Analysis

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

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20240903-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
  • submitted
    25-01-2025 17:45

General

  • Target

    063f0ebe162695ca595299a607634b1a4678527542053d73a85106d0de5f329f.exe

  • Size

    952KB

  • MD5

    7146d0c354a5ffc4f39db58415c14022

  • SHA1

    2aa91a6ae46fd1fb956e6c8efda7251025b6a90e

  • SHA256

    063f0ebe162695ca595299a607634b1a4678527542053d73a85106d0de5f329f

  • SHA512

    b1b799f42e04443097b7f94ee4273377fcad228cfde8e1a0ffbc2e28427a8ebd4e804be0bdafc3e40122dee2a19ac2f4baccd054dbe90b5609b1c945f2719fcf

  • SSDEEP

    24576:u+O7F9smBDJwWmIezBLwsHuWbxR4AK5ZJXXL:p8/KfRTKZ

Malware Config

Signatures

  • DcRat 19 IoCs

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

  • Dcrat family
  • Modifies WinLogon for persistence 2 TTPs 9 IoCs
  • Process spawned unexpected child process 9 IoCs

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

  • UAC bypass 3 TTPs 9 IoCs
  • DCRat payload 6 IoCs

    Detects payload of DCRat, commonly dropped by NSIS installers.

  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 18 IoCs
  • Checks whether UAC is enabled 1 TTPs 6 IoCs
  • Drops file in System32 directory 16 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 6 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 9 IoCs

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

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 4 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 18 IoCs
  • System policy modification 1 TTPs 9 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\063f0ebe162695ca595299a607634b1a4678527542053d73a85106d0de5f329f.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\063f0ebe162695ca595299a607634b1a4678527542053d73a85106d0de5f329f.exe"
    1⤵
    • DcRat
    • Modifies WinLogon for persistence
    • UAC bypass
    • Adds Run key to start application
    • Checks whether UAC is enabled
    • Drops file in System32 directory
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    • System policy modification
    PID:1680
    • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\XZyoUzseb4.bat"
      2⤵
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:1692
      • C:\Windows\system32\w32tm.exe
        w32tm /stripchart /computer:localhost /period:5 /dataonly /samples:2
        3⤵
          PID:3056
        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\063f0ebe162695ca595299a607634b1a4678527542053d73a85106d0de5f329f.exe
          "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\063f0ebe162695ca595299a607634b1a4678527542053d73a85106d0de5f329f.exe"
          3⤵
          • Modifies WinLogon for persistence
          • UAC bypass
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • Adds Run key to start application
          • Checks whether UAC is enabled
          • Drops file in System32 directory
          • Drops file in Windows directory
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          • System policy modification
          PID:2664
          • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
            "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\DA0bDZCT7n.bat"
            4⤵
            • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
            PID:1036
            • C:\Windows\system32\w32tm.exe
              w32tm /stripchart /computer:localhost /period:5 /dataonly /samples:2
              5⤵
                PID:3008
              • C:\Windows\Performance\WinSAT\DataStore\WmiPrvSE.exe
                "C:\Windows\Performance\WinSAT\DataStore\WmiPrvSE.exe"
                5⤵
                • UAC bypass
                • Executes dropped EXE
                • Checks whether UAC is enabled
                • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
                • System policy modification
                PID:1340
      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
        schtasks.exe /create /tn "csrss" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Windows\System32\FirewallAPI\csrss.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
        1⤵
        • DcRat
        • Process spawned unexpected child process
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:2760
      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
        schtasks.exe /create /tn "System" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\MSOCache\All Users\{90140000-0117-0409-0000-0000000FF1CE}-C\Access.en-us\System.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
        1⤵
        • DcRat
        • Process spawned unexpected child process
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:2612
      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
        schtasks.exe /create /tn "taskhost" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Windows\System32\wlanmsm\taskhost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
        1⤵
        • DcRat
        • Process spawned unexpected child process
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:2640
      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
        schtasks.exe /create /tn "explorer" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\PerfLogs\Admin\explorer.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
        1⤵
        • DcRat
        • Process spawned unexpected child process
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:2952
      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
        schtasks.exe /create /tn "WmiPrvSE" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Windows\System32\wbem\wbemtest\WmiPrvSE.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
        1⤵
        • DcRat
        • Process spawned unexpected child process
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:2044
      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
        schtasks.exe /create /tn "smss" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Windows\System32\NlsLexicons001d\smss.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
        1⤵
        • DcRat
        • Process spawned unexpected child process
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:1284
      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
        schtasks.exe /create /tn "services" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\PerfLogs\Admin\services.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
        1⤵
        • DcRat
        • Process spawned unexpected child process
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:2236
      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
        schtasks.exe /create /tn "WmiPrvSE" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Windows\Performance\WinSAT\DataStore\WmiPrvSE.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
        1⤵
        • DcRat
        • Process spawned unexpected child process
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:2124
      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
        schtasks.exe /create /tn "explorer" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Windows\twain\explorer.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
        1⤵
        • DcRat
        • Process spawned unexpected child process
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:2692

