Analysis

  • max time kernel
    95s
  • max time network
    144s
  • 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 20:17

General

  • Target

    d705a583afd303cbbbddc87d9f4de9387f2f5e10630f46ae4adee5ee5ff180ce.exe

  • Size

    2.5MB

  • MD5

    2933b54db3817abdc91b58f70ae31b71

  • SHA1

    d4b7d3a213882a16e43b37472cf40b50b6573fde

  • SHA256

    d705a583afd303cbbbddc87d9f4de9387f2f5e10630f46ae4adee5ee5ff180ce

  • SHA512

    a35552886749a4ee9d986f32a5128b81c8df83b152a40d23a16ab04e06e56873cf9b7ba90ebbaeaf14ebf08ce3504fe74941e88a6972eb376551b727725ff764

  • SSDEEP

    49152:VbA3GkdXjptfoI3eJIzQ6qTr7X3MFSu+L39lx:VbSXjptfoOeJ56qL8S9/

Malware Config

Signatures

  • DcRat 10 IoCs

    DarkCrystal(DC) is a new .NET RAT active since June 2019 capable of loading additional plugins.

  • Dcrat family
  • Modifies WinLogon for persistence 2 TTPs 3 IoCs
  • Process spawned unexpected child process 9 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 5 IoCs

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

  • Executes dropped EXE 4 IoCs
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 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 3 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 4 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 22 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\d705a583afd303cbbbddc87d9f4de9387f2f5e10630f46ae4adee5ee5ff180ce.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\d705a583afd303cbbbddc87d9f4de9387f2f5e10630f46ae4adee5ee5ff180ce.exe"
    1⤵
    • DcRat
    • Checks computer location settings
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Modifies registry class
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:768
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WScript.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\WScript.exe" "C:\runtimehost\3mkQ5Vei8pV9InhfGoeqDlnAiAlSPa.vbe"
      2⤵
      • Checks computer location settings
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4752
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c ""C:\runtimehost\PdpiKuXv6EuFyAXFTWqHw2RT.bat" "
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:4684
        • C:\runtimehost\PortSurrogate.exe
          "C:\runtimehost\PortSurrogate.exe"
          4⤵
          • Modifies WinLogon for persistence
          • Checks computer location settings
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • Adds Run key to start application
          • Modifies registry class
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:1248
          • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
            "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\VTM87GbbOd.bat"
            5⤵
            • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
            PID:1708
            • C:\Windows\system32\w32tm.exe
              w32tm /stripchart /computer:localhost /period:5 /dataonly /samples:2
              6⤵
                PID:4788
              • C:\runtimehost\PortSurrogate.exe
                "C:\runtimehost\PortSurrogate.exe"
                6⤵
                • Modifies WinLogon for persistence
                • Checks computer location settings
                • Executes dropped EXE
                • Adds Run key to start application
                • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
                • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
                • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                PID:3568
                • C:\runtimehost\PortSurrogate.exe
                  "C:\runtimehost\PortSurrogate.exe"
                  7⤵
                  • Modifies WinLogon for persistence
                  • Checks computer location settings
                  • Executes dropped EXE
                  • Adds Run key to start application
                  • Modifies registry class
                  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
                  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
                  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                  PID:2188
                  • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
                    "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ohTc3gFaZ1.bat"
                    8⤵
                    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                    PID:1236
                    • C:\Windows\system32\w32tm.exe
                      w32tm /stripchart /computer:localhost /period:5 /dataonly /samples:2
                      9⤵
                        PID:1528
                      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\sihost.exe
                        "C:/Users/Admin/AppData/Local/Microsoft\sihost.exe"
                        9⤵
                        • Executes dropped EXE
                        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
                        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
                        PID:4688
      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
        schtasks.exe /create /tn "SppExtComObjS" /sc MINUTE /mo 11 /tr "'C:/Users/Admin/AppData/Local/Microsoft\SppExtComObj.exe'" /f
        1⤵
        • DcRat
        • Process spawned unexpected child process
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:1600
      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
        schtasks.exe /create /tn "SppExtComObj" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:/Users/Admin/AppData/Local/Microsoft\SppExtComObj.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
        1⤵
        • DcRat
        • Process spawned unexpected child process
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:4764
      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
        schtasks.exe /create /tn "SppExtComObjS" /sc MINUTE /mo 7 /tr "'C:/Users/Admin/AppData/Local/Microsoft\SppExtComObj.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
        1⤵
        • DcRat
        • Process spawned unexpected child process
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:5008
      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
        schtasks.exe /create /tn "csrssc" /sc MINUTE /mo 5 /tr "'C:/Users/Admin/AppData/Local/Microsoft\csrss.exe'" /f
        1⤵
        • DcRat
        • Process spawned unexpected child process
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:1216
      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
        schtasks.exe /create /tn "csrss" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:/Users/Admin/AppData/Local/Microsoft\csrss.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
        1⤵
        • DcRat
        • Process spawned unexpected child process
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:516
      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
        schtasks.exe /create /tn "csrssc" /sc MINUTE /mo 8 /tr "'C:/Users/Admin/AppData/Local/Microsoft\csrss.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
        1⤵
        • DcRat
        • Process spawned unexpected child process
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:2768
      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
        schtasks.exe /create /tn "sihosts" /sc MINUTE /mo 11 /tr "'C:/Users/Admin/AppData/Local/Microsoft\sihost.exe'" /f
        1⤵
        • DcRat
        • Process spawned unexpected child process
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:3284
      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
        schtasks.exe /create /tn "sihost" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:/Users/Admin/AppData/Local/Microsoft\sihost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
        1⤵
        • DcRat
        • Process spawned unexpected child process
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:3712
      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
        schtasks.exe /create /tn "sihosts" /sc MINUTE /mo 7 /tr "'C:/Users/Admin/AppData/Local/Microsoft\sihost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
        1⤵
        • DcRat
        • Process spawned unexpected child process
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:1724

