Analysis

  • max time kernel
    129s
  • max time network
    142s
  • platform
    windows7_x64
  • resource
    win7-20241010-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20241010-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
  • submitted
    03-02-2025 03:30

General

  • Target

    7b3cb0689a20b3d447c436253a2f44995562052e7f46094c93c12a375ebea0cb.exe

  • Size

    2.7MB

  • MD5

    9bfdb51d9bf8b65fb81ea7083f147695

  • SHA1

    c0eeb27e17afd5c9c2c2887aefadb171657f79bb

  • SHA256

    7b3cb0689a20b3d447c436253a2f44995562052e7f46094c93c12a375ebea0cb

  • SHA512

    12820d32910da209fcd21b0d78a821d9e5778800224d9405cc6c55bfa9ea6fc2435f2ab83c130beb07e6c5d393ede8114d9aaa4d82665cbf64fc5b45479ebb0f

  • SSDEEP

    49152:twqc9JR8znSZnLiIvYqxT4icZ1TQjI6bEfmI4xvykALzt:thEtjvFxT5cZ1EjI6bkp+yt

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 27 IoCs

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

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

    Detects payload of DCRat, commonly dropped by NSIS installers.

  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Checks whether UAC is enabled 1 TTPs 4 IoCs
  • Drops file in Program Files directory 10 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 5 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 27 IoCs

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

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 14 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 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\7b3cb0689a20b3d447c436253a2f44995562052e7f46094c93c12a375ebea0cb.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7b3cb0689a20b3d447c436253a2f44995562052e7f46094c93c12a375ebea0cb.exe"
    1⤵
    • UAC bypass
    • Checks whether UAC is enabled
    • Drops file in Program Files directory
    • Drops file in Windows directory
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    • System policy modification
    PID:2540
    • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\vQv3iUx6r8.bat"
      2⤵
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:1472
      • C:\Windows\system32\w32tm.exe
        w32tm /stripchart /computer:localhost /period:5 /dataonly /samples:2
        3⤵
          PID:468
        • C:\Recovery\31f19e42-8726-11ef-be9a-dab21757c799\taskhost.exe
          "C:\Recovery\31f19e42-8726-11ef-be9a-dab21757c799\taskhost.exe"
          3⤵
          • UAC bypass
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • Checks whether UAC is enabled
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          • System policy modification
          PID:2392
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "lsassl" /sc MINUTE /mo 6 /tr "'C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\lsass.exe'" /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:3028
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "lsass" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\lsass.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2840
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "lsassl" /sc MINUTE /mo 14 /tr "'C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\lsass.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2916
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "7b3cb0689a20b3d447c436253a2f44995562052e7f46094c93c12a375ebea0cb7" /sc MINUTE /mo 14 /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Portable Devices\7b3cb0689a20b3d447c436253a2f44995562052e7f46094c93c12a375ebea0cb.exe'" /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2976
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "7b3cb0689a20b3d447c436253a2f44995562052e7f46094c93c12a375ebea0cb" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Portable Devices\7b3cb0689a20b3d447c436253a2f44995562052e7f46094c93c12a375ebea0cb.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:1680
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "7b3cb0689a20b3d447c436253a2f44995562052e7f46094c93c12a375ebea0cb7" /sc MINUTE /mo 5 /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Portable Devices\7b3cb0689a20b3d447c436253a2f44995562052e7f46094c93c12a375ebea0cb.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2680
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "taskhostt" /sc MINUTE /mo 5 /tr "'C:\Recovery\31f19e42-8726-11ef-be9a-dab21757c799\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\31f19e42-8726-11ef-be9a-dab21757c799\taskhost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2692
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "taskhostt" /sc MINUTE /mo 5 /tr "'C:\Recovery\31f19e42-8726-11ef-be9a-dab21757c799\taskhost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2476
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "smsss" /sc MINUTE /mo 11 /tr "'C:\Users\Public\Documents\My Videos\smss.exe'" /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2128
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "smss" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Users\Public\Documents\My Videos\smss.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:1356
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "smsss" /sc MINUTE /mo 6 /tr "'C:\Users\Public\Documents\My Videos\smss.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:1616
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "smsss" /sc MINUTE /mo 8 /tr "'C:\Recovery\31f19e42-8726-11ef-be9a-dab21757c799\smss.exe'" /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2948
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "smss" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Recovery\31f19e42-8726-11ef-be9a-dab21757c799\smss.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:3000
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "smsss" /sc MINUTE /mo 11 /tr "'C:\Recovery\31f19e42-8726-11ef-be9a-dab21757c799\smss.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2980
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "smsss" /sc MINUTE /mo 13 /tr "'C:\Windows\Cursors\smss.exe'" /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:1152
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "smss" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Windows\Cursors\smss.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:564
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "smsss" /sc MINUTE /mo 6 /tr "'C:\Windows\Cursors\smss.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:1016
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "csrssc" /sc MINUTE /mo 14 /tr "'C:\Users\Default User\csrss.exe'" /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:1996
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "csrss" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Users\Default User\csrss.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2000
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "csrssc" /sc MINUTE /mo 5 /tr "'C:\Users\Default User\csrss.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:1644
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "csrssc" /sc MINUTE /mo 6 /tr "'C:\MSOCache\All Users\{90140000-0116-0409-1000-0000000FF1CE}-C\csrss.exe'" /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:1988
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "csrss" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\MSOCache\All Users\{90140000-0116-0409-1000-0000000FF1CE}-C\csrss.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:1064
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "csrssc" /sc MINUTE /mo 8 /tr "'C:\MSOCache\All Users\{90140000-0116-0409-1000-0000000FF1CE}-C\csrss.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2620
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "wininitw" /sc MINUTE /mo 12 /tr "'C:\Users\Admin\Local Settings\wininit.exe'" /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:336
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "wininit" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Users\Admin\Local Settings\wininit.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:1944
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "wininitw" /sc MINUTE /mo 11 /tr "'C:\Users\Admin\Local Settings\wininit.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:1940

