Analysis
- max time kernel
93s - max time network
147s - platform
windows10-2004_x64 - resource
win10v2004-20241007-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20241007-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system - submitted
28/01/2025, 05:44
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
17d352f187fbc5bfce4f52bc3f2cfd945e287446d11403e6115948080b1a9f50.exe
Resource
win7-20240708-en
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
17d352f187fbc5bfce4f52bc3f2cfd945e287446d11403e6115948080b1a9f50.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20241007-en
General
- Target 17d352f187fbc5bfce4f52bc3f2cfd945e287446d11403e6115948080b1a9f50.exe
- Size 1.1MB
- Sample250128-gfc2pazjdl
- SHA256 17d352f187fbc5bfce4f52bc3f2cfd945e287446d11403e6115948080b1a9f50
- MD5 d9bebe465eb9703f2a1adb5937fc68be
- SHA1 ae22dcdb8c5982639bb28fb4dd8848821711aed1
- SHA512 22d4e6e3f9877366c9d5d0ccc2fab9335955331646f38a32ef03e1e93c5a91d0a4b829c5159f87cd4a777eddd4b50671e9e26b09d08df0758a95779c8312a6cd
- SSDEEP 24576:U2G/nvxW3Ww0tXe0Zu4AarrP2OCm4g41Zf6:UbA30Xe0Z9uYz41o
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP
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 1 IoCs
description ioc Process Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\Shell = "explorer.exe, \"C:/Users/Admin/AppData/Local/\\dllhost.exe\"" Serversvc.exe - Process spawned unexpected child process 3 IoCs
This typically indicates the parent process was compromised via an exploit or macro.
description pid pid_target Process procid_target Parent C:\Windows\system32\wbem\wmiprvse.exe is not expected to spawn this process 2248 1212 schtasks.exe 91 Parent C:\Windows\system32\wbem\wmiprvse.exe is not expected to spawn this process 4540 1212 schtasks.exe 91 Parent C:\Windows\system32\wbem\wmiprvse.exe is not expected to spawn this process 2472 1212 schtasks.exe 91 -
resource yara_rule behavioral2/files/0x0007000000023cb5-10.dat dcrat behavioral2/memory/3444-13-0x00000000001C0000-0x0000000000296000-memory.dmp dcrat - Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 3 IoCs
Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.
description ioc Process Key value queried \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2045521122-590294423-3465680274-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation 17d352f187fbc5bfce4f52bc3f2cfd945e287446d11403e6115948080b1a9f50.exe Key value queried \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2045521122-590294423-3465680274-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation WScript.exe Key value queried \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2045521122-590294423-3465680274-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation Serversvc.exe - Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
pid Process 3444 Serversvc.exe 4288 dllhost.exe - Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
description ioc Process Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2045521122-590294423-3465680274-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\dllhost = "\"C:/Users/Admin/AppData/Local/\\dllhost.exe\"" Serversvc.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\dllhost = "\"C:/Users/Admin/AppData/Local/\\dllhost.exe\"" Serversvc.exe - 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.
description ioc Process Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language 17d352f187fbc5bfce4f52bc3f2cfd945e287446d11403e6115948080b1a9f50.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language WScript.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language cmd.exe - Modifies registry class 2 IoCs
description ioc Process Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2045521122-590294423-3465680274-1000_Classes\Local Settings 17d352f187fbc5bfce4f52bc3f2cfd945e287446d11403e6115948080b1a9f50.exe Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2045521122-590294423-3465680274-1000_Classes\Local Settings Serversvc.exe - Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 3 IoCs
Schtasks is often used by malware for persistence or to perform post-infection execution.