      Network

      MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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      Downloads

      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0\UsageLogs\PortSurrogate.exe.log

        Filesize

        1KB

        MD5

        bbb951a34b516b66451218a3ec3b0ae1

        SHA1

        7393835a2476ae655916e0a9687eeaba3ee876e9

        SHA256

        eb70c64ae99d14ac2588b7a84854fbf3c420532d7fe4dfd49c7b5a70c869943a

        SHA512

        63bcbfcf8e7421c66855c487c31b2991a989bdea0c1edd4c40066b52fa3eb3d9d37db1cd21b8eb4f33dd5870cc20532c8f485eab9c0b4f6b0793a35c077f2d6f

      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\VTM87GbbOd.bat

        Filesize

        197B

        MD5

        2d6eb6928a437dbbd77bc917d8f9ea3b

        SHA1

        c8bf916f1c807b61fa0ab5b76f5fa54073868f72

        SHA256

        e8ac48cae6bb26a095f4a7e2f3ed114e196f5eec1fd88f81ad9c613419f0bcb7

        SHA512

        d31492368d921674c758c05f5da8d822d95d3d018b4044a3acf91eeac6ee17622fd14cdb2052ccb775af6b8e0b9164edbb00652df47e25a478de6ce62ce68fc0

      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ohTc3gFaZ1.bat

        Filesize

        214B

        MD5

        2a430c38d3afe3e3edc0b9cbe5dd8fd3

        SHA1

        e1203ddee7f0f0ec777fbcaa895429d7be9c97a5

        SHA256

        2e60f107368aad9e5d51ebb411d694a0d5547a37214bf6b6c6a00667e9ecd4cf

        SHA512

        d899f07dc66bca3cb35ad67ffcf22ef4b88f0eec5894b52789581848b2f0b0379695b8c33a1988e12e2a84a66b32d6cb5ad4464e9129f765bf44aa0144966345

      • C:\runtimehost\3mkQ5Vei8pV9InhfGoeqDlnAiAlSPa.vbe

        Filesize

        212B

        MD5

        8a7b7145f3e1dc4cd5535ad5c8fad2d4

        SHA1

        871db235a3ee0f38a6b286552d94352cc7af7d73

        SHA256

        bedaae27cc003eabe1573c8f084c91782b3b245dc0e7b4da6781e795edeee370

        SHA512

        9e5412732ba683b28b0d2176f0d3a504065a2ce56c1e3539d65dc413499d85071ef82675aaa8019b16903d681eb50f35b133bb88b48cf509d2f8242e8c717692

      • C:\runtimehost\PdpiKuXv6EuFyAXFTWqHw2RT.bat

        Filesize

        34B

        MD5

        f88bbae1814263b066d3d191d28e71b7

        SHA1

        1c1cdbfa0aa34e5240856f00cddffe2dccd94d2a

        SHA256

        0e058470ed95daa5da5075a4047a7f2090bcbb439ce975ff78bff72af9bc5035

        SHA512

        c0f47280c8559c5aef969e2f97e7787331daf3dd20c8f4c9b4d829a976a718b9888764babf4c200e15cbdb7bfd34f8cc07300b6ef23beff45b6f20fd9782eebf

      • C:\runtimehost\PortSurrogate.exe

        Filesize

        2.3MB

        MD5

        76842313355a159ae3f15beb42b7523c

        SHA1

        f07888bc191e4d7f42908b66a1ae9600a5d82d4e

        SHA256

        a2b1a70b88ad260dadf9f99d38f850e7256e3f9ba6f1d96ac017c70d81f7c262

        SHA512

        9f66f217faacf5ed8684b778b305cdfd3c66f99e11fc0adb330221db2f75c5d2798a701b8a55aa7da94fead1fd94052242e094313c641d5b21c3e314667ce330

      • memory/1248-19-0x000000001C680000-0x000000001CBA8000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        5.2MB

      • memory/1248-14-0x000000001B6C0000-0x000000001B6DC000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        112KB

      • memory/1248-17-0x000000001B700000-0x000000001B756000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        344KB

      • memory/1248-18-0x000000001B750000-0x000000001B762000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        72KB

      • memory/1248-15-0x000000001BD70000-0x000000001BDC0000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        320KB

      • memory/1248-20-0x000000001BDE0000-0x000000001BDEE000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        56KB

      • memory/1248-21-0x000000001BDF0000-0x000000001BDF8000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        32KB

      • memory/1248-16-0x000000001B6E0000-0x000000001B6F6000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        88KB

      • memory/1248-13-0x0000000000970000-0x0000000000BC0000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        2.3MB

      • memory/1248-12-0x00007FFA07433000-0x00007FFA07435000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        8KB

      • memory/2188-36-0x00000000026E0000-0x00000000026F2000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        72KB

      • memory/3568-32-0x0000000002780000-0x0000000002792000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        72KB

      • memory/4688-47-0x000000001B190000-0x000000001B1E6000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        344KB

      • memory/4688-48-0x000000001B150000-0x000000001B162000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        72KB