Analysis

  • max time kernel
    93s
  • max time network
    125s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20250129-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20250129-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
  • submitted
    02-02-2025 03:59

General

  • Target

    121d462ca9f33798e076d069ec6b84c5ae0573bbaac8df8dd78efbb7041bd30b.exe

  • Size

    2.5MB

  • MD5

    fc27116ce1b57a71d7d201e9aae86b01

  • SHA1

    ff047b7c918d9ff388b5c4928bfad5dcc818f1d4

  • SHA256

    121d462ca9f33798e076d069ec6b84c5ae0573bbaac8df8dd78efbb7041bd30b

  • SHA512

    25747516de2d99e6193fc920435ececf1b7ddb8990487d26d03cf6179b7dab0f5172c0dfa5d4db4a29028c00c12a9fb266bc14d6920e864d6a3934af7748618b

  • SSDEEP

    49152:zx6mbB202bRTk7puPi9bOdL/+AmU0FwGkxKYFC19Jm/PKh:zUmbB20sRSuPi9bQL/+AmU0F7LS

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 30 IoCs

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

  • UAC bypass 3 TTPs 6 IoCs
  • DCRat payload 2 IoCs

    Detects payload of DCRat, commonly dropped by NSIS installers.

  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Checks whether UAC is enabled 1 TTPs 4 IoCs
  • Drops file in Program Files directory 5 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 6 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • Modifies registry class 1 IoCs
  • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 30 IoCs

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

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 6 IoCs
  • System policy modification 1 TTPs 6 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\121d462ca9f33798e076d069ec6b84c5ae0573bbaac8df8dd78efbb7041bd30b.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\121d462ca9f33798e076d069ec6b84c5ae0573bbaac8df8dd78efbb7041bd30b.exe"
    1⤵
    • UAC bypass
    • Checks computer location settings
    • Checks whether UAC is enabled
    • Drops file in Program Files directory
    • Drops file in Windows directory
    • Modifies registry class
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    • System policy modification
    PID:940
    • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\eVWXN0b0oR.bat"
      2⤵
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:32
      • C:\Windows\system32\w32tm.exe
        w32tm /stripchart /computer:localhost /period:5 /dataonly /samples:2
        3⤵
          PID:3432
        • C:\Program Files\Windows Portable Devices\smss.exe
          "C:\Program Files\Windows Portable Devices\smss.exe"
          3⤵
          • UAC bypass
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • Checks whether UAC is enabled
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          • System policy modification
          PID:4912
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "smsss" /sc MINUTE /mo 14 /tr "'C:\Program Files\Windows Portable Devices\smss.exe'" /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2324
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "smss" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Program Files\Windows Portable Devices\smss.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:4604
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "smsss" /sc MINUTE /mo 8 /tr "'C:\Program Files\Windows Portable Devices\smss.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:3024
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "taskhostwt" /sc MINUTE /mo 5 /tr "'C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\taskhostw.exe'" /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:4556
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "taskhostw" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\taskhostw.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:5116
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "taskhostwt" /sc MINUTE /mo 9 /tr "'C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\taskhostw.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:3536
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "upfcu" /sc MINUTE /mo 7 /tr "'C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\upfc.exe'" /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:4356
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "upfc" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\upfc.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:5052
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "upfcu" /sc MINUTE /mo 11 /tr "'C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\upfc.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:1704
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "smsss" /sc MINUTE /mo 12 /tr "'C:\Users\Public\AccountPictures\smss.exe'" /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:4560
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "smss" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Users\Public\AccountPictures\smss.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2288
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "smsss" /sc MINUTE /mo 9 /tr "'C:\Users\Public\AccountPictures\smss.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:4908
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "SppExtComObjS" /sc MINUTE /mo 9 /tr "'C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\SppExtComObj.exe'" /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:5012
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "SppExtComObj" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\SppExtComObj.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:4712
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "SppExtComObjS" /sc MINUTE /mo 14 /tr "'C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\SppExtComObj.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2824
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "fontdrvhostf" /sc MINUTE /mo 11 /tr "'C:\Windows\es-ES\fontdrvhost.exe'" /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:532
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "fontdrvhost" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Windows\es-ES\fontdrvhost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:3088
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "fontdrvhostf" /sc MINUTE /mo 11 /tr "'C:\Windows\es-ES\fontdrvhost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2868
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "RuntimeBrokerR" /sc MINUTE /mo 5 /tr "'C:\Windows\tracing\RuntimeBroker.exe'" /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:1316
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "RuntimeBroker" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Windows\tracing\RuntimeBroker.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2908
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "RuntimeBrokerR" /sc MINUTE /mo 13 /tr "'C:\Windows\tracing\RuntimeBroker.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:4224
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "csrssc" /sc MINUTE /mo 7 /tr "'C:\Windows\Migration\csrss.exe'" /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:732
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "csrss" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Windows\Migration\csrss.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:1684
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "csrssc" /sc MINUTE /mo 10 /tr "'C:\Windows\Migration\csrss.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:536
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "SystemS" /sc MINUTE /mo 9 /tr "'C:\Program Files\Windows Mail\System.exe'" /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:3672
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "System" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Program Files\Windows Mail\System.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:4164
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "SystemS" /sc MINUTE /mo 8 /tr "'C:\Program Files\Windows Mail\System.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:1700
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "dwmd" /sc MINUTE /mo 14 /tr "'C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\dwm.exe'" /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:3036
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "dwm" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\dwm.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2280
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "dwmd" /sc MINUTE /mo 12 /tr "'C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\dwm.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:1972

