Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    148s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20241007-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20241007-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
  • submitted
    23-01-2025 04:03

General

  • Target

    a07573c22a19a40f9a01422a93bd1c125909857895e9511d59949ba0e5ceb3fe.exe

  • Size

    2.7MB

  • MD5

    c462d6a698a68d09fd332986ab175aab

  • SHA1

    796cc4391791a9c135b32d3ae24c83b5f6f759d8

  • SHA256

    a07573c22a19a40f9a01422a93bd1c125909857895e9511d59949ba0e5ceb3fe

  • SHA512

    328dc1e5a620929de513ce5e496c905ace7856af3eb95f9619f0a5e4748f3375220a4327a0807dea30b94e2dc43983c5e5cc21fb45d8522c7dc18ed778a5ba9b

  • SSDEEP

    49152:UB8QdyqETGWTi91dhvdefW1qI8i5ZMFzp2XZXyoW5AJo:+l8GWWzdVdeu1q/iLMFcRyfAJo

Malware Config

Signatures

  • DcRat

    DarkCrystal(DC) is a new .NET RAT active since June 2019 capable of loading additional plugins.

  • Dcrat family
  • Modifies WinLogon for persistence 2 TTPs 6 IoCs
  • Process spawned unexpected child process 18 IoCs

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

  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 6 IoCs

    Run Powershell to modify Windows Defender settings to add exclusions for file extensions, paths, and processes.

  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 3 IoCs

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

  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 12 IoCs
  • Drops file in System32 directory 2 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 3 IoCs

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

  • System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Adversaries may check for Internet connectivity on compromised systems.

  • Modifies registry class 2 IoCs
  • Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 18 IoCs