      Network

      MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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      Downloads

      • C:\MSOCache\All Users\{90140000-0117-0409-0000-0000000FF1CE}-C\Access.en-us\System.exe

        Filesize

        952KB

        MD5

        7161f0bdf6d806032f4f1878d85f5eed

        SHA1

        1c74efac9e71e449e759dc6ccc837e9bea29e855

        SHA256

        e7241b783082b38d106cb72da8fb5b23ae52de969482cdcc2bce9dcc949476c5

        SHA512

        fbb0ad8edf5e1c67b07b76f484824235d5ca9833f7bde6efe93138a71aca52ef278c914598233b70a7640450ab76fbec517475f46193a2b02805e696209e0764

      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\063f0ebe162695ca595299a607634b1a4678527542053d73a85106d0de5f329f.exe

        Filesize

        952KB

        MD5

        7146d0c354a5ffc4f39db58415c14022

        SHA1

        2aa91a6ae46fd1fb956e6c8efda7251025b6a90e

        SHA256

        063f0ebe162695ca595299a607634b1a4678527542053d73a85106d0de5f329f

        SHA512

        b1b799f42e04443097b7f94ee4273377fcad228cfde8e1a0ffbc2e28427a8ebd4e804be0bdafc3e40122dee2a19ac2f4baccd054dbe90b5609b1c945f2719fcf

      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\DA0bDZCT7n.bat

        Filesize

        216B

        MD5

        2ab82d533d0d096b63ba8339d85c8c7e

        SHA1

        f2206d5521090295ae96917f0879ef8ac40c66c7

        SHA256

        f72ed94934a6dd87629897f93a187343f4d363c64969fee8f4e9e0b0526637dc

        SHA512

        1c5b66da6db9f70bf05280f0456f4f69980e737a7764f6af066610dccd50aab07f0b855930abfeee38470ff99f35f80b3310b083ab0865fa97f5e53b1ac11981

      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\RCX9676.tmp

        Filesize

        952KB

        MD5

        2441dd3f0b62cd42f120a14c333cb3f0

        SHA1

        77cf4605fddd9e854039648c028810a04c43427b

        SHA256

        fe78f6e2b4e88176dab282d4b56de4d8038f497a11f2ffcc49c3d33149309707

        SHA512

        4ab200a53e2b58b2ee95ba9808f720683ec55d8b9449f21a044bd804925653dde29019c91f64178f91b9caec5ef5bbf0ebf8a35ab2a937780da7e6af2d9a4b48

      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\XZyoUzseb4.bat

        Filesize

        266B

        MD5

        539e38247f556699d0d06093b08551c8

        SHA1

        63851505f1aa2eed8329cd4c585bdc6ca57731e0

        SHA256

        55b0fe9908260d32e4d7349c82c599fc3450707fc937a3ee0b98a5fd7a35bcb4

        SHA512

        ab47a51f5e8143f6fcf29047a882b2c08dfe7e5b9ac3883f16e949b768182c0c595adbb7f169f634a79143aed663a1a57dcfbe4aedd722a0bb3e852a4f9dfe5e

      • memory/1340-98-0x0000000000C80000-0x0000000000D74000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        976KB

      • memory/1680-5-0x0000000000570000-0x000000000057A000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        40KB

      • memory/1680-0-0x000007FEF5973000-0x000007FEF5974000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        4KB

      • memory/1680-8-0x00000000005D0000-0x00000000005D8000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        32KB

      • memory/1680-9-0x00000000005F0000-0x00000000005FA000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        40KB

      • memory/1680-10-0x0000000000600000-0x000000000060C000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        48KB

      • memory/1680-11-0x0000000002180000-0x000000000218C000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        48KB

      • memory/1680-6-0x0000000000580000-0x000000000058C000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        48KB

      • memory/1680-7-0x0000000000590000-0x000000000059A000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        40KB

      • memory/1680-63-0x000007FEF5970000-0x000007FEF635C000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        9.9MB

      • memory/1680-4-0x0000000000560000-0x0000000000570000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        64KB

      • memory/1680-3-0x00000000004D0000-0x00000000004E0000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        64KB

      • memory/1680-1-0x00000000002D0000-0x00000000003C4000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        976KB

      • memory/1680-2-0x000007FEF5970000-0x000007FEF635C000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        9.9MB

      • memory/2664-66-0x0000000001380000-0x0000000001474000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        976KB