Analysis
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max time kernel
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max time network
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platform
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resource
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resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20241010-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system -
submitted
08-02-2025 02:00
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
9f428b9726cb683d247d51ef8113af549223ec6257a07ccd7654361e262b5fa8.exe
Resource
win7-20241010-en
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
9f428b9726cb683d247d51ef8113af549223ec6257a07ccd7654361e262b5fa8.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20250207-en
General
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Target
9f428b9726cb683d247d51ef8113af549223ec6257a07ccd7654361e262b5fa8.exe
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Size
783KB
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MD5
3b1535c8901387dfb2f75e34dfec94c7
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SHA1
abb6f0f4aa913f150113cf9bc6740645b3464141
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SHA256
9f428b9726cb683d247d51ef8113af549223ec6257a07ccd7654361e262b5fa8
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SHA512
7fe2e9bc98bca0e76c3c68ae77b6300870ff6509a0ae5b1732e253aae9e529ff72778cbcdc92826453797bf7b5d0c4c0a74dc5f2e7e82bcd005ffd8aa5ff54c1
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SSDEEP
12288:mqnOYxdAgpoNeF91rg5iFdr0yQ9gYx+EIpakCYJRU7Q9bWoFzqKh:m+OQbpbgsFdAyQvzSqaq8qI
Malware Config
Signatures
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DcRat
DarkCrystal(DC) is a new .NET RAT active since June 2019 capable of loading additional plugins.
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Dcrat family
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Process spawned unexpected child process 6 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 2740 2848 schtasks.exe 30 Parent C:\Windows\system32\wbem\wmiprvse.exe is not expected to spawn this process 2728 2848 schtasks.exe 30 Parent C:\Windows\system32\wbem\wmiprvse.exe is not expected to spawn this process 1120 2848 schtasks.exe 30 Parent C:\Windows\system32\wbem\wmiprvse.exe is not expected to spawn this process 432 2848 schtasks.exe 30 Parent C:\Windows\system32\wbem\wmiprvse.exe is not expected to spawn this process 2188 2848 schtasks.exe 30 Parent C:\Windows\system32\wbem\wmiprvse.exe is not expected to spawn this process 2952 2848 schtasks.exe 30 -
UAC bypass 3 TTPs 3 IoCs
description ioc Process Set value (int) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\EnableLUA = "0" 9f428b9726cb683d247d51ef8113af549223ec6257a07ccd7654361e262b5fa8.exe Set value (int) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\ConsentPromptBehaviorAdmin = "0" 9f428b9726cb683d247d51ef8113af549223ec6257a07ccd7654361e262b5fa8.exe Set value (int) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\PromptOnSecureDesktop = "0" 9f428b9726cb683d247d51ef8113af549223ec6257a07ccd7654361e262b5fa8.exe -
resource yara_rule behavioral1/memory/2904-1-0x0000000000380000-0x000000000044A000-memory.dmp dcrat behavioral1/files/0x0005000000019820-40.dat dcrat behavioral1/memory/2368-103-0x0000000000EC0000-0x0000000000F8A000-memory.dmp dcrat -
Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
pid Process 2368 csrss.exe -
Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 6 IoCs
