Analysis

  • max time kernel
    120s
  • max time network
    121s
  • platform
    windows7_x64
  • resource
    win7-20240903-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20240903-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
  • submitted
    19/01/2025, 03:44

General

  • Target

    154029aecb8134930418ece2437864b8.exe

  • Size

    1.5MB

  • MD5

    154029aecb8134930418ece2437864b8

  • SHA1

    a43825d5c82e4266a37e60a746c31ab128b2a4a1

  • SHA256

    394c5bdb282b16f8fc323f01c9a0ebe0a3824c95efbc082a5ae7b1d547ab3617

  • SHA512

    2cc0dd8965fb53479fed5107ec2b8ba90ae15dbbc22f1d0d7bffc573cf049d69ce745840fdaa582060940f5be8381cfd5ecec870943d6a3ddda95c9f32a9826c

  • SSDEEP

    24576:u/R6JpYYCpuA5TwiNgFE/4vZy270wlc8cz4lc2zVg5OlyxJ:uZ6a8+DsZ5lyzIcUawly

Score
10/10

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 15 IoCs

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

  • DCRat payload 6 IoCs

    Detects payload of DCRat, commonly dropped by NSIS installers.

  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Drops file in Program Files directory 10 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 15 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 15 IoCs

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

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 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\154029aecb8134930418ece2437864b8.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\154029aecb8134930418ece2437864b8.exe"
    1⤵
    • Drops file in Program Files directory
    • Drops file in Windows directory
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2444
    • C:\Windows\Logs\DPX\winlogon.exe
      "C:\Windows\Logs\DPX\winlogon.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:2808
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "winlogonw" /sc MINUTE /mo 10 /tr "'C:\Windows\Logs\DPX\winlogon.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:2324
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "winlogon" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Windows\Logs\DPX\winlogon.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:2760
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "winlogonw" /sc MINUTE /mo 12 /tr "'C:\Windows\Logs\DPX\winlogon.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:2816
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "csrssc" /sc MINUTE /mo 14 /tr "'C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\assembly\csrss.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:2864
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "csrss" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\assembly\csrss.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:2496
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "csrssc" /sc MINUTE /mo 8 /tr "'C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\assembly\csrss.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:2652
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "IdleI" /sc MINUTE /mo 5 /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows NT\Accessories\fr-FR\Idle.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:2640
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "Idle" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows NT\Accessories\fr-FR\Idle.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 "IdleI" /sc MINUTE /mo 8 /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows NT\Accessories\fr-FR\Idle.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:2644
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "smsss" /sc MINUTE /mo 14 /tr "'C:\Windows\AppPatch\de-DE\smss.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:2616
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "smss" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Windows\AppPatch\de-DE\smss.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:2648
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "smsss" /sc MINUTE /mo 7 /tr "'C:\Windows\AppPatch\de-DE\smss.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:2692
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "WmiPrvSEW" /sc MINUTE /mo 13 /tr "'C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office14\1033\WmiPrvSE.exe'" /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:3064
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "WmiPrvSE" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office14\1033\WmiPrvSE.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:2292
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "WmiPrvSEW" /sc MINUTE /mo 12 /tr "'C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office14\1033\WmiPrvSE.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:1780

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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Downloads

  • C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office14\1033\RCXD516.tmp

    Filesize

    1.5MB

    MD5

    b66ab928d005c01e272ac126df443b9a

    SHA1

    aa31d93b26e4172953a46a3c9b68a3221e69220a

    SHA256

    6344d2c73350e07c8e30d64180483de154713efe517422b4b23d6a9de376901e

    SHA512

    2d738a0854c1e9e83f9a6e03978e9bb10ba33869f34cfe4cbfb85b22e478269b5f23b5f5f77509b5f4e40d20c242ae0779e308c460f45beb342002ec03afb53e

  • C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office14\1033\WmiPrvSE.exe

    Filesize

    1.5MB

    MD5

    154029aecb8134930418ece2437864b8

    SHA1

    a43825d5c82e4266a37e60a746c31ab128b2a4a1

    SHA256

    394c5bdb282b16f8fc323f01c9a0ebe0a3824c95efbc082a5ae7b1d547ab3617

    SHA512

    2cc0dd8965fb53479fed5107ec2b8ba90ae15dbbc22f1d0d7bffc573cf049d69ce745840fdaa582060940f5be8381cfd5ecec870943d6a3ddda95c9f32a9826c

  • C:\Windows\AppPatch\de-DE\smss.exe

    Filesize

    1.5MB

    MD5

    4e8a6c19aedcc6f021a44e67e36dd398

    SHA1

    ac2843cc59c332ba148795ddea96a5b171b8d873

    SHA256

    c01e80cbd7d25ae5504bd4fd03eb6fde2faf0a520a7b645bba63cd212cb4e392

    SHA512

    7bdaef7415df37add6b4011798030a47a9787734130eacab35cc00fbd04aa2534ba861531d2b56b6d817e27f579a039e9bb2425bd1c70c40cb9ec0fbd85752ed

  • C:\Windows\Logs\DPX\winlogon.exe

    Filesize

    1.5MB

    MD5

    84b195ce8bf506a8bbd1293174866be1

    SHA1

    467620d5f7cb35e732f95f69cb317b9d964518e0

    SHA256

    d052f16f1ff0904ca34323705e37358aca2ca578788e7e163b3f9571b10f27be

    SHA512

    299017f69ad65b640566896464d1f8d4ff3fc72c961b491e54359b0c5b828fbadb10044ceb5dff16713df7312d4927497f393ec32faa122f838323f4aec8efb7

  • memory/2444-4-0x0000000000AF0000-0x0000000000B00000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    64KB

  • memory/2444-11-0x0000000002310000-0x000000000231A000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    40KB

  • memory/2444-6-0x00000000020C0000-0x00000000020D0000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    64KB

  • memory/2444-7-0x00000000021D0000-0x00000000021DC000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    48KB

  • memory/2444-8-0x00000000022E0000-0x00000000022EC000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    48KB

  • memory/2444-9-0x00000000022F0000-0x00000000022FE000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    56KB

  • memory/2444-10-0x0000000002300000-0x000000000230E000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    56KB

  • memory/2444-5-0x00000000020A0000-0x00000000020B6000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    88KB

  • memory/2444-0-0x000007FEF5BA3000-0x000007FEF5BA4000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/2444-3-0x00000000004E0000-0x00000000004FC000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    112KB

  • memory/2444-2-0x000007FEF5BA0000-0x000007FEF658C000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    9.9MB

  • memory/2444-1-0x0000000000B00000-0x0000000000C92000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    1.6MB

  • memory/2444-90-0x000007FEF5BA0000-0x000007FEF658C000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    9.9MB

  • memory/2808-89-0x0000000001070000-0x0000000001202000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    1.6MB