Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    150s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20241007-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20241007-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
  • submitted
    18-01-2025 04:23

General

  • Target

    524eadc0b5758167ac92dbfbf5b6119abefe8648eaf3c1171ab8a227d3720611.exe

  • Size

    2.7MB

  • MD5

    0f9e8c0ca92989e50a62c5ea1e47eb74

  • SHA1

    6076489eb7df53fe1116b3dfd0ff5d87cdfeb3d6

  • SHA256

    524eadc0b5758167ac92dbfbf5b6119abefe8648eaf3c1171ab8a227d3720611

  • SHA512

    8819dc1e48e2343d29ee0420a598ee4e062a19b36190af80a204f08a28cde1e3cbe097d438566d1b12cf3d37f1afb889060fb9b141840de1d005be5087302970

  • SSDEEP

    49152:yqyJUSQelMhlk1w19BlUobhENGZXxRWi0UAuqYqqnc:PyJlQgGk1wPko1oO30UA7Yqq

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 39 IoCs

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

  • UAC bypass 3 TTPs 6 IoCs
  • DCRat payload 4 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
  • Checks whether UAC is enabled 1 TTPs 4 IoCs
  • Drops file in System32 directory 5 IoCs
  • Drops file in Program Files directory 30 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 10 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 39 IoCs

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

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 8 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 2 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\524eadc0b5758167ac92dbfbf5b6119abefe8648eaf3c1171ab8a227d3720611.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\524eadc0b5758167ac92dbfbf5b6119abefe8648eaf3c1171ab8a227d3720611.exe"
    1⤵
    • UAC bypass
    • Checks computer location settings
    • 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:224
    • C:\Program Files\Windows Defender\es-ES\explorer.exe
      "C:\Program Files\Windows Defender\es-ES\explorer.exe"
      2⤵
      • UAC bypass
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Checks whether UAC is enabled
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • System policy modification
      PID:2616
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "524eadc0b5758167ac92dbfbf5b6119abefe8648eaf3c1171ab8a227d37206115" /sc MINUTE /mo 8 /tr "'C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\524eadc0b5758167ac92dbfbf5b6119abefe8648eaf3c1171ab8a227d3720611.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:1472
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "524eadc0b5758167ac92dbfbf5b6119abefe8648eaf3c1171ab8a227d3720611" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\524eadc0b5758167ac92dbfbf5b6119abefe8648eaf3c1171ab8a227d3720611.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:2844
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "524eadc0b5758167ac92dbfbf5b6119abefe8648eaf3c1171ab8a227d37206115" /sc MINUTE /mo 7 /tr "'C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\524eadc0b5758167ac92dbfbf5b6119abefe8648eaf3c1171ab8a227d3720611.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:2024
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "csrssc" /sc MINUTE /mo 10 /tr "'C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\plugins\csrss.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:3572
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "csrss" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\plugins\csrss.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:2872
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "csrssc" /sc MINUTE /mo 13 /tr "'C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\plugins\csrss.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:764
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "TextInputHostT" /sc MINUTE /mo 6 /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\TextInputHost.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:4336
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "TextInputHost" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\TextInputHost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:2820
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "TextInputHostT" /sc MINUTE /mo 14 /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\TextInputHost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:4568
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "smsss" /sc MINUTE /mo 9 /tr "'C:\Users\Public\Downloads\smss.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:3636
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "smss" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Users\Public\Downloads\smss.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:840
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "smsss" /sc MINUTE /mo 12 /tr "'C:\Users\Public\Downloads\smss.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:4756
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "explorere" /sc MINUTE /mo 12 /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Defender\de-DE\explorer.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:4708
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "explorer" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Defender\de-DE\explorer.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:3912
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "explorere" /sc MINUTE /mo 14 /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Defender\de-DE\explorer.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 "IdleI" /sc MINUTE /mo 6 /tr "'C:\Users\Admin\Music\Idle.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:4868
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "Idle" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Users\Admin\Music\Idle.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:4084
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "IdleI" /sc MINUTE /mo 12 /tr "'C:\Users\Admin\Music\Idle.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:1288
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "explorere" /sc MINUTE /mo 7 /tr "'C:\Program Files\Windows Defender\es-ES\explorer.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:1116
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "explorer" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Program Files\Windows Defender\es-ES\explorer.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:4060
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "explorere" /sc MINUTE /mo 7 /tr "'C:\Program Files\Windows Defender\es-ES\explorer.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:4356
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "explorere" /sc MINUTE /mo 8 /tr "'C:\Windows\Setup\State\explorer.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:2924
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "explorer" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Windows\Setup\State\explorer.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:2740
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "explorere" /sc MINUTE /mo 10 /tr "'C:\Windows\Setup\State\explorer.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:1336
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "sihosts" /sc MINUTE /mo 9 /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\sihost.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:3988
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "sihost" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\sihost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:4720
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "sihosts" /sc MINUTE /mo 5 /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\sihost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:2744
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "OfficeClickToRunO" /sc MINUTE /mo 13 /tr "'C:\Users\Admin\OfficeClickToRun.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:4452
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "OfficeClickToRun" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Users\Admin\OfficeClickToRun.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 "OfficeClickToRunO" /sc MINUTE /mo 10 /tr "'C:\Users\Admin\OfficeClickToRun.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:5112
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "SystemS" /sc MINUTE /mo 7 /tr "'C:\Windows\System32\Sysprep\System.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:1420
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "System" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Windows\System32\Sysprep\System.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:636
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "SystemS" /sc MINUTE /mo 9 /tr "'C:\Windows\System32\Sysprep\System.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:1284
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "winlogonw" /sc MINUTE /mo 10 /tr "'C:\Windows\Prefetch\winlogon.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:2268
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "winlogon" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Windows\Prefetch\winlogon.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:2216
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "winlogonw" /sc MINUTE /mo 6 /tr "'C:\Windows\Prefetch\winlogon.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:3940
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "lsassl" /sc MINUTE /mo 9 /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\WindowsPowerShell\Configuration\Schema\lsass.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:1636
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "lsass" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\WindowsPowerShell\Configuration\Schema\lsass.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:2724
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "lsassl" /sc MINUTE /mo 11 /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\WindowsPowerShell\Configuration\Schema\lsass.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:804

