Analysis

  • max time kernel
    141s
  • max time network
    148s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20250129-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20250129-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
  • submitted
    07-02-2025 05:48

General

  • Target

    e2fbb2295fdaf8d692657bb330682117c536f5b04c3ee0afdf70a8541a27f272.exe

  • Size

    769KB

  • MD5

    cf40b5e2332d76b97a1a1a18f89b68ef

  • SHA1

    2c352c7e4521570c3cd7c99a35b715feed866f03

  • SHA256

    e2fbb2295fdaf8d692657bb330682117c536f5b04c3ee0afdf70a8541a27f272

  • SHA512

    27ac673faa2306c572a5600195c08c875c47892df513547cfba91674e37fdd0876c2344662c81ecf00a0b3bbe515e07696b248f64e1221bec4398b3b1cff7f9a

  • SSDEEP

    12288:CvTnXW/cYwVIB/6f/iJJMA+opW3Ari4VVyZC0+1ctHNt8KF4AXDYZ6:CvTn2whf/MJMA+o3iE0n3a6

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 6 IoCs
  • Process spawned unexpected child process 18 IoCs

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

  • DCRat payload 2 IoCs
  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Reads user/profile data of web browsers 3 TTPs

    Infostealers often target stored browser data, which can include saved credentials etc.

  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 12 IoCs
  • Drops file in System32 directory 2 IoCs
  • Drops file in Program Files directory 5 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 2 IoCs
  • Browser Information Discovery 1 TTPs

    Enumerate browser information.