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

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 8 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 32 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\a07573c22a19a40f9a01422a93bd1c125909857895e9511d59949ba0e5ceb3fe.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\a07573c22a19a40f9a01422a93bd1c125909857895e9511d59949ba0e5ceb3fe.exe"
    1⤵
    • Checks computer location settings
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Modifies registry class
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3136
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WScript.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\WScript.exe" "C:\refmonitor\IpbZ1VvTcHrONcTKJANl9zG.vbe"
      2⤵
      • Checks computer location settings
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2844
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c ""C:\refmonitor\L8eiZJU31CCxC9L.bat" "
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:2268
        • C:\refmonitor\SurrogateBrowserruntimeSvc.exe
          "C:\refmonitor/SurrogateBrowserruntimeSvc.exe"
          4⤵
          • Modifies WinLogon for persistence
          • Checks computer location settings
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • Adds Run key to start application
          • Modifies registry class
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:2564
          • C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\csc.exe
            "C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\csc.exe" /noconfig /fullpaths @"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\kuec3kug\kuec3kug.cmdline"
            5⤵
            • Drops file in System32 directory
            • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
            PID:4092
            • C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\cvtres.exe
              C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\cvtres.exe /NOLOGO /READONLY /MACHINE:IX86 "/OUT:C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\RESDBBA.tmp" "c:\Windows\System32\CSC790FB39F6FD94F47BA6779E31FCA3CF.TMP"
              6⤵
                PID:2040
            • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
              "powershell" -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\refmonitor\sppsvc.exe'
              5⤵
              • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
              • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
              PID:1032
            • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
              "powershell" -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\refmonitor\StartMenuExperienceHost.exe'
              5⤵
              • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
              • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
              PID:384
            • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
              "powershell" -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\Users\All Users\Documents\Registry.exe'
              5⤵
              • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
              • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
              PID:864
            • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
              "powershell" -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\Users\Public\wininit.exe'
              5⤵
              • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
              • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
              PID:1000
            • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
              "powershell" -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\explorer.exe'
              5⤵
              • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
              • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
              PID:4600
            • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
              "powershell" -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\refmonitor\SurrogateBrowserruntimeSvc.exe'
              5⤵
              • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
              • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
              PID:4620
            • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
              "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\XrlPFdTEX4.bat"
              5⤵
              • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
              PID:660
              • C:\Windows\system32\chcp.com
                chcp 65001
                6⤵
                  PID:440
                • C:\Windows\system32\PING.EXE
                  ping -n 10 localhost
                  6⤵
                  • System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
                  • Runs ping.exe
                  PID:32
                • C:\Users\Public\wininit.exe
                  "C:\Users\Public\wininit.exe"
                  6⤵
                  • Executes dropped EXE
                  • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
                  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
                  PID:2136
      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
        schtasks.exe /create /tn "sppsvcs" /sc MINUTE /mo 9 /tr "'C:\refmonitor\sppsvc.exe'" /f
        1⤵
        • Process spawned unexpected child process
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:4400
      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
        schtasks.exe /create /tn "sppsvc" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\refmonitor\sppsvc.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
        1⤵
        • Process spawned unexpected child process
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:348
      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
        schtasks.exe /create /tn "sppsvcs" /sc MINUTE /mo 11 /tr "'C:\refmonitor\sppsvc.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
        1⤵
        • Process spawned unexpected child process
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:4704
      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
        schtasks.exe /create /tn "StartMenuExperienceHostS" /sc MINUTE /mo 6 /tr "'C:\refmonitor\StartMenuExperienceHost.exe'" /f
        1⤵
        • Process spawned unexpected child process
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:4820
      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
        schtasks.exe /create /tn "StartMenuExperienceHost" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\refmonitor\StartMenuExperienceHost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
        1⤵
        • Process spawned unexpected child process
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:2952
      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
        schtasks.exe /create /tn "StartMenuExperienceHostS" /sc MINUTE /mo 6 /tr "'C:\refmonitor\StartMenuExperienceHost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
        1⤵
        • Process spawned unexpected child process
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:2860
      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
        schtasks.exe /create /tn "RegistryR" /sc MINUTE /mo 11 /tr "'C:\Users\All Users\Documents\Registry.exe'" /f
        1⤵
        • Process spawned unexpected child process
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:1808
      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
        schtasks.exe /create /tn "Registry" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Users\All Users\Documents\Registry.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
        1⤵
        • Process spawned unexpected child process
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:4452
      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
        schtasks.exe /create /tn "RegistryR" /sc MINUTE /mo 9 /tr "'C:\Users\All Users\Documents\Registry.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
        1⤵
        • Process spawned unexpected child process
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:752
      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
        schtasks.exe /create /tn "wininitw" /sc MINUTE /mo 9 /tr "'C:\Users\Public\wininit.exe'" /f
        1⤵
        • Process spawned unexpected child process
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:2332
      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
        schtasks.exe /create /tn "wininit" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Users\Public\wininit.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
        1⤵
        • Process spawned unexpected child process
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:1732
      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
        schtasks.exe /create /tn "wininitw" /sc MINUTE /mo 8 /tr "'C:\Users\Public\wininit.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
        1⤵
        • Process spawned unexpected child process
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:3488
      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
        schtasks.exe /create /tn "explorere" /sc MINUTE /mo 10 /tr "'C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\explorer.exe'" /f
        1⤵
        • Process spawned unexpected child process
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:4264
      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
        schtasks.exe /create /tn "explorer" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\explorer.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
        1⤵
        • Process spawned unexpected child process
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:3928
      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
        schtasks.exe /create /tn "explorere" /sc MINUTE /mo 13 /tr "'C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\explorer.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
        1⤵
        • Process spawned unexpected child process
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:3288
      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
        schtasks.exe /create /tn "SurrogateBrowserruntimeSvcS" /sc MINUTE /mo 5 /tr "'C:\refmonitor\SurrogateBrowserruntimeSvc.exe'" /f
        1⤵
        • Process spawned unexpected child process
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:3744
      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
        schtasks.exe /create /tn "SurrogateBrowserruntimeSvc" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\refmonitor\SurrogateBrowserruntimeSvc.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
        1⤵
        • Process spawned unexpected child process
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:216
      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
        schtasks.exe /create /tn "SurrogateBrowserruntimeSvcS" /sc MINUTE /mo 6 /tr "'C:\refmonitor\SurrogateBrowserruntimeSvc.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
        1⤵
        • Process spawned unexpected child process
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:4916

      Network

      MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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      Downloads

      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0\UsageLogs\powershell.exe.log

