Analysis

  • max time kernel
    65s
  • max time network
    60s
  • platform
    windows7_x64
  • resource
    win7-20241010-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20241010-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
  • submitted
    12-01-2025 11:41

General

  • Target

    BAE83C597A9F76E1A42B833F108C8C9A.exe

  • Size

    1.1MB

  • MD5

    bae83c597a9f76e1a42b833f108c8c9a

  • SHA1

    c0be6ab84266d366d22b28c5bc0d68f2be525fc1

  • SHA256

    46f77240e4a469bf38e0600e95edf6de249ede13f5a41de3702af584a69b7761

  • SHA512

    0b72794bc1d6ce47406a7fc4a12b1a0107633882cb06387f6abe9ef6480a93381bed71ac254e8bfdfa434b65f04419136e4ff992346f420f289075c48484715e

  • SSDEEP

    24576:K2G/nvxW3WHKfhIVMjZs1LtHoFJS32TpfXVH:KbA3xZ0Mj6g3

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 36 IoCs

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

  • DCRat payload 3 IoCs

    Detects payload of DCRat, commonly dropped by NSIS installers.

  • Disables Task Manager via registry modification
  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 2 IoCs
  • Drops file in Program Files directory 8 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 5 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 4 IoCs

    Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.

  • Modifies registry key 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 36 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 25 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\BAE83C597A9F76E1A42B833F108C8C9A.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\BAE83C597A9F76E1A42B833F108C8C9A.exe"
    1⤵
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2104
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WScript.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\WScript.exe" "C:\ServerBrokerperf\PsCiFwPs5yLlLF7yRNDHfRA.vbe"
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2532
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
        cmd /c ""C:\ServerBrokerperf\yZmK36IDpKQLRFj1psdgPwkClrgJN.bat" "
        3⤵
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:1372
        • C:\ServerBrokerperf\blockweb.exe
          "C:\ServerBrokerperf\blockweb.exe"
          4⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • Drops file in Program Files directory
          • Drops file in Windows directory
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:2904
          • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
            "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\lLKmmsYT5g.bat"
            5⤵
            • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
            PID:1768
            • C:\Windows\system32\w32tm.exe
              w32tm /stripchart /computer:localhost /period:5 /dataonly /samples:2
              6⤵
                PID:1700
              • C:\Windows\security\logs\cmd.exe
                "C:\Windows\security\logs\cmd.exe"
                6⤵
                • Executes dropped EXE
                • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
                • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
                PID:1180
          • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\reg.exe
            reg add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System /v DisableTaskMgr /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f
            4⤵
            • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
            • Modifies registry key
            PID:1028
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "lsml" /sc MINUTE /mo 11 /tr "'C:\Windows\system\lsm.exe'" /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:3056
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "lsm" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Windows\system\lsm.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2728
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "lsml" /sc MINUTE /mo 9 /tr "'C:\Windows\system\lsm.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2828
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "taskhostt" /sc MINUTE /mo 9 /tr "'C:\Program Files\Windows Sidebar\es-ES\taskhost.exe'" /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2700
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "taskhost" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Program Files\Windows Sidebar\es-ES\taskhost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2736
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "taskhostt" /sc MINUTE /mo 10 /tr "'C:\Program Files\Windows Sidebar\es-ES\taskhost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:568
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "csrssc" /sc MINUTE /mo 9 /tr "'C:\Program Files\Windows Sidebar\ja-JP\csrss.exe'" /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2296
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "csrss" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Program Files\Windows Sidebar\ja-JP\csrss.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2672
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "csrssc" /sc MINUTE /mo 5 /tr "'C:\Program Files\Windows Sidebar\ja-JP\csrss.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:908
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "sppsvcs" /sc MINUTE /mo 9 /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:2868
    • 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:1788
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "sppsvcs" /sc MINUTE /mo 9 /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:2120
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "wininitw" /sc MINUTE /mo 5 /tr "'C:\Users\All Users\Adobe\wininit.exe'" /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:1680
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "wininit" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Users\All Users\Adobe\wininit.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 "wininitw" /sc MINUTE /mo 11 /tr "'C:\Users\All Users\Adobe\wininit.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:1492
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "winlogonw" /sc MINUTE /mo 11 /tr "'C:\Windows\Temp\Crashpad\reports\winlogon.exe'" /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2988
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "winlogon" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Windows\Temp\Crashpad\reports\winlogon.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:1208
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "winlogonw" /sc MINUTE /mo 14 /tr "'C:\Windows\Temp\Crashpad\reports\winlogon.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2984
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "spoolsvs" /sc MINUTE /mo 9 /tr "'C:\Users\Default\Saved Games\spoolsv.exe'" /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:1628
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "spoolsv" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Users\Default\Saved Games\spoolsv.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:1984
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "spoolsvs" /sc MINUTE /mo 11 /tr "'C:\Users\Default\Saved Games\spoolsv.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:1988
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "wininitw" /sc MINUTE /mo 11 /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Document Themes 14\wininit.exe'" /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:1740
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "wininit" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Document Themes 14\wininit.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:320
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "wininitw" /sc MINUTE /mo 6 /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Document Themes 14\wininit.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2192
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "blockwebb" /sc MINUTE /mo 8 /tr "'C:\MSOCache\All Users\{90140000-002C-0409-0000-0000000FF1CE}-C\Proof.en\blockweb.exe'" /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2516
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "blockweb" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\MSOCache\All Users\{90140000-002C-0409-0000-0000000FF1CE}-C\Proof.en\blockweb.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2260
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "blockwebb" /sc MINUTE /mo 12 /tr "'C:\MSOCache\All Users\{90140000-002C-0409-0000-0000000FF1CE}-C\Proof.en\blockweb.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2416
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "sppsvcs" /sc MINUTE /mo 7 /tr "'C:\Users\Admin\Links\sppsvc.exe'" /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2872
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "sppsvc" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Users\Admin\Links\sppsvc.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:1808
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "sppsvcs" /sc MINUTE /mo 10 /tr "'C:\Users\Admin\Links\sppsvc.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:1008
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "cmdc" /sc MINUTE /mo 12 /tr "'C:\Windows\security\logs\cmd.exe'" /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2336
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "cmd" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Windows\security\logs\cmd.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:676
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "cmdc" /sc MINUTE /mo 8 /tr "'C:\Windows\security\logs\cmd.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:1056
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "smsss" /sc MINUTE /mo 5 /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Portable Devices\smss.exe'" /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:1100
    • 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:1968
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "smsss" /sc MINUTE /mo 11 /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:1548