description ioc Process Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\csrss = "\"C:\\Windows\\System32\\sdiagprv\\csrss.exe\"" 9f428b9726cb683d247d51ef8113af549223ec6257a07ccd7654361e262b5fa8.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\System = "\"C:\\Recovery\\31f19e42-8726-11ef-be9a-dab21757c799\\System.exe\"" 9f428b9726cb683d247d51ef8113af549223ec6257a07ccd7654361e262b5fa8.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\explorer = "\"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Internet Explorer\\SIGNUP\\explorer.exe\"" 9f428b9726cb683d247d51ef8113af549223ec6257a07ccd7654361e262b5fa8.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\csrss = "\"C:\\Windows\\System32\\perfc00A\\csrss.exe\"" 9f428b9726cb683d247d51ef8113af549223ec6257a07ccd7654361e262b5fa8.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\csrss = "\"C:\\Windows\\System32\\wiadss\\csrss.exe\"" 9f428b9726cb683d247d51ef8113af549223ec6257a07ccd7654361e262b5fa8.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\dwm = "\"C:\\Windows\\System32\\api-ms-win-eventing-provider-l1-1-0\\dwm.exe\"" 9f428b9726cb683d247d51ef8113af549223ec6257a07ccd7654361e262b5fa8.exe -
Checks whether UAC is enabled 1 TTPs 2 IoCs
description ioc Process Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\EnableLUA 9f428b9726cb683d247d51ef8113af549223ec6257a07ccd7654361e262b5fa8.exe Set value (int) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\EnableLUA = "0" 9f428b9726cb683d247d51ef8113af549223ec6257a07ccd7654361e262b5fa8.exe -
Drops file in System32 directory 16 IoCs
description ioc Process File created C:\Windows\System32\wiadss\886983d96e3d3e31032c679b2d4ea91b6c05afef 9f428b9726cb683d247d51ef8113af549223ec6257a07ccd7654361e262b5fa8.exe File created C:\Windows\System32\api-ms-win-eventing-provider-l1-1-0\dwm.exe 9f428b9726cb683d247d51ef8113af549223ec6257a07ccd7654361e262b5fa8.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\System32\perfc00A\csrss.exe 9f428b9726cb683d247d51ef8113af549223ec6257a07ccd7654361e262b5fa8.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\System32\wiadss\csrss.exe 9f428b9726cb683d247d51ef8113af549223ec6257a07ccd7654361e262b5fa8.exe File created C:\Windows\System32\sdiagprv\csrss.exe 9f428b9726cb683d247d51ef8113af549223ec6257a07ccd7654361e262b5fa8.exe File created C:\Windows\System32\sdiagprv\886983d96e3d3e31032c679b2d4ea91b6c05afef 9f428b9726cb683d247d51ef8113af549223ec6257a07ccd7654361e262b5fa8.exe File created C:\Windows\System32\perfc00A\886983d96e3d3e31032c679b2d4ea91b6c05afef 9f428b9726cb683d247d51ef8113af549223ec6257a07ccd7654361e262b5fa8.exe File created C:\Windows\System32\wiadss\csrss.exe 9f428b9726cb683d247d51ef8113af549223ec6257a07ccd7654361e262b5fa8.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\System32\api-ms-win-eventing-provider-l1-1-0\dwm.exe 9f428b9726cb683d247d51ef8113af549223ec6257a07ccd7654361e262b5fa8.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\System32\api-ms-win-eventing-provider-l1-1-0\RCXC5D5.tmp 9f428b9726cb683d247d51ef8113af549223ec6257a07ccd7654361e262b5fa8.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\System32\sdiagprv\csrss.exe 9f428b9726cb683d247d51ef8113af549223ec6257a07ccd7654361e262b5fa8.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\System32\wiadss\RCXC364.tmp 9f428b9726cb683d247d51ef8113af549223ec6257a07ccd7654361e262b5fa8.exe File created C:\Windows\System32\perfc00A\csrss.exe 9f428b9726cb683d247d51ef8113af549223ec6257a07ccd7654361e262b5fa8.exe File created C:\Windows\System32\api-ms-win-eventing-provider-l1-1-0\6cb0b6c459d5d3455a3da700e713f2e2529862ff 9f428b9726cb683d247d51ef8113af549223ec6257a07ccd7654361e262b5fa8.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\System32\sdiagprv\RCXB9FD.tmp 9f428b9726cb683d247d51ef8113af549223ec6257a07ccd7654361e262b5fa8.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\System32\perfc00A\RCXC057.tmp 9f428b9726cb683d247d51ef8113af549223ec6257a07ccd7654361e262b5fa8.exe -
Drops file in Program Files directory 4 IoCs
description ioc Process File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\SIGNUP\explorer.exe 9f428b9726cb683d247d51ef8113af549223ec6257a07ccd7654361e262b5fa8.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\SIGNUP\7a0fd90576e08807bde2cc57bcf9854bbce05fe3 9f428b9726cb683d247d51ef8113af549223ec6257a07ccd7654361e262b5fa8.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\SIGNUP\RCXBE24.tmp 9f428b9726cb683d247d51ef8113af549223ec6257a07ccd7654361e262b5fa8.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\SIGNUP\explorer.exe 9f428b9726cb683d247d51ef8113af549223ec6257a07ccd7654361e262b5fa8.exe -
Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).