    Network

    MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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    Downloads

    • C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\SppExtComObj.exe

      Filesize

      2.5MB

      MD5

      fc27116ce1b57a71d7d201e9aae86b01

      SHA1

      ff047b7c918d9ff388b5c4928bfad5dcc818f1d4

      SHA256

      121d462ca9f33798e076d069ec6b84c5ae0573bbaac8df8dd78efbb7041bd30b

      SHA512

      25747516de2d99e6193fc920435ececf1b7ddb8990487d26d03cf6179b7dab0f5172c0dfa5d4db4a29028c00c12a9fb266bc14d6920e864d6a3934af7748618b

    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\eVWXN0b0oR.bat

      Filesize

      215B

      MD5

      871949dbb6f8c1009e42f02fee161eb1

      SHA1

      5c3d3b0e54c0cdb89c221c7b1beda632e102cb2b

      SHA256

      dc1f706f01a0c0c42a89584175c29a8cba749199954f3e2ca8b8667ef7128d85

      SHA512

      d367a2e7ca1787e7a3244a56ab53568410b68049480aff8ca7b22386e48a79bceb574a78d2e6a2bf2fea7383fbeb1ca4abbce001cab1502c7fa37a37231b3a37

    • memory/940-10-0x0000000002E00000-0x0000000002E08000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      32KB

    • memory/940-11-0x000000001B7A0000-0x000000001B7AC000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      48KB

    • memory/940-4-0x0000000001380000-0x000000000139C000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      112KB

    • memory/940-5-0x000000001B740000-0x000000001B790000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      320KB

    • memory/940-7-0x0000000002DE0000-0x0000000002DEA000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      40KB

    • memory/940-6-0x0000000001360000-0x0000000001368000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      32KB

    • memory/940-8-0x000000001B6F0000-0x000000001B746000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      344KB

    • memory/940-9-0x0000000002DF0000-0x0000000002DFC000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      48KB

    • memory/940-0-0x00007FFD50583000-0x00007FFD50585000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      8KB

    • memory/940-3-0x0000000001350000-0x000000000135E000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      56KB

    • memory/940-12-0x000000001B790000-0x000000001B79C000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      48KB

    • memory/940-13-0x000000001BED0000-0x000000001BEDC000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      48KB

    • memory/940-14-0x000000001BEE0000-0x000000001BEEE000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      56KB

    • memory/940-15-0x000000001BEF0000-0x000000001BEFC000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      48KB

    • memory/940-16-0x000000001C000000-0x000000001C00C000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      48KB

    • memory/940-2-0x00007FFD50580000-0x00007FFD51041000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      10.8MB

    • memory/940-49-0x00007FFD50580000-0x00007FFD51041000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      10.8MB

    • memory/940-1-0x0000000000920000-0x0000000000B9A000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      2.5MB

    • memory/4912-54-0x000000001D700000-0x000000001D756000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      344KB