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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Downloads

  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\sihost.exe

    Filesize

    2.7MB

    MD5

    63f307b338e15bb46522340912c6e153

    SHA1

    efbaa3f7984ad3f061c0430674ac31958ac730d0

    SHA256

    531caa419d03c1450f122a99cb80d89252abc79357323054364b2e9848b09cfc

    SHA512

    ec4abc0c5749a9710e95b13a51ff6860539737d01406c1fe21d365921d68e7ec122dd0bdad33d0b634f257fe52dfa2711cc56495a798fb0e08bbdea73540dd90

  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Defender\de-DE\explorer.exe

    Filesize

    2.7MB

    MD5

    0f9e8c0ca92989e50a62c5ea1e47eb74

    SHA1

    6076489eb7df53fe1116b3dfd0ff5d87cdfeb3d6

    SHA256

    524eadc0b5758167ac92dbfbf5b6119abefe8648eaf3c1171ab8a227d3720611

    SHA512

    8819dc1e48e2343d29ee0420a598ee4e062a19b36190af80a204f08a28cde1e3cbe097d438566d1b12cf3d37f1afb889060fb9b141840de1d005be5087302970

  • C:\Windows\Prefetch\winlogon.exe

    Filesize

    2.7MB

    MD5

    58ca9bfa82b72044788d3321062e3d07

    SHA1

    6cea596448383cb6c1909f8530fa71cc494615ae

    SHA256

    d5f95e3c261028a3d0f9b462463406060db3e1bc1d6363d95b5fc02e8e727877

    SHA512

    f6e2dee659594f6728979b9573d1ea4094aa14bd2cdfd2ef08e067bd697e6a5dcb76bf95f49c9c0546aadbf5ec39d5fa2194334ee7881a1ea56559feed71c971

  • memory/224-16-0x000000001B760000-0x000000001B768000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    32KB

  • memory/224-17-0x000000001B770000-0x000000001B77C000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    48KB

  • memory/224-5-0x000000001B680000-0x000000001B6D0000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    320KB

  • memory/224-7-0x0000000002630000-0x0000000002640000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    64KB

  • memory/224-6-0x00000000024B0000-0x00000000024B8000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    32KB

  • memory/224-9-0x0000000002660000-0x0000000002668000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    32KB

  • memory/224-10-0x0000000002670000-0x000000000267A000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    40KB

  • memory/224-8-0x0000000002640000-0x0000000002656000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    88KB

  • memory/224-11-0x000000001B6D0000-0x000000001B726000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    344KB

  • memory/224-12-0x0000000002680000-0x0000000002688000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    32KB

  • memory/224-13-0x000000001B720000-0x000000001B732000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    72KB

  • memory/224-0-0x00007FFF4B663000-0x00007FFF4B665000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    8KB

  • memory/224-14-0x000000001BC80000-0x000000001C1A8000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    5.2MB

  • memory/224-4-0x0000000002610000-0x000000000262C000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    112KB

  • memory/224-15-0x000000001B750000-0x000000001B758000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    32KB

  • memory/224-19-0x000000001B790000-0x000000001B79C000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    48KB

  • memory/224-18-0x000000001B780000-0x000000001B78E000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    56KB

  • memory/224-21-0x000000001B7B0000-0x000000001B7BC000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    48KB

  • memory/224-20-0x000000001B7A0000-0x000000001B7AA000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    40KB

  • memory/224-3-0x00000000024A0000-0x00000000024AE000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    56KB

  • memory/224-2-0x00007FFF4B660000-0x00007FFF4C121000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    10.8MB

  • memory/224-166-0x00007FFF4B663000-0x00007FFF4B665000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    8KB

  • memory/224-1-0x0000000000110000-0x00000000003C4000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    2.7MB

  • memory/224-189-0x00007FFF4B660000-0x00007FFF4C121000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    10.8MB

  • memory/224-261-0x00007FFF4B660000-0x00007FFF4C121000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    10.8MB