Analysis

  • max time kernel
    117s
  • max time network
    119s
  • platform
    windows7_x64
  • resource
    win7-20240903-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20240903-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
  • submitted
    20-01-2025 04:29

General

  • Target

    76e7d1b53c84ccbf7789386bdeffc58d4171f2fbfa650891e980ccc6f77789ba.exe

  • Size

    1.1MB

  • MD5

    f6ce84a3177d88fd779e990ecd08c5b3

  • SHA1

    421a718c107138941a908abc5a5ec608f2ff1121

  • SHA256

    76e7d1b53c84ccbf7789386bdeffc58d4171f2fbfa650891e980ccc6f77789ba

  • SHA512

    f3a721633d9e4d5c0376ebf638e05d454ebd6f75d2cdd842e173c9dc2b1568f686a96ef4d737426dc56ffafe4e28fd56abffa29986c375834b5a4348bcde6770

  • SSDEEP

    24576:U2G/nvxW3Ww0tqNUI8y/hByvMnRxzbL6mcYUJV2Vzl:UbA30MF/hRwfMx

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 42 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 10 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 42 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\76e7d1b53c84ccbf7789386bdeffc58d4171f2fbfa650891e980ccc6f77789ba.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\76e7d1b53c84ccbf7789386bdeffc58d4171f2fbfa650891e980ccc6f77789ba.exe"
    1⤵
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:796
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WScript.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\WScript.exe" "C:\Serverwin\EW0p41ez0N7HYRg6N6rv6D.vbe"
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2032
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
        cmd /c ""C:\Serverwin\XWK21vbuz3pBmIIr863tMg.bat" "
        3⤵
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:2408
        • C:\Serverwin\agentWinmonitor.exe
          "C:\Serverwin\agentWinmonitor.exe"
          4⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • Drops file in Program Files directory
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:3048
          • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
            "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\UF8dT6V7tz.bat"
            5⤵
            • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
            PID:876
            • C:\Windows\system32\w32tm.exe
              w32tm /stripchart /computer:localhost /period:5 /dataonly /samples:2
              6⤵
                PID:1996
              • C:\Recovery\1f5748e2-69f6-11ef-b486-62cb582c238c\agentWinmonitor.exe
                "C:\Recovery\1f5748e2-69f6-11ef-b486-62cb582c238c\agentWinmonitor.exe"
                6⤵
                • Executes dropped EXE
                • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
                • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
                PID:2208
          • 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:700
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "winlogonw" /sc MINUTE /mo 9 /tr "'C:\Recovery\1f5748e2-69f6-11ef-b486-62cb582c238c\winlogon.exe'" /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:3060
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "winlogon" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Recovery\1f5748e2-69f6-11ef-b486-62cb582c238c\winlogon.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2636
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "winlogonw" /sc MINUTE /mo 10 /tr "'C:\Recovery\1f5748e2-69f6-11ef-b486-62cb582c238c\winlogon.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2716
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "spoolsvs" /sc MINUTE /mo 11 /tr "'C:\Program Files\Reference Assemblies\Microsoft\spoolsv.exe'" /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2868
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "spoolsv" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Program Files\Reference Assemblies\Microsoft\spoolsv.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2688
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "spoolsvs" /sc MINUTE /mo 10 /tr "'C:\Program Files\Reference Assemblies\Microsoft\spoolsv.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 "audiodga" /sc MINUTE /mo 10 /tr "'C:\Program Files\Windows Photo Viewer\es-ES\audiodg.exe'" /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2508
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "audiodg" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Program Files\Windows Photo Viewer\es-ES\audiodg.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:3020
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "audiodga" /sc MINUTE /mo 6 /tr "'C:\Program Files\Windows Photo Viewer\es-ES\audiodg.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2656
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "csrssc" /sc MINUTE /mo 13 /tr "'C:\Users\Admin\csrss.exe'" /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2476
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "csrss" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Users\Admin\csrss.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2524
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "csrssc" /sc MINUTE /mo 11 /tr "'C:\Users\Admin\csrss.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2392
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "cmdc" /sc MINUTE /mo 6 /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Maintenance Service\cmd.exe'" /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2108
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "cmd" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Maintenance Service\cmd.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:824
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "cmdc" /sc MINUTE /mo 8 /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Maintenance Service\cmd.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:1720
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "IdleI" /sc MINUTE /mo 12 /tr "'C:\Users\Admin\Local Settings\Idle.exe'" /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2028
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "Idle" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Users\Admin\Local Settings\Idle.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:1636
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "IdleI" /sc MINUTE /mo 6 /tr "'C:\Users\Admin\Local Settings\Idle.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:1192
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "csrssc" /sc MINUTE /mo 13 /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Reference Assemblies\Microsoft\Framework\v3.5\RedistList\csrss.exe'" /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:1688
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "csrss" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Reference Assemblies\Microsoft\Framework\v3.5\RedistList\csrss.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:1648
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "csrssc" /sc MINUTE /mo 9 /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Reference Assemblies\Microsoft\Framework\v3.5\RedistList\csrss.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:1948
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "agentWinmonitora" /sc MINUTE /mo 14 /tr "'C:\Recovery\1f5748e2-69f6-11ef-b486-62cb582c238c\agentWinmonitor.exe'" /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:1864
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "agentWinmonitor" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Recovery\1f5748e2-69f6-11ef-b486-62cb582c238c\agentWinmonitor.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 "agentWinmonitora" /sc MINUTE /mo 6 /tr "'C:\Recovery\1f5748e2-69f6-11ef-b486-62cb582c238c\agentWinmonitor.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:1932
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "lsassl" /sc MINUTE /mo 13 /tr "'C:\Serverwin\lsass.exe'" /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:1824
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "lsass" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Serverwin\lsass.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2776
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "lsassl" /sc MINUTE /mo 6 /tr "'C:\Serverwin\lsass.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2804
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "lsml" /sc MINUTE /mo 14 /tr "'C:\Users\All Users\Package Cache\{ca67548a-5ebe-413a-b50c-4b9ceb6d66c6}\lsm.exe'" /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2768
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "lsm" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Users\All Users\Package Cache\{ca67548a-5ebe-413a-b50c-4b9ceb6d66c6}\lsm.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2520
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "lsml" /sc MINUTE /mo 7 /tr "'C:\Users\All Users\Package Cache\{ca67548a-5ebe-413a-b50c-4b9ceb6d66c6}\lsm.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2988
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "winlogonw" /sc MINUTE /mo 13 /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft\Windows Workflow Foundation\winlogon.exe'" /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2136
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "winlogon" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft\Windows Workflow Foundation\winlogon.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2852
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "winlogonw" /sc MINUTE /mo 9 /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft\Windows Workflow Foundation\winlogon.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:3008
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "dllhostd" /sc MINUTE /mo 13 /tr "'C:\Users\Public\dllhost.exe'" /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2572
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "dllhost" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Users\Public\dllhost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:404
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "dllhostd" /sc MINUTE /mo 12 /tr "'C:\Users\Public\dllhost.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 "IdleI" /sc MINUTE /mo 14 /tr "'C:\Users\Default\Videos\Idle.exe'" /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:1792
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "Idle" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Users\Default\Videos\Idle.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:1768
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "IdleI" /sc MINUTE /mo 9 /tr "'C:\Users\Default\Videos\Idle.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:1860
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "sppsvcs" /sc MINUTE /mo 11 /tr "'C:\MSOCache\All Users\{90140000-002C-0409-0000-0000000FF1CE}-C\sppsvc.exe'" /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:1148
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "sppsvc" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\MSOCache\All Users\{90140000-002C-0409-0000-0000000FF1CE}-C\sppsvc.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:1540
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "sppsvcs" /sc MINUTE /mo 11 /tr "'C:\MSOCache\All Users\{90140000-002C-0409-0000-0000000FF1CE}-C\sppsvc.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:1288

