darkcomet | 04c62bd56c337c1a66adbdf6d085e13163bcea0e356b33fbf7f7ca3f0b4fbab2

Analysis

max time kernel
150s
max time network
123s
platform
windows7_x64
resource
win7-20240903-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20240903-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
submitted
03-01-2025 15:11

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General

Target

JaffaCakes118_6d87f2158c4c2536984c4378201516c0.exe
Size

658KB
MD5

6d87f2158c4c2536984c4378201516c0
SHA1

12e7efef9abf462b46afb796d95a2cf31e15eb5d
SHA256

04c62bd56c337c1a66adbdf6d085e13163bcea0e356b33fbf7f7ca3f0b4fbab2
SHA512

f7fba5caf16bf5665ea9bf094b75ae90ab96f93edb8316f26d66f429a0f34ef178da1cca27408d9fbc0c7af6e0b140fdf6951c3e5f89897d8048e94859f727e7
SSDEEP

12288:O9HMeUmcufrvA3kb445UEJ2jsWiD4EvFuu4cNgZhCiZKD/XdyFF:aiBIGkbxqEcjsWiDxguehC2S6

Score

10^/10

darkcomet guest16_min discovery persistence rat trojan

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

darkcomet

Botnet

Guest16_min

devil-95.no-ip.org:1996

Mutex

DCMIN_MUTEX-BTGQ3BM

Attributes

InstallPath
DCSCMIN\IMDCSC.exe
gencode
lqgrnqypon5G
install
true
offline_keylogger
true
persistence
false
reg_key
DarkComet RAT

Signatures

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

Modifies WinLogon for persistence 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

persistence

Winlogon Helper DLL

T1547.004

Modify Registry

T1112

description	ioc	Process
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\UserInit = "C:\\Windows\\system32\\userinit.exe,C:\\Users\\Admin\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\DCSCMIN\\IMDCSC.exe"	JaffaCakes118_6d87f2158c4c2536984c4378201516c0.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2236	IMDCSC.exe

Loads dropped DLL 2 IoCs

pid	Process
1660	JaffaCakes118_6d87f2158c4c2536984c4378201516c0.exe
1660	JaffaCakes118_6d87f2158c4c2536984c4378201516c0.exe

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-1-5-21-3290804112-2823094203-3137964600-1000\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\DarkComet RAT = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\DCSCMIN\\IMDCSC.exe"	JaffaCakes118_6d87f2158c4c2536984c4378201516c0.exe

