Analysis

  • max time kernel
    93s
  • max time network
    95s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20241007-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20241007-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
  • submitted
    16-01-2025 05:39

General

  • Target

    b2fd79951a589f19ccbafb051b044c1054d1bc0de377758fa5bed3b134884cb6.exe

  • Size

    783KB

  • MD5

    2c61257d1d3d5237077be932a8f36611

  • SHA1

    73bda93a69680a551b515c831b19aa0724b40ddd

  • SHA256

    b2fd79951a589f19ccbafb051b044c1054d1bc0de377758fa5bed3b134884cb6

  • SHA512

    8d8f2a4c9cbbef1cc7ae205f2b9a4570bcc1f467b04d07a17370242e2b32919fdabcc1881c77f2ce7d23e58bea4b46d0d9947980d85f0b11217a65ebccaff21e

  • SSDEEP

    12288:GqnOYxdAgpoNeF91rg5iFdr0yQ9gYx+EIpakCYJRU7Q9bWoFzqKe:G+OQbpbgsFdAyQvzSqaq8qn

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 11 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.

  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 11 IoCs
  • Checks whether UAC is enabled 1 TTPs 4 IoCs
  • Drops file in System32 directory 8 IoCs
  • Drops file in Program Files directory 4 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 12 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 11 IoCs

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

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 64 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\b2fd79951a589f19ccbafb051b044c1054d1bc0de377758fa5bed3b134884cb6.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\b2fd79951a589f19ccbafb051b044c1054d1bc0de377758fa5bed3b134884cb6.exe"
    1⤵
    • UAC bypass
    • Checks computer location settings
    • Adds Run key to start application
    • Checks whether UAC is enabled
    • Drops file in System32 directory
    • 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:5008
    • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\4Y8wckp7WU.bat"
      2⤵
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3480
      • C:\Windows\system32\w32tm.exe
        w32tm /stripchart /computer:localhost /period:5 /dataonly /samples:2
        3⤵
          PID:3160
        • C:\Windows\SystemApps\MicrosoftWindows.Client.CBS_cw5n1h2txyewy\InputApp\TextInputCommon\TextInputHost.exe
          "C:\Windows\SystemApps\MicrosoftWindows.Client.CBS_cw5n1h2txyewy\InputApp\TextInputCommon\TextInputHost.exe"
          3⤵
          • UAC bypass
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • Checks whether UAC is enabled
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          • System policy modification
          PID:3632
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "explorer" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Windows\WindowsShell\explorer.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 "sihost" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\PerfLogs\sihost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:4540
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "OfficeClickToRun" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Documents and Settings\OfficeClickToRun.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2144
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "OfficeClickToRun" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\OfficeClickToRun\OfficeClickToRun.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 "MusNotification" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Users\Admin\MusNotification.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:4940
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "TextInputHost" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Users\Public\Music\TextInputHost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:1816
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "sysmon" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Windows\WindowsShell\sysmon.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:4836
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "TextInputHost" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Windows\SystemApps\MicrosoftWindows.Client.CBS_cw5n1h2txyewy\InputApp\TextInputCommon\TextInputHost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2400
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "dwm" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Windows\System32\XblAuthTokenBrokerExt\dwm.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:4860
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "dwm" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Windows\System32\WiredNetworkCSP\dwm.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:4512
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "dllhost" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Documents and Settings\dllhost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:1412

    Network

    MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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    Downloads

    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\4Y8wckp7WU.bat

      Filesize

      270B

      MD5

      f51bd3d632e4d8ddb5b2a84b3a2d2809

      SHA1

      09025f9db59c7f0831fcaf469464cf9550e6a2aa

      SHA256

      4e0720e90fb2f703686a8867bb4123c650312615ebc88488393e71db8438815e

      SHA512

      7adda768dd336c75784799836c97a86a8e48bf64ef205c27b1b320383ef6a4f3d8b1f5e83047d6c32dd2529960fbc4d7723ca3fba059ac18eb01a552a6626898

