "OSPPSVC" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\MSOCache\All Users\{90140000-001A-0409-0000-0000000FF1CE}-C\OSPPSVC.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:3012
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "OSPPSVCO" /sc MINUTE /mo 5 /tr "'C:\MSOCache\All Users\{90140000-001A-0409-0000-0000000FF1CE}-C\OSPPSVC.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2136
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "wininitw" /sc MINUTE /mo 5 /tr "'C:\Users\Public\Downloads\wininit.exe'" /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2200
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "wininit" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Users\Public\Downloads\wininit.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:1992
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "wininitw" /sc MINUTE /mo 13 /tr "'C:\Users\Public\Downloads\wininit.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2860
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "lsml" /sc MINUTE /mo 5 /tr "'C:\MSOCache\All Users\{90140000-001B-0409-0000-0000000FF1CE}-C\lsm.exe'" /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2332
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "lsm" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\MSOCache\All Users\{90140000-001B-0409-0000-0000000FF1CE}-C\lsm.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:1740
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "lsml" /sc MINUTE /mo 11 /tr "'C:\MSOCache\All Users\{90140000-001B-0409-0000-0000000FF1CE}-C\lsm.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:636
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "OSPPSVCO" /sc MINUTE /mo 11 /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Defender\es-ES\OSPPSVC.exe'" /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:1104
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "OSPPSVC" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Defender\es-ES\OSPPSVC.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2760
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "OSPPSVCO" /sc MINUTE /mo 9 /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Defender\es-ES\OSPPSVC.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:332
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "csrssc" /sc MINUTE /mo 11 /tr "'C:\Windows\Offline Web Pages\csrss.exe'" /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2972
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "csrss" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Windows\Offline Web Pages\csrss.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2412
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "csrssc" /sc MINUTE /mo 8 /tr "'C:\Windows\Offline Web Pages\csrss.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:532
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "smsss" /sc MINUTE /mo 13 /tr "'C:\Recovery\18fc4542-69f6-11ef-a46c-62cb582c238c\smss.exe'" /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:1036
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "smss" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Recovery\18fc4542-69f6-11ef-a46c-62cb582c238c\smss.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2808
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "smsss" /sc MINUTE /mo 5 /tr "'C:\Recovery\18fc4542-69f6-11ef-a46c-62cb582c238c\smss.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2396

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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          Downloads

          lsm.exe

          • Path C:\MSOCache\All Users\{90140000-001B-0409-0000-0000000FF1CE}-C\lsm.exe
          • Size 1.7MB
          • SHA256 91034df30d1ef00ed5f689e3d8cd041fb9a36caf97af9c430eede4c3e047567d
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          lsm.exe

          • Path C:\MSOCache\All Users\{90140000-001B-0409-0000-0000000FF1CE}-C\lsm.exe
          • Size 1.7MB
          • SHA256 ad40bd70c33f4ecc9219a63c193ed2b720657a074b25e6155e087d011ac34293
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          OSPPSVC.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Defender\es-ES\OSPPSVC.exe
          • Size 1.7MB
          • SHA256 28e7d377e72abeefd39cd2a0ad4415682fef66663333cab704a206333253d701
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          smss.exe

          • Path C:\Recovery\18fc4542-69f6-11ef-a46c-62cb582c238c\smss.exe
          • Size 1.7MB
          • SHA256 cd2e49374e65ed89f778f98a0248b6bb5aed869dfaef5f47ac9e75a6c98375d3
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          1ea745bd-44e2-4cdf-854f-aa9f725189c6.vbs

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1ea745bd-44e2-4cdf-854f-aa9f725189c6.vbs
          • Size 733B
          • SHA256 4fdf9c455f9eaed21f4d98e90faaa9870309c147840d3e5f0f352920ddfe7675
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          b678f9cc-7828-4e7d-8561-950f335cb36e.vbs

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\b678f9cc-7828-4e7d-8561-950f335cb36e.vbs
          • Size 509B
          • SHA256 076e93784a9d1b485dfc11ce3855c3ab6dd2c8d21a5dd2a91fc5e0f2cd5d9f93
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          590aee7bdd69b59b.customDestinations-ms

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\CustomDestinations\590aee7bdd69b59b.customDestinations-ms
          • Size 7KB
          • SHA256 c7d2aaa4d0f854ab886d4e605051fba3a8d41b52a78bc7ec81aa6b4723ff963e
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          memory/1540-213-0x00000000009E0000-0x00000000009F2000-memory.dmp

          memory/1540-212-0x0000000000DC0000-0x0000000000F76000-memory.dmp

          memory/1964-18-0x000007FEF4E30000-0x000007FEF581C000-memory.dmp

          memory/1964-7-0x0000000000290000-0x00000000002A2000-memory.dmp

          memory/1964-12-0x00000000003F0000-0x00000000003FC000-memory.dmp

          memory/1964-13-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040C000-memory.dmp

          memory/1964-16-0x0000000000640000-0x000000000064C000-memory.dmp

          memory/1964-15-0x0000000000630000-0x0000000000638000-memory.dmp

          memory/1964-14-0x0000000000620000-0x000000000062A000-memory.dmp

          memory/1964-0-0x000007FEF4E33000-0x000007FEF4E34000-memory.dmp

          memory/1964-17-0x0000000000650000-0x000000000065C000-memory.dmp

          memory/1964-9-0x0000000000320000-0x000000000032C000-memory.dmp

          memory/1964-8-0x00000000003D0000-0x00000000003E0000-memory.dmp

          memory/1964-10-0x00000000003E0000-0x00000000003E8000-memory.dmp

          memory/1964-6-0x00000000003B0000-0x00000000003C6000-memory.dmp

          memory/1964-5-0x0000000000280000-0x0000000000290000-memory.dmp

          memory/1964-1-0x0000000000C60000-0x0000000000E16000-memory.dmp

          memory/1964-2-0x000007FEF4E30000-0x000007FEF581C000-memory.dmp

          memory/1964-3-0x0000000000250000-0x000000000026C000-memory.dmp

          memory/1964-200-0x000007FEF4E30000-0x000007FEF581C000-memory.dmp

          memory/1964-4-0x0000000000270000-0x0000000000278000-memory.dmp

          memory/2072-139-0x0000000001D70000-0x0000000001D78000-memory.dmp

          memory/2072-138-0x000000001B730000-0x000000001BA12000-memory.dmp

          memory/2600-201-0x00000000005B0000-0x00000000005C2000-memory.dmp

          memory/2600-145-0x00000000009D0000-0x0000000000B86000-memory.dmp