        Filesize

        2KB

        MD5

        d85ba6ff808d9e5444a4b369f5bc2730

        SHA1

        31aa9d96590fff6981b315e0b391b575e4c0804a

        SHA256

        84739c608a73509419748e4e20e6cc4e1846056c3fe1929a8300d5a1a488202f

        SHA512

        8c414eb55b45212af385accc16d9d562adba2123583ce70d22b91161fe878683845512a78f04dedd4ea98ed9b174dbfa98cf696370598ad8e6fbd1e714f1f249

      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

        Filesize

        944B

        MD5

        77d622bb1a5b250869a3238b9bc1402b

        SHA1

        d47f4003c2554b9dfc4c16f22460b331886b191b

        SHA256

        f97ff12a8abf4bf88bb6497bd2ac2da12628c8847a8ba5a9026bdbb76507cdfb

        SHA512

        d6789b5499f23c9035375a102271e17a8a82e57d6f5312fa24242e08a83efdeb8becb7622f55c4cf1b89c7d864b445df11f4d994cf7e2f87a900535bcca12fd9

      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

        Filesize

        944B

        MD5

        2e907f77659a6601fcc408274894da2e

        SHA1

        9f5b72abef1cd7145bf37547cdb1b9254b4efe9d

        SHA256

        385da35673330e21ac02545220552fe301fe54dedefbdafc097ac4342a295233

        SHA512

        34fa0fff24f6550f55f828541aaefe5d75c86f8f0842d54b50065e9746f9662bb7209c74c9a9571540b9855bb3851f01db613190024e89b198d485bb5dc07721

      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

        Filesize

        944B

        MD5

        3a6bad9528f8e23fb5c77fbd81fa28e8

        SHA1

        f127317c3bc6407f536c0f0600dcbcf1aabfba36

        SHA256

        986366767de5873f1b170a63f2a33ce05132d1afd90c8f5017afbca8ef1beb05

        SHA512

        846002154a0ece6f3e9feda6f115d3161dc21b3789525dd62ae1d9188495171293efdbe7be4710666dd8a15e66b557315b5a02918a741ed1d5f3ff0c515b98e2

      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\RESDBBA.tmp

        Filesize

        1KB

        MD5

        368236743efad1a736149072ed37a90a

        SHA1

        af194c0984fd47a725a1c8bb0d40f42dc1734a56

        SHA256

        7c8492d372343e1473c712b68ea60fe364ac7276685e7386606c0f26564bec46

        SHA512

        1eca79fdf1d3b97cce0528be46c03f6e466c83eb9c07c6b762efd0f2de2b7fce6c19c118f74d94932f506c141882abc2543d7f6cf17002644ca321e812d4549c

      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\XrlPFdTEX4.bat

        Filesize

        155B

        MD5

        09f01a12b763671e234e4b6233b9e8f8

        SHA1

        53aa86b089ead3b980ba0fb200edc9b37de01d93

        SHA256

        dfb4b3b85c43a00993b2a5b2aacff7f462358619a157c1ab83ba3db0293e0e7a

        SHA512

        5417f755cd08bcdc7ca351dd514d4d248aca8e7ce6710ae08bb686494a02d7763c7f2335a038736ad58d55792951b4ebb7cc0c8affcf88f40dab329f519787fa

      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_fbi0fmhd.sqc.ps1

        Filesize

        60B

        MD5

        d17fe0a3f47be24a6453e9ef58c94641

        SHA1

        6ab83620379fc69f80c0242105ddffd7d98d5d9d

        SHA256

        96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7

        SHA512

        5b592e58f26c264604f98f6aa12860758ce606d1c63220736cf0c779e4e18e3cec8706930a16c38b20161754d1017d1657d35258e58ca22b18f5b232880dec82

      • C:\refmonitor\IpbZ1VvTcHrONcTKJANl9zG.vbe

        Filesize

        203B

        MD5

        7ab2590560976f9db5936c16c769e33e

        SHA1

        879f7a609f21c2db8f985a2be7328708225ecaac

        SHA256

        582d8eef207124fa14ea2bee1733ac8eaada70a9dc2e5a26481136deaff10fde

        SHA512

        2cae748998d21e4e217b652c5cef6a3ba206cf845bba9d85507fea99ee334093318b248680819b36745c1ba586e0d4115a225ef8bc17211d61c2314fbcdd92f4