    • C:\Users\Admin\MusNotification.exe

      Filesize

      783KB

      MD5

      2c61257d1d3d5237077be932a8f36611

      SHA1

      73bda93a69680a551b515c831b19aa0724b40ddd

      SHA256

      b2fd79951a589f19ccbafb051b044c1054d1bc0de377758fa5bed3b134884cb6

      SHA512

      8d8f2a4c9cbbef1cc7ae205f2b9a4570bcc1f467b04d07a17370242e2b32919fdabcc1881c77f2ce7d23e58bea4b46d0d9947980d85f0b11217a65ebccaff21e

    • C:\Users\dllhost.exe

      Filesize

      783KB

      MD5

      14ff78cf2129bc785a490f4ee2304e53

      SHA1

      d2b75b2fdeae8319fb9b94382dec669327c9bbc8

      SHA256

      ebd20ac02c5b5b1b9680820193d34ba3fb7e00444e81f6959fcbeabdfd0c1677

      SHA512

      1abf538427aa89b8804ac8dc5ae1965d2adabfc2ad23b4a651a2bafcd4e0c6103b211192258b6ab562bd979fafe6aae94b86d8e1b8e2f83ad41235f5b4c04d60

    • memory/5008-18-0x000000001BD10000-0x000000001BD18000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      32KB

    • memory/5008-7-0x000000001BB50000-0x000000001BB5C000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      48KB

    • memory/5008-16-0x000000001BCF0000-0x000000001BCF8000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      32KB

    • memory/5008-6-0x000000001BB40000-0x000000001BB48000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      32KB

    • memory/5008-15-0x000000001BCD0000-0x000000001BCD8000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      32KB

    • memory/5008-8-0x000000001BB60000-0x000000001BB6A000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      40KB

    • memory/5008-9-0x000000001BB70000-0x000000001BB7A000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      40KB

    • memory/5008-10-0x000000001BB90000-0x000000001BB98000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      32KB

    • memory/5008-11-0x000000001BBA0000-0x000000001BBA8000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      32KB

    • memory/5008-12-0x000000001BB80000-0x000000001BB88000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      32KB

    • memory/5008-14-0x000000001BCE0000-0x000000001BCE8000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      32KB

    • memory/5008-20-0x000000001BD30000-0x000000001BD38000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      32KB

    • memory/5008-17-0x000000001BD00000-0x000000001BD08000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      32KB

    • memory/5008-0-0x00007FFDBE8A3000-0x00007FFDBE8A5000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      8KB

    • memory/5008-5-0x000000001BB30000-0x000000001BB40000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      64KB

    • memory/5008-4-0x000000001BB20000-0x000000001BB28000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      32KB

    • memory/5008-13-0x000000001BCC0000-0x000000001BCC8000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      32KB

    • memory/5008-19-0x000000001BD20000-0x000000001BD28000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      32KB

    • memory/5008-21-0x000000001BD40000-0x000000001BD4C000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      48KB

    • memory/5008-22-0x000000001BD50000-0x000000001BD58000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      32KB

    • memory/5008-25-0x00007FFDBE8A0000-0x00007FFDBF361000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      10.8MB

    • memory/5008-26-0x00007FFDBE8A0000-0x00007FFDBF361000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      10.8MB

    • memory/5008-3-0x000000001BB10000-0x000000001BB18000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      32KB

    • memory/5008-43-0x00007FFDBE8A0000-0x00007FFDBF361000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      10.8MB

    • memory/5008-116-0x00007FFDBE8A3000-0x00007FFDBE8A5000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      8KB

    • memory/5008-123-0x00007FFDBE8A0000-0x00007FFDBF361000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      10.8MB

    • memory/5008-2-0x00007FFDBE8A0000-0x00007FFDBF361000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      10.8MB

    • memory/5008-1-0x0000000000F00000-0x0000000000FCA000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      808KB

    • memory/5008-131-0x00007FFDBE8A0000-0x00007FFDBF361000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      10.8MB