pid Process 2248 schtasks.exe 4540 schtasks.exe 2472 schtasks.exe - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs
pid Process 3444 Serversvc.exe 4288 dllhost.exe - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs
description pid Process Token: SeDebugPrivilege 3444 Serversvc.exe Token: SeDebugPrivilege 4288 dllhost.exe - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 14 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 4784 wrote to memory of 4008 4784 17d352f187fbc5bfce4f52bc3f2cfd945e287446d11403e6115948080b1a9f50.exe 85 PID 4784 wrote to memory of 4008 4784 17d352f187fbc5bfce4f52bc3f2cfd945e287446d11403e6115948080b1a9f50.exe 85 PID 4784 wrote to memory of 4008 4784 17d352f187fbc5bfce4f52bc3f2cfd945e287446d11403e6115948080b1a9f50.exe 85 PID 4008 wrote to memory of 3028 4008 WScript.exe 93 PID 4008 wrote to memory of 3028 4008 WScript.exe 93 PID 4008 wrote to memory of 3028 4008 WScript.exe 93 PID 3028 wrote to memory of 3444 3028 cmd.exe 95 PID 3028 wrote to memory of 3444 3028 cmd.exe 95 PID 3444 wrote to memory of 1836 3444 Serversvc.exe 101 PID 3444 wrote to memory of 1836 3444 Serversvc.exe 101 PID 1836 wrote to memory of 3380 1836 cmd.exe 103 PID 1836 wrote to memory of 3380 1836 cmd.exe 103 PID 1836 wrote to memory of 4288 1836 cmd.exe 109 PID 1836 wrote to memory of 4288 1836 cmd.exe 109 - 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
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\17d352f187fbc5bfce4f52bc3f2cfd945e287446d11403e6115948080b1a9f50.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\17d352f187fbc5bfce4f52bc3f2cfd945e287446d11403e6115948080b1a9f50.exe"1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Modifies registry class
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4784 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WScript.exe"C:\Windows\System32\WScript.exe" "C:\bridgeComponentCrt\nKJB6Zs08weWG.vbe"2⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4008 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exeC:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c ""C:\bridgeComponentCrt\AbOXMghu6Hp1TCPLq6iDSJn8zEWjUF.bat" "3⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3028 -
C:\bridgeComponentCrt\Serversvc.exe"C:\bridgeComponentCrt\Serversvc.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:3444 -
C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe"C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\4lnxk7efej.bat"5⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1836 -
C:\Windows\system32\w32tm.exew32tm /stripchart /computer:localhost /period:5 /dataonly /samples:26⤵PID:3380
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\dllhost.exe"C:/Users/Admin/AppData/Local/\dllhost.exe"6⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:4288
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C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exeschtasks.exe /create /tn "dllhostd" /sc MINUTE /mo 5 /tr "'C:/Users/Admin/AppData/Local/\dllhost.exe'" /f1⤵
- Process spawned unexpected child process
- Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
PID:2248
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C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exeschtasks.exe /create /tn "dllhost" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:/Users/Admin/AppData/Local/\dllhost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f1⤵
- Process spawned unexpected child process
- Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
PID:4540
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C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exeschtasks.exe /create /tn "dllhostd" /sc MINUTE /mo 8 /tr "'C:/Users/Admin/AppData/Local/\dllhost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f1⤵
- Process spawned unexpected child process
- Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
PID:2472
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15
Persistence
Boot or Logon Autostart Execution
2Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder
1Winlogon Helper DLL
1Scheduled Task/Job
1Scheduled Task
1Privilege Escalation
Boot or Logon Autostart Execution
2Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder
1Winlogon Helper DLL
1Scheduled Task/Job
1Scheduled Task
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Downloads
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\4lnxk7efej.bat
- Size 206B
- SHA256 c20127c6e105bd541451b77fcd8e6b981936aa8e9e655cac308915115f1ae451
- MD5 158282fdc9c9a1cfa72834cca40692e3
- SHA1 ed172487480dce5416537916024796a41373e119
- SHA512 a87448065b2f63b0816949a79af35f9736c3d00a14e2d084d73a99c54b1303301fd1048f870244d4fda65466f7025835394c66c045c2f1ed95da584dd34458de
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512
- Path C:\bridgeComponentCrt\AbOXMghu6Hp1TCPLq6iDSJn8zEWjUF.bat
- Size 37B
- SHA256 1a097cd2bfcd3fb225ef85d466e63e8bb6941795b7791c6e81d28b2f85d859ae
- MD5 fba137b0206d26e4236cf54f07b2e1d6
- SHA1 223fb8506f5c69c81d7e29d2fdff97ece2340216
- SHA512 5da8199091468b527e7f8898b857a396f08ef0fd9dd11b2e01945228ea43aad8276519a3bb3f2c259a3d0bb5a1670f659aa6652d3b5cbd4c3631574c315a1635
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512
- Path C:\bridgeComponentCrt\Serversvc.exe
- Size 827KB
- SHA256 50ba49f457fa7dad0a39dbf75d14570d5308b33b1c4141e37223dda5c731f4b9
- MD5 2b1b671bc3ef38079bfc62e0383258e8
- SHA1 1231c2d534a55d0e0923953e3d238a2052d6fad7
- SHA512 0552db872a39c27e069a6526db6046368887fc2fc42534ab63fb30ed235388cf831b52bec5234b2fb2bec50f774fe17d31a27323b702f03029233d6a1b9d5f23
- SSDEEP 12288:YlMOe0Zu4AanEAlKOP6dE1qAmpBfcjYbg4EEgIGSXx9GI:Ye0Zu4AarrP2OCm4g41Zf
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP
- Path C:\bridgeComponentCrt\nKJB6Zs08weWG.vbe
- Size 225B
- SHA256 4620c6c35769d741fdc7e3105ac2a283467817d822d9ad360149301bad0f6418
- MD5 d707b3ccfb11e63e10abb2c3ec47411e
- SHA1 6302bb98d841def5b1e7a9096449111f106a829b
- SHA512 5d7566accd25af3e895a746cadad2a37df6bc8f8622305d3d688a21a520f137d94a78fe5f89d039aca2295ea2d00ce37cc81f5cac75ecda616c7b99bfae29484
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512