    Network

    MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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    Downloads

    • C:\Recovery\31f19e42-8726-11ef-be9a-dab21757c799\smss.exe

      Filesize

      2.7MB

      MD5

      9bfdb51d9bf8b65fb81ea7083f147695

      SHA1

      c0eeb27e17afd5c9c2c2887aefadb171657f79bb

      SHA256

      7b3cb0689a20b3d447c436253a2f44995562052e7f46094c93c12a375ebea0cb

      SHA512

      12820d32910da209fcd21b0d78a821d9e5778800224d9405cc6c55bfa9ea6fc2435f2ab83c130beb07e6c5d393ede8114d9aaa4d82665cbf64fc5b45479ebb0f

    • C:\Recovery\31f19e42-8726-11ef-be9a-dab21757c799\smss.exe

      Filesize

      2.7MB

      MD5

      4d385bcf06fec7ca7dd64f5dfbe799cc

      SHA1

      017eaf5ccbc9f7a65d755372e3db0a8e9e3c188a

      SHA256

      1fb55aaf32ef56bfa568a079315fb8e21a0dbc51006d986202d4016428edc664

      SHA512

      de809c54401ee777f32fda6e35e83399b3e12e1238c5478c019759d0af03a65a76402a55cdef33c0f87bd33a64611caf62bf7b0b666e01a54e0454827f26e1c1

    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\vQv3iUx6r8.bat

      Filesize

      226B

      MD5

      10025a38a0b7d9a2e8676e7d871ef88e

      SHA1

      206bd3a37213f9ac0cf8e83ea93a299a704c9aa6

      SHA256

      d61e657c92106f70b338a679d8634bf34f3c931a2585f27ea9e0c3de436313cb

      SHA512

      63598d13a82d7f504eb5efb0d103146b9aefbfc87ed110a95910bdbd5171f57e9f2de77d46cec17d16550759c476edf66ee47dca4d910dc28d62357782d2fadb

    • C:\Users\Default\csrss.exe

      Filesize

      2.7MB

      MD5

      082c7b8383ae685380a9ee5e06b30840

      SHA1

      6968f60cc0b21f029f3886b02af7c3b38ab21783

      SHA256

      a36c0348faf59bf72048cb448cffad1232b8a66477aed7f43496a4165f7e2432

      SHA512

      4fbf896105fe659ba7ccfb4cc204480aabf3c9a47bbe8efe4bc3144c815e11fcc153256c2e5902d6e0b31656887311dad60fe5f9cf61c2f13ba8090dbcffa48a

    • C:\Windows\Cursors\smss.exe

      Filesize

      2.7MB

      MD5

      595e0d0ff476f56d37e1b62e2ab36f89

      SHA1

      9b859a1b34f56c0f9177d67b38ad3fb4fce7d5b4

      SHA256

      9765b208aacb8f05009607f537a4f83ed2887f56c95e86cd395bbb95145fe449

      SHA512

      ea11aab5dec09cc0da16e16e5ed05803ba670a864ec91eba0e9a582522222fb20ba8c5b788ad0f12a662aecedd0e833b0d59bcf74f65989512398e07b2544037

    • memory/2392-159-0x0000000000BD0000-0x0000000000BE2000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      72KB

    • memory/2392-158-0x0000000000580000-0x00000000005D6000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      344KB

    • memory/2392-157-0x0000000001110000-0x00000000013C4000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      2.7MB

    • memory/2540-7-0x0000000000750000-0x0000000000766000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      88KB

    • memory/2540-19-0x000000001AA20000-0x000000001AA2C000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      48KB

    • memory/2540-10-0x0000000002240000-0x0000000002296000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      344KB

    • memory/2540-11-0x0000000002210000-0x0000000002218000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      32KB

    • memory/2540-12-0x0000000002220000-0x0000000002232000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      72KB

    • memory/2540-14-0x0000000002450000-0x0000000002458000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      32KB

    • memory/2540-13-0x0000000002440000-0x0000000002448000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      32KB

    • memory/2540-15-0x00000000024E0000-0x00000000024EC000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      48KB

    • memory/2540-16-0x00000000024F0000-0x00000000024FE000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      56KB

    • memory/2540-17-0x000000001AA00000-0x000000001AA0C000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      48KB

    • memory/2540-18-0x000000001AA10000-0x000000001AA1A000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      40KB

    • memory/2540-9-0x0000000002230000-0x000000000223A000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      40KB

    • memory/2540-8-0x0000000000770000-0x0000000000778000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      32KB

    • memory/2540-0-0x000007FEF64B3000-0x000007FEF64B4000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      4KB

    • memory/2540-5-0x0000000000730000-0x0000000000738000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      32KB

    • memory/2540-6-0x0000000000740000-0x0000000000750000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      64KB

    • memory/2540-147-0x000007FEF64B3000-0x000007FEF64B4000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      4KB

    • memory/2540-154-0x000007FEF64B0000-0x000007FEF6E9C000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      9.9MB

    • memory/2540-4-0x0000000000710000-0x000000000072C000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      112KB

    • memory/2540-3-0x0000000000700000-0x000000000070E000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      56KB

    • memory/2540-2-0x000007FEF64B0000-0x000007FEF6E9C000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      9.9MB

    • memory/2540-1-0x0000000000050000-0x0000000000304000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      2.7MB