Analysis

  • max time kernel
    93s
  • max time network
    148s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20241007-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20241007-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
  • submitted
    06-01-2025 02:04

General

  • Target

    05c4814add59df3a27d840a1494002ac0b0e49aa9348229bd9f438d87e3e56c1.exe

  • Size

    1.8MB

  • MD5

    5d232371c6b04bf6e609ee14fc06f3f6

  • SHA1

    d6b7e0e98b0bd964ce6b2256f7c3f52ea2ec39ba

  • SHA256

    05c4814add59df3a27d840a1494002ac0b0e49aa9348229bd9f438d87e3e56c1

  • SHA512

    18b7ae05853bbe0109b3f00861b97951a7963036bbe021b3a2ae178c810257033e249613e522c3a4c16ceaa415f3358b8a052c28f321c6128228f38367991cc6

  • SSDEEP

    49152:DT+08U5LLZTm94oY5RMRyAhpXDQt1UJo:DT8EL4I5EfG

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 9 IoCs

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

  • UAC bypass 3 TTPs 6 IoCs
  • DCRat payload 2 IoCs

    Detects payload of DCRat, commonly dropped by NSIS installers.

  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.

  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Checks whether UAC is enabled 1 TTPs 4 IoCs
  • Drops file in Program Files directory 2 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 5 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • Modifies registry class 1 IoCs
  • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 9 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 6 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\05c4814add59df3a27d840a1494002ac0b0e49aa9348229bd9f438d87e3e56c1.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\05c4814add59df3a27d840a1494002ac0b0e49aa9348229bd9f438d87e3e56c1.exe"
    1⤵
    • UAC bypass
    • Checks computer location settings
    • Checks whether UAC is enabled
    • 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
    • System policy modification
    PID:1952
    • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\YHzujnjJdX.bat"
      2⤵
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2300
      • C:\Windows\system32\w32tm.exe
        w32tm /stripchart /computer:localhost /period:5 /dataonly /samples:2
        3⤵
          PID:112
        • C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\lib\RuntimeBroker.exe
          "C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\lib\RuntimeBroker.exe"
          3⤵
          • UAC bypass
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • Checks whether UAC is enabled
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          • System policy modification
          PID:3012
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "OfficeClickToRunO" /sc MINUTE /mo 8 /tr "'C:\Windows\tracing\OfficeClickToRun.exe'" /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:1220
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "OfficeClickToRun" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Windows\tracing\OfficeClickToRun.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:1416
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "OfficeClickToRunO" /sc MINUTE /mo 12 /tr "'C:\Windows\tracing\OfficeClickToRun.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:3648
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "RuntimeBrokerR" /sc MINUTE /mo 12 /tr "'C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\lib\RuntimeBroker.exe'" /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:4752
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "RuntimeBroker" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\lib\RuntimeBroker.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:4336
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "RuntimeBrokerR" /sc MINUTE /mo 11 /tr "'C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\lib\RuntimeBroker.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:524
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "RuntimeBrokerR" /sc MINUTE /mo 7 /tr "'C:\Windows\addins\RuntimeBroker.exe'" /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:1604
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "RuntimeBroker" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Windows\addins\RuntimeBroker.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:4920
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "RuntimeBrokerR" /sc MINUTE /mo 8 /tr "'C:\Windows\addins\RuntimeBroker.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:4488

    Network

    MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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    Downloads

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

      Filesize

      216B

      MD5

      c3cee006f04ced272e358e677b242cda

      SHA1

      ceb426dfc6b82c682b09cc36f4f36ab682a2f91e

      SHA256

      18c13e1593ec3f55d65dea8c082cebd7156597dcd38f2127e7a152f25a8696ff

      SHA512

      dfe80e5f56c9325637cc7d68f3c4ed1da4d5cc086d11c993c79099b680cfe9af5d6054553e510fd248a65e3bc2c500fdf9b81d92e4480d6c1ede33b92fad4ff4

    • C:\Windows\tracing\OfficeClickToRun.exe

      Filesize

      1.8MB

      MD5

      5d232371c6b04bf6e609ee14fc06f3f6

      SHA1

      d6b7e0e98b0bd964ce6b2256f7c3f52ea2ec39ba

      SHA256

      05c4814add59df3a27d840a1494002ac0b0e49aa9348229bd9f438d87e3e56c1

      SHA512

      18b7ae05853bbe0109b3f00861b97951a7963036bbe021b3a2ae178c810257033e249613e522c3a4c16ceaa415f3358b8a052c28f321c6128228f38367991cc6

    • memory/1952-12-0x000000001C880000-0x000000001CDA8000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      5.2MB

    • memory/1952-5-0x0000000003140000-0x0000000003190000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      320KB

    • memory/1952-13-0x000000001BB90000-0x000000001BB9C000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      48KB

    • memory/1952-4-0x0000000001810000-0x000000000182C000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      112KB

    • memory/1952-7-0x00000000017B0000-0x00000000017B8000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      32KB

    • memory/1952-6-0x00000000030F0000-0x0000000003106000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      88KB

    • memory/1952-8-0x0000000001830000-0x0000000001842000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      72KB

    • memory/1952-9-0x0000000003130000-0x0000000003140000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      64KB

    • memory/1952-15-0x000000001BBB0000-0x000000001BBB8000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      32KB

    • memory/1952-11-0x0000000003120000-0x0000000003132000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      72KB

    • memory/1952-0-0x00007FFB99D13000-0x00007FFB99D15000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      8KB

    • memory/1952-3-0x0000000001790000-0x000000000179E000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      56KB

    • memory/1952-10-0x0000000003110000-0x000000000311A000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      40KB

    • memory/1952-14-0x000000001BBA0000-0x000000001BBAE000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      56KB

    • memory/1952-16-0x000000001BBC0000-0x000000001BBCE000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      56KB

    • memory/1952-17-0x000000001BBD0000-0x000000001BBDC000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      48KB

    • memory/1952-18-0x000000001BBE0000-0x000000001BBEC000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      48KB

    • memory/1952-2-0x00007FFB99D10000-0x00007FFB9A7D1000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      10.8MB

    • memory/1952-44-0x00007FFB99D10000-0x00007FFB9A7D1000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      10.8MB

    • memory/1952-1-0x0000000000CC0000-0x0000000000E8C000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      1.8MB

    • memory/3012-49-0x000000001CDD0000-0x000000001CDE2000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      72KB

    • memory/3012-50-0x000000001CDE0000-0x000000001CDF2000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      72KB