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Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 6 IoCs
Schtasks is often used by malware for persistence or to perform post-infection execution.
pid Process 2740 schtasks.exe 2728 schtasks.exe 1120 schtasks.exe 432 schtasks.exe 2188 schtasks.exe 2952 schtasks.exe -
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 37 IoCs
pid Process 2904 9f428b9726cb683d247d51ef8113af549223ec6257a07ccd7654361e262b5fa8.exe 2904 9f428b9726cb683d247d51ef8113af549223ec6257a07ccd7654361e262b5fa8.exe 2904 9f428b9726cb683d247d51ef8113af549223ec6257a07ccd7654361e262b5fa8.exe 2904 9f428b9726cb683d247d51ef8113af549223ec6257a07ccd7654361e262b5fa8.exe 2904 9f428b9726cb683d247d51ef8113af549223ec6257a07ccd7654361e262b5fa8.exe 2904 9f428b9726cb683d247d51ef8113af549223ec6257a07ccd7654361e262b5fa8.exe 2904 9f428b9726cb683d247d51ef8113af549223ec6257a07ccd7654361e262b5fa8.exe 2904 9f428b9726cb683d247d51ef8113af549223ec6257a07ccd7654361e262b5fa8.exe 2904 9f428b9726cb683d247d51ef8113af549223ec6257a07ccd7654361e262b5fa8.exe 2904 9f428b9726cb683d247d51ef8113af549223ec6257a07ccd7654361e262b5fa8.exe 2904 9f428b9726cb683d247d51ef8113af549223ec6257a07ccd7654361e262b5fa8.exe 2904 9f428b9726cb683d247d51ef8113af549223ec6257a07ccd7654361e262b5fa8.exe 2904 9f428b9726cb683d247d51ef8113af549223ec6257a07ccd7654361e262b5fa8.exe 2904 9f428b9726cb683d247d51ef8113af549223ec6257a07ccd7654361e262b5fa8.exe 2904 9f428b9726cb683d247d51ef8113af549223ec6257a07ccd7654361e262b5fa8.exe 2904 9f428b9726cb683d247d51ef8113af549223ec6257a07ccd7654361e262b5fa8.exe 2904 9f428b9726cb683d247d51ef8113af549223ec6257a07ccd7654361e262b5fa8.exe 2904 9f428b9726cb683d247d51ef8113af549223ec6257a07ccd7654361e262b5fa8.exe 2904 9f428b9726cb683d247d51ef8113af549223ec6257a07ccd7654361e262b5fa8.exe 2904 9f428b9726cb683d247d51ef8113af549223ec6257a07ccd7654361e262b5fa8.exe 2904 9f428b9726cb683d247d51ef8113af549223ec6257a07ccd7654361e262b5fa8.exe 2904 9f428b9726cb683d247d51ef8113af549223ec6257a07ccd7654361e262b5fa8.exe 2904 9f428b9726cb683d247d51ef8113af549223ec6257a07ccd7654361e262b5fa8.exe 2904 9f428b9726cb683d247d51ef8113af549223ec6257a07ccd7654361e262b5fa8.exe 2904 9f428b9726cb683d247d51ef8113af549223ec6257a07ccd7654361e262b5fa8.exe 2904 9f428b9726cb683d247d51ef8113af549223ec6257a07ccd7654361e262b5fa8.exe 2904 9f428b9726cb683d247d51ef8113af549223ec6257a07ccd7654361e262b5fa8.exe 2904 9f428b9726cb683d247d51ef8113af549223ec6257a07ccd7654361e262b5fa8.exe 2904 9f428b9726cb683d247d51ef8113af549223ec6257a07ccd7654361e262b5fa8.exe 2904 9f428b9726cb683d247d51ef8113af549223ec6257a07ccd7654361e262b5fa8.exe 2904 9f428b9726cb683d247d51ef8113af549223ec6257a07ccd7654361e262b5fa8.exe 2904 9f428b9726cb683d247d51ef8113af549223ec6257a07ccd7654361e262b5fa8.exe 2904 9f428b9726cb683d247d51ef8113af549223ec6257a07ccd7654361e262b5fa8.exe 2904 9f428b9726cb683d247d51ef8113af549223ec6257a07ccd7654361e262b5fa8.exe 2904 9f428b9726cb683d247d51ef8113af549223ec6257a07ccd7654361e262b5fa8.exe 2904 9f428b9726cb683d247d51ef8113af549223ec6257a07ccd7654361e262b5fa8.exe 2904 9f428b9726cb683d247d51ef8113af549223ec6257a07ccd7654361e262b5fa8.exe -
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs
description pid Process Token: SeDebugPrivilege 2904 9f428b9726cb683d247d51ef8113af549223ec6257a07ccd7654361e262b5fa8.exe Token: SeDebugPrivilege 2368 csrss.exe -
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 2904 wrote to memory of 2368 2904 9f428b9726cb683d247d51ef8113af549223ec6257a07ccd7654361e262b5fa8.exe 37 PID 2904 wrote to memory of 2368 2904 9f428b9726cb683d247d51ef8113af549223ec6257a07ccd7654361e262b5fa8.exe 37 PID 2904 wrote to memory of 2368 2904 9f428b9726cb683d247d51ef8113af549223ec6257a07ccd7654361e262b5fa8.exe 37 -
System policy modification 1 TTPs 3 IoCs
description ioc Process Set value (int) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\EnableLUA = "0" 9f428b9726cb683d247d51ef8113af549223ec6257a07ccd7654361e262b5fa8.exe Set value (int) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\ConsentPromptBehaviorAdmin = "0" 9f428b9726cb683d247d51ef8113af549223ec6257a07ccd7654361e262b5fa8.exe Set value (int) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\PromptOnSecureDesktop = "0" 9f428b9726cb683d247d51ef8113af549223ec6257a07ccd7654361e262b5fa8.exe -
