Analysis

  • max time kernel
    118s
  • max time network
    120s
  • platform
    windows7_x64
  • resource
    win7-20240903-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20240903-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
  • submitted
    12-01-2025 07:57

General

  • Target

    d9d151ab0ca505bbc07d24e1d4440b39b5e1bc95c2f92fdd9e37a155d4ed141eN.exe

  • Size

    984KB

  • MD5

    da4d66fe328d749c558da6e3a4899270

  • SHA1

    a7cd9ca71fe9f1ea3217cf8e1633dc811f56a211

  • SHA256

    d9d151ab0ca505bbc07d24e1d4440b39b5e1bc95c2f92fdd9e37a155d4ed141e

  • SHA512

    169a93fe2e293028b85838c469e6a763abefa54b6515f4656a2094140c3cf48ff83eab4486b6229ca73228385cad9b79687424dbf58928164221bb690a9acff6

  • SSDEEP

    12288:syEIOYTNEIf5AycvEhKIV6tEcln0Ai2a61h3cQ9Fk+ntGoWuzsx1oiLgo:syErYT+PvXIUln/1GJgo

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 18 IoCs

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

  • UAC bypass 3 TTPs 6 IoCs
  • DCRat payload 5 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.

  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Checks whether UAC is enabled 1 TTPs 4 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 18 IoCs

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

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 14 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 39 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\d9d151ab0ca505bbc07d24e1d4440b39b5e1bc95c2f92fdd9e37a155d4ed141eN.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\d9d151ab0ca505bbc07d24e1d4440b39b5e1bc95c2f92fdd9e37a155d4ed141eN.exe"
    1⤵
    • UAC bypass
    • Checks whether UAC is enabled
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    • System policy modification
    PID:2548
    • 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:2580
    • 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:904
    • 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:1176
    • 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:408
    • 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:1100
    • 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:2512
    • 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:2380
    • 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:2468
    • 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:2272
    • 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:1888
    • 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:1268
    • 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:2332
    • C:\Users\Public\taskhost.exe
      "C:\Users\Public\taskhost.exe"
      2⤵
      • UAC bypass
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Checks whether UAC is enabled
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • System policy modification
      PID:1124
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "taskhostt" /sc MINUTE /mo 8 /tr "'C:\Users\Public\taskhost.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:2740
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "taskhost" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Users\Public\taskhost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:2620
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "taskhostt" /sc MINUTE /mo 10 /tr "'C:\Users\Public\taskhost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:2772
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "IdleI" /sc MINUTE /mo 8 /tr "'C:\Recovery\20e7eb62-69f6-11ef-be0c-62cb582c238c\Idle.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:2800
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "Idle" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Recovery\20e7eb62-69f6-11ef-be0c-62cb582c238c\Idle.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:2036
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "IdleI" /sc MINUTE /mo 11 /tr "'C:\Recovery\20e7eb62-69f6-11ef-be0c-62cb582c238c\Idle.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:2660
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "lsassl" /sc MINUTE /mo 9 /tr "'C:\Recovery\20e7eb62-69f6-11ef-be0c-62cb582c238c\lsass.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:2608
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "lsass" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Recovery\20e7eb62-69f6-11ef-be0c-62cb582c238c\lsass.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:2676
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "lsassl" /sc MINUTE /mo 9 /tr "'C:\Recovery\20e7eb62-69f6-11ef-be0c-62cb582c238c\lsass.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:2348
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "dwmd" /sc MINUTE /mo 9 /tr "'C:\Recovery\20e7eb62-69f6-11ef-be0c-62cb582c238c\dwm.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:2216
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "dwm" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Recovery\20e7eb62-69f6-11ef-be0c-62cb582c238c\dwm.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:664
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "dwmd" /sc MINUTE /mo 9 /tr "'C:\Recovery\20e7eb62-69f6-11ef-be0c-62cb582c238c\dwm.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:2924
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "audiodga" /sc MINUTE /mo 9 /tr "'C:\Recovery\20e7eb62-69f6-11ef-be0c-62cb582c238c\audiodg.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:1724
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "audiodg" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Recovery\20e7eb62-69f6-11ef-be0c-62cb582c238c\audiodg.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:3004
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "audiodga" /sc MINUTE /mo 6 /tr "'C:\Recovery\20e7eb62-69f6-11ef-be0c-62cb582c238c\audiodg.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:2956
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "sppsvcs" /sc MINUTE /mo 8 /tr "'C:\MSOCache\All Users\{90140000-00BA-0409-0000-0000000FF1CE}-C\sppsvc.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:1412
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "sppsvc" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\MSOCache\All Users\{90140000-00BA-0409-0000-0000000FF1CE}-C\sppsvc.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:2712
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "sppsvcs" /sc MINUTE /mo 12 /tr "'C:\MSOCache\All Users\{90140000-00BA-0409-0000-0000000FF1CE}-C\sppsvc.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:2912