  • 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 18 IoCs

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

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 12 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\e2fbb2295fdaf8d692657bb330682117c536f5b04c3ee0afdf70a8541a27f272.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\e2fbb2295fdaf8d692657bb330682117c536f5b04c3ee0afdf70a8541a27f272.exe"
    1⤵
    • Modifies WinLogon for persistence
    • Checks computer location settings
    • Adds Run key to start application
    • 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
    PID:1152
    • C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\csc.exe
      "C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\csc.exe" /noconfig /fullpaths @"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\5k2pucnb\5k2pucnb.cmdline"
      2⤵
      • Drops file in System32 directory
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:5056
      • C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\cvtres.exe
        C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\cvtres.exe /NOLOGO /READONLY /MACHINE:IX86 "/OUT:C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\RESDC95.tmp" "c:\Windows\System32\CSC4A96D50EAD84A3DA9D1135B331063B9.TMP"
        3⤵
          PID:1964
      • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
        "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\U43pGo3mra.bat"
        2⤵
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:4288
        • C:\Windows\system32\chcp.com
          chcp 65001
          3⤵
            PID:432
          • C:\Windows\system32\w32tm.exe
            w32tm /stripchart /computer:localhost /period:5 /dataonly /samples:2
            3⤵
              PID:4184
            • C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\taskhostw.exe
              "C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\taskhostw.exe"
              3⤵
              • Executes dropped EXE
              • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
              • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
              PID:2964
        • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
          schtasks.exe /create /tn "e2fbb2295fdaf8d692657bb330682117c536f5b04c3ee0afdf70a8541a27f272e" /sc MINUTE /mo 7 /tr "'C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\e2fbb2295fdaf8d692657bb330682117c536f5b04c3ee0afdf70a8541a27f272.exe'" /f
          1⤵
          • Process spawned unexpected child process
          • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
          PID:5040
        • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
          schtasks.exe /create /tn "e2fbb2295fdaf8d692657bb330682117c536f5b04c3ee0afdf70a8541a27f272" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\e2fbb2295fdaf8d692657bb330682117c536f5b04c3ee0afdf70a8541a27f272.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
          1⤵
          • Process spawned unexpected child process
          • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
          PID:2340
        • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
          schtasks.exe /create /tn "e2fbb2295fdaf8d692657bb330682117c536f5b04c3ee0afdf70a8541a27f272e" /sc MINUTE /mo 10 /tr "'C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\e2fbb2295fdaf8d692657bb330682117c536f5b04c3ee0afdf70a8541a27f272.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 "sysmons" /sc MINUTE /mo 7 /tr "'C:\Windows\Logs\MeasuredBoot\sysmon.exe'" /f
          1⤵
          • Process spawned unexpected child process
          • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
          PID:2272
        • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
          schtasks.exe /create /tn "sysmon" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Windows\Logs\MeasuredBoot\sysmon.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
          1⤵
          • Process spawned unexpected child process
          • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
          PID:1880
        • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
          schtasks.exe /create /tn "sysmons" /sc MINUTE /mo 12 /tr "'C:\Windows\Logs\MeasuredBoot\sysmon.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
          1⤵
          • Process spawned unexpected child process
          • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
          PID:964
        • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
          schtasks.exe /create /tn "winlogonw" /sc MINUTE /mo 10 /tr "'C:\Users\Default\Desktop\winlogon.exe'" /f
          1⤵
          • Process spawned unexpected child process
          • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
          PID:3352
        • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
          schtasks.exe /create /tn "winlogon" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Users\Default\Desktop\winlogon.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
          1⤵
          • Process spawned unexpected child process
          • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
          PID:516
        • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
          schtasks.exe /create /tn "winlogonw" /sc MINUTE /mo 13 /tr "'C:\Users\Default\Desktop\winlogon.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
          1⤵
          • Process spawned unexpected child process
          • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
          PID:224
        • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
          schtasks.exe /create /tn "taskhostwt" /sc MINUTE /mo 5 /tr "'C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\taskhostw.exe'" /f
          1⤵
          • Process spawned unexpected child process
          • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
          PID:4276
        • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
          schtasks.exe /create /tn "taskhostw" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\taskhostw.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
          1⤵
          • Process spawned unexpected child process
          • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
          PID:4496
        • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
          schtasks.exe /create /tn "taskhostwt" /sc MINUTE /mo 6 /tr "'C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\taskhostw.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
          1⤵
          • Process spawned unexpected child process
          • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
          PID:2920
        • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
          schtasks.exe /create /tn "winlogonw" /sc MINUTE /mo 11 /tr "'C:\Program Files\Windows NT\winlogon.exe'" /f
          1⤵
          • Process spawned unexpected child process
          • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
          PID:1228
        • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
          schtasks.exe /create /tn "winlogon" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Program Files\Windows NT\winlogon.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
          1⤵
          • Process spawned unexpected child process
          • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
          PID:960
        • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
          schtasks.exe /create /tn "winlogonw" /sc MINUTE /mo 5 /tr "'C:\Program Files\Windows NT\winlogon.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
          1⤵
          • Process spawned unexpected child process
          • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
          PID:2392
        • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
          schtasks.exe /create /tn "e2fbb2295fdaf8d692657bb330682117c536f5b04c3ee0afdf70a8541a27f272e" /sc MINUTE /mo 11 /tr "'C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\e2fbb2295fdaf8d692657bb330682117c536f5b04c3ee0afdf70a8541a27f272.exe'" /f
          1⤵
          • Process spawned unexpected child process
          • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
          PID:4736
        • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
          schtasks.exe /create /tn "e2fbb2295fdaf8d692657bb330682117c536f5b04c3ee0afdf70a8541a27f272" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\e2fbb2295fdaf8d692657bb330682117c536f5b04c3ee0afdf70a8541a27f272.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
          1⤵
          • Process spawned unexpected child process
          • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
          PID:1668
        • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
          schtasks.exe /create /tn "e2fbb2295fdaf8d692657bb330682117c536f5b04c3ee0afdf70a8541a27f272e" /sc MINUTE /mo 6 /tr "'C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\e2fbb2295fdaf8d692657bb330682117c536f5b04c3ee0afdf70a8541a27f272.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
          1⤵
          • Process spawned unexpected child process
          • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
          PID:2876

        Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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        Downloads

        • C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\e2fbb2295fdaf8d692657bb330682117c536f5b04c3ee0afdf70a8541a27f272.exe

          Filesize

          769KB

          MD5

          cf40b5e2332d76b97a1a1a18f89b68ef

          SHA1

          2c352c7e4521570c3cd7c99a35b715feed866f03

          SHA256

          e2fbb2295fdaf8d692657bb330682117c536f5b04c3ee0afdf70a8541a27f272

          SHA512

          27ac673faa2306c572a5600195c08c875c47892df513547cfba91674e37fdd0876c2344662c81ecf00a0b3bbe515e07696b248f64e1221bec4398b3b1cff7f9a