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\9f428b9726cb683d247d51ef8113af549223ec6257a07ccd7654361e262b5fa8.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\9f428b9726cb683d247d51ef8113af549223ec6257a07ccd7654361e262b5fa8.exe"1⤵
- UAC bypass
- Adds Run key to start application
- Checks whether UAC is enabled
- Drops file in System32 directory
- Drops file in Program Files directory
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
- System policy modification
PID:2904 -
C:\Windows\System32\perfc00A\csrss.exe"C:\Windows\System32\perfc00A\csrss.exe"2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:2368
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C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exeschtasks.exe /create /tn "csrss" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Windows\System32\sdiagprv\csrss.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f1⤵
- Process spawned unexpected child process
- Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
PID:2740
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C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exeschtasks.exe /create /tn "System" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Recovery\31f19e42-8726-11ef-be9a-dab21757c799\System.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f1⤵
- Process spawned unexpected child process
- Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
PID:2728
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C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exeschtasks.exe /create /tn "explorer" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\SIGNUP\explorer.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f1⤵
- Process spawned unexpected child process
- Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
PID:1120
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C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exeschtasks.exe /create /tn "csrss" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Windows\System32\perfc00A\csrss.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f1⤵
- Process spawned unexpected child process
- Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
PID:432
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C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exeschtasks.exe /create /tn "csrss" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Windows\System32\wiadss\csrss.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f1⤵
- Process spawned unexpected child process
- Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
PID:2188
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C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exeschtasks.exe /create /tn "dwm" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Windows\System32\api-ms-win-eventing-provider-l1-1-0\dwm.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f1⤵
- Process spawned unexpected child process
- Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
PID:2952
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15
Persistence
Boot or Logon Autostart Execution
1Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder
1Scheduled Task/Job
1Scheduled Task
1Privilege Escalation
Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism
1Bypass User Account Control
1Boot or Logon Autostart Execution
1Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder
1Scheduled Task/Job
1Scheduled Task
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Downloads
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Filesize
783KB
MD53b1535c8901387dfb2f75e34dfec94c7
SHA1abb6f0f4aa913f150113cf9bc6740645b3464141
SHA2569f428b9726cb683d247d51ef8113af549223ec6257a07ccd7654361e262b5fa8
SHA5127fe2e9bc98bca0e76c3c68ae77b6300870ff6509a0ae5b1732e253aae9e529ff72778cbcdc92826453797bf7b5d0c4c0a74dc5f2e7e82bcd005ffd8aa5ff54c1