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	JaffaCakes118_6d87f2158c4c2536984c4378201516c0.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	IMDCSC.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 46 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeIncreaseQuotaPrivilege	1660	JaffaCakes118_6d87f2158c4c2536984c4378201516c0.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	1660	JaffaCakes118_6d87f2158c4c2536984c4378201516c0.exe
Token: SeTakeOwnershipPrivilege	1660	JaffaCakes118_6d87f2158c4c2536984c4378201516c0.exe
Token: SeLoadDriverPrivilege	1660	JaffaCakes118_6d87f2158c4c2536984c4378201516c0.exe
Token: SeSystemProfilePrivilege	1660	JaffaCakes118_6d87f2158c4c2536984c4378201516c0.exe
Token: SeSystemtimePrivilege	1660	JaffaCakes118_6d87f2158c4c2536984c4378201516c0.exe
Token: SeProfSingleProcessPrivilege	1660	JaffaCakes118_6d87f2158c4c2536984c4378201516c0.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	1660	JaffaCakes118_6d87f2158c4c2536984c4378201516c0.exe
Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege	1660	JaffaCakes118_6d87f2158c4c2536984c4378201516c0.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	1660	JaffaCakes118_6d87f2158c4c2536984c4378201516c0.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	1660	JaffaCakes118_6d87f2158c4c2536984c4378201516c0.exe
Token: SeShutdownPrivilege	1660	JaffaCakes118_6d87f2158c4c2536984c4378201516c0.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1660	JaffaCakes118_6d87f2158c4c2536984c4378201516c0.exe
Token: SeSystemEnvironmentPrivilege	1660	JaffaCakes118_6d87f2158c4c2536984c4378201516c0.exe
Token: SeChangeNotifyPrivilege	1660	JaffaCakes118_6d87f2158c4c2536984c4378201516c0.exe
Token: SeRemoteShutdownPrivilege	1660	JaffaCakes118_6d87f2158c4c2536984c4378201516c0.exe
Token: SeUndockPrivilege	1660	JaffaCakes118_6d87f2158c4c2536984c4378201516c0.exe
Token: SeManageVolumePrivilege	1660	JaffaCakes118_6d87f2158c4c2536984c4378201516c0.exe
Token: SeImpersonatePrivilege	1660	JaffaCakes118_6d87f2158c4c2536984c4378201516c0.exe
Token: SeCreateGlobalPrivilege	1660	JaffaCakes118_6d87f2158c4c2536984c4378201516c0.exe
Token: 33	1660	JaffaCakes118_6d87f2158c4c2536984c4378201516c0.exe
Token: 34	1660	JaffaCakes118_6d87f2158c4c2536984c4378201516c0.exe
Token: 35	1660	JaffaCakes118_6d87f2158c4c2536984c4378201516c0.exe
Token: SeIncreaseQuotaPrivilege	2236	IMDCSC.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	2236	IMDCSC.exe
Token: SeTakeOwnershipPrivilege	2236	IMDCSC.exe
Token: SeLoadDriverPrivilege	2236	IMDCSC.exe
Token: SeSystemProfilePrivilege	2236	IMDCSC.exe
Token: SeSystemtimePrivilege	2236	IMDCSC.exe
Token: SeProfSingleProcessPrivilege	2236	IMDCSC.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2236	IMDCSC.exe
Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege	2236	IMDCSC.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	2236	IMDCSC.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	2236	IMDCSC.exe
Token: SeShutdownPrivilege	2236	IMDCSC.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2236	IMDCSC.exe
Token: SeSystemEnvironmentPrivilege	2236	IMDCSC.exe
Token: SeChangeNotifyPrivilege	2236	IMDCSC.exe
Token: SeRemoteShutdownPrivilege	2236	IMDCSC.exe
Token: SeUndockPrivilege	2236	IMDCSC.exe
Token: SeManageVolumePrivilege	2236	IMDCSC.exe
Token: SeImpersonatePrivilege	2236	IMDCSC.exe
Token: SeCreateGlobalPrivilege	2236	IMDCSC.exe
Token: 33	2236	IMDCSC.exe
Token: 34	2236	IMDCSC.exe
Token: 35	2236	IMDCSC.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2236	IMDCSC.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 1660 wrote to memory of 2236	1660	JaffaCakes118_6d87f2158c4c2536984c4378201516c0.exe	31
PID 1660 wrote to memory of 2236	1660	JaffaCakes118_6d87f2158c4c2536984c4378201516c0.exe	31
PID 1660 wrote to memory of 2236	1660	JaffaCakes118_6d87f2158c4c2536984c4378201516c0.exe	31
PID 1660 wrote to memory of 2236	1660	JaffaCakes118_6d87f2158c4c2536984c4378201516c0.exe	31

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_6d87f2158c4c2536984c4378201516c0.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_6d87f2158c4c2536984c4378201516c0.exe"
1⤵
- Modifies WinLogon for persistence
- Loads dropped DLL
- Adds Run key to start application
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1660
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\DCSCMIN\IMDCSC.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\DCSCMIN\IMDCSC.exe"
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
  PID:2236

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Winlogon Helper DLL

T1547.004

Privilege Escalation

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Winlogon Helper DLL

T1547.004

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

T1112

Credential Access

Discovery

System Information Discovery

T1082

System Location Discovery

T1614

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\DCSCMIN\IMDCSC.exe

Filesize
658KB

MD5
6d87f2158c4c2536984c4378201516c0

SHA1
12e7efef9abf462b46afb796d95a2cf31e15eb5d

SHA256
04c62bd56c337c1a66adbdf6d085e13163bcea0e356b33fbf7f7ca3f0b4fbab2

SHA512
f7fba5caf16bf5665ea9bf094b75ae90ab96f93edb8316f26d66f429a0f34ef178da1cca27408d9fbc0c7af6e0b140fdf6951c3e5f89897d8048e94859f727e7

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memory/1660-12-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
712KB

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memory/1660-0-0x00000000002E0000-0x00000000002E1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2236-17-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
712KB

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memory/2236-19-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
712KB

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memory/2236-14-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
712KB

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memory/2236-15-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
712KB

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memory/2236-16-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
712KB

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memory/2236-10-0x00000000003E0000-0x00000000003E1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2236-18-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
712KB

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memory/2236-13-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
712KB

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memory/2236-20-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
712KB

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memory/2236-21-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
712KB

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memory/2236-22-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
712KB

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memory/2236-23-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
712KB

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memory/2236-24-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
712KB

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memory/2236-25-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
712KB

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memory/2236-26-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
712KB

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Malware Config

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Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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