    Network

    MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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    Downloads

    • C:\ServerBrokerperf\PsCiFwPs5yLlLF7yRNDHfRA.vbe

      Filesize

      222B

      MD5

      e0e59f3a0ad8f6fc6107daf9f5ea2298

      SHA1

      3d8c5af544fb8e00a9aef7ceb6e861d34842aa67

      SHA256

      7be9d4ddae790ad15f1fa1ec2f42c22becbf3c53b3f88e77f87dc2d7e86e2370

      SHA512

      21aab8c94d0c6c473c472eeb779810fcf7520fb6249bc6db6945fdf1d03fabc00f9889d744f9b8593cdb1c44a62c69f738d1a13a55ef2bd3b33a7ffeed333639

    • C:\ServerBrokerperf\yZmK36IDpKQLRFj1psdgPwkClrgJN.bat

      Filesize

      146B

      MD5

      73f4bc9864b7eb9026937170a277b68e

      SHA1

      afec9c4c687c356a4114e282e7f188454911fbe5

      SHA256

      65d9d5d04a37d38026be224b5b6e70941e58d62acd86d177408f7dd041e11ad4

      SHA512

      b63b0700313f581ef56789a811023c9b7ad63aa52d16a8322cd53c82792208b9fb4caf5f3d9118542d96c18ef47cc6aab56f84c99c62e40c1309c48b81110b03

    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\lLKmmsYT5g.bat

      Filesize

      197B

      MD5

      4d9fd0de2881abfcbc1e71b4486c26f3

      SHA1

      8f4763dcc2ba62e0b7450596387cdd280655560a

      SHA256

      132a4f03a9219ae2f37009b73ddbbdc830bbaf9274864bf647d4253bdaa1cea5

      SHA512

      60ae90c7e69cbf19734fd2daf9977dc51600d405f60b8ebf52254856f32181743387201d863b10db317e4e4e65be188a252a780db5b5ce2fb4ba07bc3bcede62

    • \ServerBrokerperf\blockweb.exe

      Filesize

      827KB

      MD5

      7405cb828a4d484032c1507b1780f464

      SHA1

      dfd41854c4ac381431516ec27d12a1535acabb3a

      SHA256

      53404151c9e675018976662123f67680a45b91dd533788501ba2777d0cc932ba

      SHA512

      1439c2204c7aea94514b5d7be5c0d9a7cc2aefc6904eceabb7c616466fd99cc79af0e99a21ca4180da2025dbc2ec8edf682e687d3074db9609d284eb965c39a3

    • memory/1180-45-0x0000000000200000-0x00000000002D6000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      856KB

    • memory/2904-13-0x0000000001130000-0x0000000001206000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      856KB