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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Downloads

  • C:\MSOCache\All Users\{90140000-00BA-0409-0000-0000000FF1CE}-C\sppsvc.exe

    Filesize

    984KB

    MD5

    4322493d8d59ea1999872f560fab2e3f

    SHA1

    58c5b6635d20c18518e4c403b025d9f0b6e8e859

    SHA256

    667b069ab6dcfec49db6653849756afd03e1c7dc084991db5502e18494c60b16

    SHA512

    5577cd34d3bf28095af5de23d1a8cdd96c5a14840e754c82e9c06c1b79f73d74884e3db8248e3a9d41094b3e22b83c3c6f366d4423e45f3d612457c5a6baea2d

  • C:\Recovery\20e7eb62-69f6-11ef-be0c-62cb582c238c\audiodg.exe

    Filesize

    984KB

    MD5

    da4d66fe328d749c558da6e3a4899270

    SHA1

    a7cd9ca71fe9f1ea3217cf8e1633dc811f56a211

    SHA256

    d9d151ab0ca505bbc07d24e1d4440b39b5e1bc95c2f92fdd9e37a155d4ed141e

    SHA512

    169a93fe2e293028b85838c469e6a763abefa54b6515f4656a2094140c3cf48ff83eab4486b6229ca73228385cad9b79687424dbf58928164221bb690a9acff6

  • C:\Recovery\20e7eb62-69f6-11ef-be0c-62cb582c238c\dwm.exe

    Filesize

    984KB

    MD5

    ed5731887b9f8af7ed20c85a75512033

    SHA1

    05aae8e28994ea3cd6aa74ba83ad15d7136832b2

    SHA256

    cd2242a97ca08c418f6421879f4b4e33bbfe81128ff7ddbeeccc61df0b269fda

    SHA512

    f0c0fc437662cc118f1e78254f1b202224618b12401151963678a9497c7e2f1224159204d58043dd85a85ad88152343cceb4eb6c6117fdeb9ab5959322f22c68

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\CustomDestinations\590aee7bdd69b59b.customDestinations-ms

    Filesize

    7KB

    MD5

    ab125b614622d13f31a7130866ad49ae

    SHA1

    108792e7134dba650369fa2f46e32507f7cc2481

    SHA256

    f585cf434c00d3fb69686e3076183627440f71514ab821619ef50236904a198d

    SHA512

    7f536ce0b9188a6ebe1f29521e178513bc8b5dc062427028a0dde50266a6acfbcf67730958dc8d3de7131b709388760f17c34fb9645c162792e947bf0ea0c880

  • memory/1124-115-0x00000000011B0000-0x00000000012AC000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    1008KB

  • memory/2548-7-0x0000000000390000-0x000000000039A000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    40KB

  • memory/2548-15-0x000007FEF64F0000-0x000007FEF6EDC000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    9.9MB

  • memory/2548-6-0x0000000000A40000-0x0000000000A56000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    88KB

  • memory/2548-8-0x0000000000490000-0x000000000049C000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    48KB

  • memory/2548-9-0x0000000000A60000-0x0000000000A6C000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    48KB

  • memory/2548-10-0x0000000000AF0000-0x0000000000AFC000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    48KB

  • memory/2548-13-0x0000000000B20000-0x0000000000B2C000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    48KB

  • memory/2548-12-0x0000000000B10000-0x0000000000B1E000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    56KB

  • memory/2548-11-0x0000000000B00000-0x0000000000B08000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    32KB

  • memory/2548-0-0x000007FEF64F3000-0x000007FEF64F4000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/2548-14-0x0000000000B30000-0x0000000000B3C000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    48KB

  • memory/2548-5-0x0000000000380000-0x0000000000390000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    64KB

  • memory/2548-4-0x0000000000370000-0x0000000000378000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    32KB

  • memory/2548-3-0x0000000000360000-0x000000000036E000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    56KB

  • memory/2548-1-0x00000000012C0000-0x00000000013BC000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    1008KB

  • memory/2548-117-0x000007FEF64F0000-0x000007FEF6EDC000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    9.9MB

  • memory/2548-2-0x000007FEF64F0000-0x000007FEF6EDC000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    9.9MB

  • memory/2580-108-0x000000001B780000-0x000000001BA62000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    2.9MB

  • memory/2580-118-0x0000000001D80000-0x0000000001D88000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    32KB