Analysis

  • max time kernel
    121s
  • max time network
    122s
  • platform
    windows7_x64
  • resource
    win7-20240903-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20240903-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
  • submitted
    27-01-2025 03:56

General

  • Target

    1c281aad64e57aed57f78a3a35797381309c161e89e70a6803f3ec166fb29c19.exe

  • Size

    828KB

  • MD5

    46ab1dde1bac98a34cb41166f659db27

  • SHA1

    f12b50ad32d9290d977322c7fb9594ac54d7b64a

  • SHA256

    1c281aad64e57aed57f78a3a35797381309c161e89e70a6803f3ec166fb29c19

  • SHA512

    4890f12e5fbd6f928936ccc2e2cd67414e339d4f2058b84a5cee73ad7600bc2dc5bf0368581781c047620abfa4df9e3fddcb9185f88222d574d6503f67d897b9

  • SSDEEP

    12288:gF+JPdVQB7gH+F44vYVYJ21H3z2oLtubNUPX08fab:gFcVU7gG44vYVH1H/obyCb

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 3 IoCs

    Detects payload of DCRat, commonly dropped by NSIS installers.

  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Drops file in Program Files directory 2 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 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\1c281aad64e57aed57f78a3a35797381309c161e89e70a6803f3ec166fb29c19.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1c281aad64e57aed57f78a3a35797381309c161e89e70a6803f3ec166fb29c19.exe"
    1⤵
    • Drops file in Program Files directory
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2816
    • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Lvqyh5QgiF.bat"
      2⤵
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2140
      • C:\Windows\system32\w32tm.exe
        w32tm /stripchart /computer:localhost /period:5 /dataonly /samples:2
        3⤵
          PID:1976
        • C:\Recovery\1a287102-69f6-11ef-b2ff-62cb582c238c\csrss.exe
          "C:\Recovery\1a287102-69f6-11ef-b2ff-62cb582c238c\csrss.exe"
          3⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          PID:1572
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "csrssc" /sc MINUTE /mo 5 /tr "'C:\Recovery\1a287102-69f6-11ef-b2ff-62cb582c238c\csrss.exe'" /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2632
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "csrss" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Recovery\1a287102-69f6-11ef-b2ff-62cb582c238c\csrss.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:1108
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "csrssc" /sc MINUTE /mo 10 /tr "'C:\Recovery\1a287102-69f6-11ef-b2ff-62cb582c238c\csrss.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2664
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "taskhostt" /sc MINUTE /mo 6 /tr "'C:\Recovery\1a287102-69f6-11ef-b2ff-62cb582c238c\taskhost.exe'" /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2628
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "taskhost" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Recovery\1a287102-69f6-11ef-b2ff-62cb582c238c\taskhost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2728
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "taskhostt" /sc MINUTE /mo 7 /tr "'C:\Recovery\1a287102-69f6-11ef-b2ff-62cb582c238c\taskhost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2320
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "servicess" /sc MINUTE /mo 12 /tr "'C:\Program Files\MSBuild\services.exe'" /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2660
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "services" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Program Files\MSBuild\services.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:588
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "servicess" /sc MINUTE /mo 9 /tr "'C:\Program Files\MSBuild\services.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:792
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "1c281aad64e57aed57f78a3a35797381309c161e89e70a6803f3ec166fb29c191" /sc MINUTE /mo 8 /tr "'C:\MSOCache\All Users\{90140000-001B-0409-0000-0000000FF1CE}-C\1c281aad64e57aed57f78a3a35797381309c161e89e70a6803f3ec166fb29c19.exe'" /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:1000
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "1c281aad64e57aed57f78a3a35797381309c161e89e70a6803f3ec166fb29c19" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\MSOCache\All Users\{90140000-001B-0409-0000-0000000FF1CE}-C\1c281aad64e57aed57f78a3a35797381309c161e89e70a6803f3ec166fb29c19.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:1432
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "1c281aad64e57aed57f78a3a35797381309c161e89e70a6803f3ec166fb29c191" /sc MINUTE /mo 8 /tr "'C:\MSOCache\All Users\{90140000-001B-0409-0000-0000000FF1CE}-C\1c281aad64e57aed57f78a3a35797381309c161e89e70a6803f3ec166fb29c19.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2596
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "explorere" /sc MINUTE /mo 13 /tr "'C:\MSOCache\All Users\explorer.exe'" /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2224
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "explorer" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\MSOCache\All Users\explorer.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2160
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "explorere" /sc MINUTE /mo 6 /tr "'C:\MSOCache\All Users\explorer.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2056

    Network

    MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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    Downloads

    • C:\MSOCache\All Users\explorer.exe

      Filesize

      828KB

      MD5

      46ab1dde1bac98a34cb41166f659db27

      SHA1

      f12b50ad32d9290d977322c7fb9594ac54d7b64a

      SHA256

      1c281aad64e57aed57f78a3a35797381309c161e89e70a6803f3ec166fb29c19

      SHA512

      4890f12e5fbd6f928936ccc2e2cd67414e339d4f2058b84a5cee73ad7600bc2dc5bf0368581781c047620abfa4df9e3fddcb9185f88222d574d6503f67d897b9

    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Lvqyh5QgiF.bat

      Filesize

      223B

      MD5

      eec589dab331105f5e1c96375d3535fb

      SHA1

      bd613af1bca9e3f5cf1d45fef4c923a16eb03e2e

      SHA256

      d267be656ae168c30b890e1c78afb3d16af218ab52f7e43ddd28d3d06c58f558

      SHA512

      70835d09e38eb6355ed7685af4a8eca67ddf68d9349df0b5dcf95d04b79095b1ff1dfb0c62745a5a4eef28e2906b575a90ec312472d1e37e086b99a5552ba47b

    • memory/1572-21-0x00000000011E0000-0x00000000012B6000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      856KB

    • memory/2816-0-0x000007FEF6403000-0x000007FEF6404000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      4KB

    • memory/2816-1-0x0000000000170000-0x0000000000246000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      856KB

    • memory/2816-2-0x000007FEF6400000-0x000007FEF6DEC000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      9.9MB

    • memory/2816-18-0x000007FEF6400000-0x000007FEF6DEC000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      9.9MB