Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    147s
  • platform
    windows7_x64
  • resource
    win7-20240903-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20240903-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
  • submitted
    07-01-2025 01:14

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 12 IoCs

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

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

    Detects payload of DCRat, commonly dropped by NSIS installers.

  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Checks whether UAC is enabled 1 TTPs 4 IoCs
  • Drops file in Program Files directory 3 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 4 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 12 IoCs

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

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 22 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 5 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 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.

  • Uses Volume Shadow Copy service COM API

    The Volume Shadow Copy service is used to manage backups/snapshots.

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\05c4814add59df3a27d840a1494002ac0b0e49aa9348229bd9f438d87e3e56c1.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\05c4814add59df3a27d840a1494002ac0b0e49aa9348229bd9f438d87e3e56c1.exe"
    1⤵
    • UAC bypass
    • Checks whether UAC is enabled
    • 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:2644
    • C:\MSOCache\All Users\{90140000-0011-0000-0000-0000000FF1CE}-C\System.exe
      "C:\MSOCache\All Users\{90140000-0011-0000-0000-0000000FF1CE}-C\System.exe"
      2⤵
      • UAC bypass
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Checks whether UAC is enabled
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • System policy modification
      PID:2068
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "smsss" /sc MINUTE /mo 11 /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Portable Devices\smss.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:2716
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "smss" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Portable Devices\smss.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:2568
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "smsss" /sc MINUTE /mo 14 /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Portable Devices\smss.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 "winlogonw" /sc MINUTE /mo 12 /tr "'C:\Windows\Media\Festival\winlogon.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:2872
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "winlogon" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Windows\Media\Festival\winlogon.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:2748
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "winlogonw" /sc MINUTE /mo 11 /tr "'C:\Windows\Media\Festival\winlogon.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:2732
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "SystemS" /sc MINUTE /mo 10 /tr "'C:\MSOCache\All Users\{90140000-0011-0000-0000-0000000FF1CE}-C\System.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:2556
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "System" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\MSOCache\All Users\{90140000-0011-0000-0000-0000000FF1CE}-C\System.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:2604
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "SystemS" /sc MINUTE /mo 14 /tr "'C:\MSOCache\All Users\{90140000-0011-0000-0000-0000000FF1CE}-C\System.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 "lsml" /sc MINUTE /mo 8 /tr "'C:\Windows\es-ES\lsm.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:3060
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "lsm" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Windows\es-ES\lsm.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:2288
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "lsml" /sc MINUTE /mo 6 /tr "'C:\Windows\es-ES\lsm.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:2628
  • C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    PID:2000
  • C:\Windows\system32\wbem\WmiApSrv.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\wbem\WmiApSrv.exe
    1⤵
      PID:2512

    Network

    MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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    Downloads

    • C:\MSOCache\All Users\{90140000-0011-0000-0000-0000000FF1CE}-C\System.exe

      Filesize

      1.8MB

      MD5

      5d232371c6b04bf6e609ee14fc06f3f6

      SHA1

      d6b7e0e98b0bd964ce6b2256f7c3f52ea2ec39ba

      SHA256

      05c4814add59df3a27d840a1494002ac0b0e49aa9348229bd9f438d87e3e56c1

      SHA512

      18b7ae05853bbe0109b3f00861b97951a7963036bbe021b3a2ae178c810257033e249613e522c3a4c16ceaa415f3358b8a052c28f321c6128228f38367991cc6

    • memory/2068-33-0x0000000000650000-0x0000000000662000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      72KB

    • memory/2068-32-0x0000000000B80000-0x0000000000D4C000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      1.8MB

    • memory/2644-10-0x0000000000A60000-0x0000000000A72000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      72KB

    • memory/2644-12-0x0000000000CD0000-0x0000000000CDE000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      56KB

    • memory/2644-5-0x0000000000A20000-0x0000000000A36000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      88KB

    • memory/2644-6-0x0000000000A40000-0x0000000000A48000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      32KB

    • memory/2644-7-0x0000000000A70000-0x0000000000A82000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      72KB

    • memory/2644-8-0x0000000000A80000-0x0000000000A90000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      64KB

    • memory/2644-9-0x0000000000A50000-0x0000000000A5A000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      40KB

    • memory/2644-0-0x000007FEF5B03000-0x000007FEF5B04000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      4KB

    • memory/2644-11-0x0000000000A90000-0x0000000000A9C000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      48KB

    • memory/2644-4-0x0000000000460000-0x000000000047C000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      112KB

    • memory/2644-13-0x0000000000CE0000-0x0000000000CE8000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      32KB

    • memory/2644-14-0x0000000000CF0000-0x0000000000CFE000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      56KB

    • memory/2644-15-0x0000000000D00000-0x0000000000D0C000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      48KB

    • memory/2644-16-0x0000000000D90000-0x0000000000D9C000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      48KB

    • memory/2644-3-0x0000000000450000-0x000000000045E000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      56KB

    • memory/2644-31-0x000007FEF5B00000-0x000007FEF64EC000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      9.9MB

    • memory/2644-2-0x000007FEF5B00000-0x000007FEF64EC000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      9.9MB

    • memory/2644-1-0x00000000010E0000-0x00000000012AC000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      1.8MB