        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\RESDC95.tmp

          Filesize

          1KB

          MD5

          1edda5779f92f973e405a9b05e0ddae9

          SHA1

          558be3f4db7c2aeeb39f795ab1d22d2d5af7b572

          SHA256

          c8c4254f5750ba481c40b060c7748e60eb8ec82a10340de64ea5ddca86025e27

          SHA512

          9e1a816d99503be1dbbad6622852d76b4b509fb76c6019827273e2472fcb2fe5c956d1f20ca3a5a1718440fc41510fa53769512e65406bfcf37049d8b5589cd5

        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\U43pGo3mra.bat

          Filesize

          220B

          MD5

          a93ebf5dc4bc25c45562a9a7a991943c

          SHA1

          88b3429042cfe7c3a058af09c5d9a5f3a2712432

          SHA256

          c58951862f865debcb17f09926f8c461cc7e7b588c5a993cac4b7c336f4fc96d

          SHA512

          d3c3285108d93d61bd8a4cc483bb423808c94ad3cd55c3492c35840586d2e6f1a1463c052bf4c66e5a343e9a5c93ae838ab6a7f649a3a7046114da9c49303230

        • \??\c:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\5k2pucnb\5k2pucnb.0.cs

          Filesize

          422B

          MD5

          9acf677aa171b9bb119fab8a6d7d41c4

          SHA1

          0e4f6bf41e637d13696e8e8038ee57bfcff0c415

          SHA256

          a6d8729cea8211bccfb179403ac05f9ecf3649b0bd02a1090fe7954ed77eb1f7

          SHA512

          9d528f9fa6c209250663078ecac2a3f2fc01c686a3ba5f2410733dbc7795fcd02a448040253f4fc7b49a399de3c8cd0bde783ab77cbf00c9e63ae6504067cac7

        • \??\c:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\5k2pucnb\5k2pucnb.cmdline

          Filesize

          235B

          MD5

          a9fdf76a20a0ba5530c6b337eda74ad0

          SHA1

          2ae87aeff53f8dfc715878b39d4cbfd624aab74d

          SHA256

          73c280fc3b61589fa8bf5877abeaae0eebddbb0ace68ff1486ae03ecb33b79da

          SHA512

          1b19804a6d072dd801e0cbba240f8ddd27c4d1271e3dca483f3fcbfffc90ef06180e35fe8b3de73b12c4a3f7b337c340308eb2eb96db17713336b8f9b93b2c7e

        • \??\c:\Windows\System32\CSC4A96D50EAD84A3DA9D1135B331063B9.TMP

          Filesize

          1KB

          MD5

          5feddd0eaa092197cf02f7969473a7d2

          SHA1

          c58f632235df253f1becdd483ff64920ac2a90f5

          SHA256

          7e282993b55f2c19683f520a08bc8a14be23638b285577707159e2dffaa54b8f

          SHA512

          5991dd3ef74801657aca07b9b56e4b567f9ac270fd946d06bfbe1f3b8791a57f621b12435bc08d901c9923bb4f83c027065f6623dcaafefd3a9d6c8b070c2227

        • memory/1152-12-0x0000000002160000-0x000000000216C000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          48KB

        • memory/1152-10-0x00007FFC07ED0000-0x00007FFC08991000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          10.8MB

        • memory/1152-0-0x00007FFC07ED3000-0x00007FFC07ED5000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          8KB

        • memory/1152-9-0x00000000021D0000-0x00000000021E8000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          96KB

        • memory/1152-24-0x00007FFC07ED0000-0x00007FFC08991000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          10.8MB

        • memory/1152-25-0x00007FFC07ED0000-0x00007FFC08991000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          10.8MB

        • memory/1152-29-0x00007FFC07ED0000-0x00007FFC08991000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          10.8MB

        • memory/1152-7-0x000000001AD30000-0x000000001AD80000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          320KB

        • memory/1152-6-0x00000000021B0000-0x00000000021CC000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          112KB

        • memory/1152-4-0x0000000002150000-0x000000000215E000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          56KB

        • memory/1152-2-0x00007FFC07ED0000-0x00007FFC08991000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          10.8MB

        • memory/1152-44-0x00007FFC07ED0000-0x00007FFC08991000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          10.8MB

        • memory/1152-1-0x0000000000020000-0x00000000000E6000-memory.dmp

          Filesize

          792KB