    Network

    MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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    Downloads

    • C:\Serverwin\EW0p41ez0N7HYRg6N6rv6D.vbe

      Filesize

      209B

      MD5

      541275260b9ec67c8537c0edad28f1b9

      SHA1

      9af23fbfc493604daaccd331efec05ebfc1e64e5

      SHA256

      a32684fc6fdea338d4c29bd0cac3e4dca8afb3f896a009096272cb8a32b3a51e

      SHA512

      47dae81d53a7c1b091eb5cab7d627811fbd7319709f7c22b4e50b628beeb269f3de36f77c7206873b1eea43ef7c665c579230f17ccfd4ca32807d2d65c1c1384

    • C:\Serverwin\XWK21vbuz3pBmIIr863tMg.bat

      Filesize

      146B

      MD5

      911702a577938eef8bbc1ce89e6d1bc8

      SHA1

      d7470178892e21f9c5fbc58876bda7ce5741f924

      SHA256

      96f145902bda9186af668c933108ce68dc3d8bba717823cade826dfde518d1bf

      SHA512

      683aeb4f6efb24501e64ca3cbf2734a65dd1fe9672787e472ba04304cff7698c295bdf22f59bdc62295bea5dab3d0f3ae8a6cbdd6fd70daaf6e797405173b274

    • C:\Serverwin\agentWinmonitor.exe

      Filesize

      828KB

      MD5

      51c9ce115354b8ac4e71e8da3f224ff4

      SHA1

      71b3ce67ad3d5467e58971a3ec197d4a725669bd

      SHA256

      e4a087a2892f543978031a40e332b829763a7a71b7d641e87fbd137958648e2d

      SHA512

      7636e523a8e7938dddfab02c96a5296e4ce337ebcc5d7595ea711429eae1330db46c22d9a4352c524c2b2d099ac2f27d7d96768a577a39e82a654ac980657406

    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\UF8dT6V7tz.bat

      Filesize

      233B

      MD5

      827b271e84acac451561ada53bee1073

      SHA1

      0c5269fb8ac9cfe010861c2d692436e2839c27bf

      SHA256

      54589a68a665da722904363dde5fbae8b9017f1c4aedd5fabd64c34c42cfbf8c

      SHA512

      6b28c363d632080450207ff4ad9220f050a132b44898abf9cf50be3ea114c1b13484103799d1668108fabc7a4aec2b847cb806742788ce841925f0a3d69008e1

    • memory/2208-49-0x0000000000F50000-0x0000000001026000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      856KB

    • memory/3048-13-0x00000000008D0000-0x00000000009A6000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      856KB