      • C:\refmonitor\L8eiZJU31CCxC9L.bat

        Filesize

        85B

        MD5

        550369819d3a809d6b71c88c2ac730dd

        SHA1

        dc2349d2365842b97c43a20922a500bc5402c484

        SHA256

        359617de9c982df1d89e52bd9be840bb6618850d46380d4183ada239c8435e32

        SHA512

        aac7ccd06cf0f49d651d1fbc276031bb1b431feb260098cbb69fb54c3993e15e8f6f80ff8c0031048f34e33276800286f2943535ca34f33c0944380a3b960921

      • C:\refmonitor\SurrogateBrowserruntimeSvc.exe

        Filesize

        2.4MB

        MD5

        13d5df2ab2ead9bc68445f92b137eda6

        SHA1

        0411a2f0bae6108252130feb85e20cc1cf6b5d07

        SHA256

        80b56ea271aee36a7631af049b4a07141163f8d79ef220af176dc661acad8f54

        SHA512

        b58d4ec4689de7d0229c56161163e2174004dd217c2a3d33985400d8907506a36b0f769d6ba196327e00577879e7e0c8442ff6e29cbae4110c231ededde45b62

      • \??\c:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\kuec3kug\kuec3kug.0.cs

        Filesize

        356B

        MD5

        82f24083d7ce98d78dfd68ba0850c6df

        SHA1

        49613974700ccd594194c25faeef56cd9e49635f

        SHA256

        5650f9c2a6237a77acd98909dfdc9ac1d57266aabd544aed181ac4345d1a7e3d

        SHA512

        27dba5314dac95598c361ce93c48fa43078243423af715e5258d9a56b848ba8f7ca72f6d74f9b010ce0a4648506197ec07a489172e65c3bc64590381e9e9140f

      • \??\c:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\kuec3kug\kuec3kug.cmdline

        Filesize

        235B

        MD5

        52edc26a363dc604aa31bb2f9d19f24a

        SHA1

        f27eece000aac885ef5dff375ac621f125291375

        SHA256

        0e8e46249ccba4d99e35418fac0610c241692a6063b84987373df0aa1c973672

        SHA512

        0c61dd70bd6fc0d7e2a2584af0d7fa1b2b35bf577c754b746cc9b43c1a85a4889afdf8a4b6552b804e93586781eef5516f7e3df88a9a8ad4235352aea2f8ee90

      • \??\c:\Windows\System32\CSC790FB39F6FD94F47BA6779E31FCA3CF.TMP

        Filesize

        1KB

        MD5

        7bbfaf1199741b237d2493615c95c6d7

        SHA1

        86d466217c4dc1e0808f83ceda8f4b4df948b5dc

        SHA256

        e20e4619dbc932a216fd93f86fe0af2e915f4c2ba6177fc3581da59885094476

        SHA512

        2eda9bf71dc4a4583b7b8e9a6aab0f91d98cca68ee4309df1a4d26541917678da09a15d712397ae4b95fe95b65c8aa6eeab94d7620a5546b3df6c00306ef4a5c

      • memory/1032-63-0x000002806B970000-0x000002806B992000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        136KB

      • memory/2136-140-0x000000001BFA0000-0x000000001C00B000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        428KB

      • memory/2564-17-0x0000000003250000-0x000000000326C000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        112KB

      • memory/2564-30-0x0000000003220000-0x000000000322C000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        48KB

      • memory/2564-28-0x0000000003310000-0x0000000003328000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        96KB

      • memory/2564-26-0x0000000003210000-0x0000000003220000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        64KB

      • memory/2564-24-0x000000001C2B0000-0x000000001C30A000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        360KB

      • memory/2564-96-0x000000001BD10000-0x000000001BD7B000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        428KB

      • memory/2564-22-0x0000000003290000-0x00000000032A6000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        88KB

      • memory/2564-20-0x0000000003270000-0x0000000003288000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        96KB

      • memory/2564-18-0x00000000032C0000-0x0000000003310000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        320KB

      • memory/2564-15-0x0000000003200000-0x000000000320E000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        56KB

      • memory/2564-13-0x0000000000E70000-0x00000000010E2000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        2.4MB

      • memory/2564-12-0x00007FFCFB383000-0x00007FFCFB385000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        8KB