Analysis

  • max time kernel
    121s
  • max time network
    128s
  • platform
    windows7_x64
  • resource
    win7-20241010-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20241010-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
  • submitted
    08-02-2025 02:00

General

  • Target

    9f428b9726cb683d247d51ef8113af549223ec6257a07ccd7654361e262b5fa8.exe

  • Size

    783KB

  • MD5

    3b1535c8901387dfb2f75e34dfec94c7

  • SHA1

    abb6f0f4aa913f150113cf9bc6740645b3464141

  • SHA256

    9f428b9726cb683d247d51ef8113af549223ec6257a07ccd7654361e262b5fa8

  • SHA512

    7fe2e9bc98bca0e76c3c68ae77b6300870ff6509a0ae5b1732e253aae9e529ff72778cbcdc92826453797bf7b5d0c4c0a74dc5f2e7e82bcd005ffd8aa5ff54c1

  • SSDEEP

    12288:mqnOYxdAgpoNeF91rg5iFdr0yQ9gYx+EIpakCYJRU7Q9bWoFzqKh:m+OQbpbgsFdAyQvzSqaq8qI

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 6 IoCs

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

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

    Detects payload of DCRat, commonly dropped by NSIS installers.

  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 6 IoCs
  • Checks whether UAC is enabled 1 TTPs 2 IoCs
  • Drops file in System32 directory 16 IoCs
  • Drops file in Program Files directory 4 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 6 IoCs

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

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 37 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs
  • System policy modification 1 TTPs 3 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\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
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "csrss" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Windows\System32\sdiagprv\csrss.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:2740
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "System" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Recovery\31f19e42-8726-11ef-be9a-dab21757c799\System.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:2728
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "explorer" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\SIGNUP\explorer.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:1120
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "csrss" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Windows\System32\perfc00A\csrss.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:432
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "csrss" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Windows\System32\wiadss\csrss.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:2188
  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    schtasks.exe /create /tn "dwm" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Windows\System32\api-ms-win-eventing-provider-l1-1-0\dwm.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:2952

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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Downloads

  • C:\Windows\System32\wiadss\csrss.exe

    Filesize

    783KB

    MD5

    3b1535c8901387dfb2f75e34dfec94c7

    SHA1

    abb6f0f4aa913f150113cf9bc6740645b3464141

    SHA256

    9f428b9726cb683d247d51ef8113af549223ec6257a07ccd7654361e262b5fa8

    SHA512

    7fe2e9bc98bca0e76c3c68ae77b6300870ff6509a0ae5b1732e253aae9e529ff72778cbcdc92826453797bf7b5d0c4c0a74dc5f2e7e82bcd005ffd8aa5ff54c1

  • memory/2368-103-0x0000000000EC0000-0x0000000000F8A000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    808KB

  • memory/2904-22-0x0000000000580000-0x0000000000588000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    32KB

  • memory/2904-106-0x000007FEF6BB0000-0x000007FEF759C000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    9.9MB

  • memory/2904-5-0x00000000002F0000-0x0000000000300000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    64KB

  • memory/2904-30-0x000007FEF6BB0000-0x000007FEF759C000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    9.9MB

  • memory/2904-6-0x0000000000300000-0x0000000000308000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    32KB

  • memory/2904-7-0x0000000000340000-0x000000000034C000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    48KB

  • memory/2904-8-0x0000000000350000-0x000000000035A000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    40KB

  • memory/2904-9-0x0000000000370000-0x000000000037A000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    40KB

  • memory/2904-10-0x0000000000330000-0x0000000000338000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    32KB

  • memory/2904-11-0x0000000000360000-0x0000000000368000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    32KB

  • memory/2904-12-0x0000000000320000-0x0000000000328000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    32KB

  • memory/2904-13-0x0000000000550000-0x0000000000558000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    32KB

  • memory/2904-14-0x0000000000570000-0x0000000000578000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    32KB

  • memory/2904-15-0x0000000000590000-0x0000000000598000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    32KB

  • memory/2904-16-0x0000000001F40000-0x0000000001F48000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    32KB

  • memory/2904-17-0x0000000001F50000-0x0000000001F58000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    32KB

  • memory/2904-19-0x0000000001F90000-0x0000000001F98000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    32KB

  • memory/2904-32-0x000007FEF6BB0000-0x000007FEF759C000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    9.9MB

  • memory/2904-20-0x0000000001FA0000-0x0000000001FA8000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    32KB

  • memory/2904-21-0x0000000000560000-0x000000000056C000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    48KB

  • memory/2904-0-0x000007FEF6BB3000-0x000007FEF6BB4000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/2904-25-0x000007FEF6BB0000-0x000007FEF759C000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    9.9MB

  • memory/2904-4-0x00000000002E0000-0x00000000002E8000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    32KB

  • memory/2904-3-0x00000000002D0000-0x00000000002D8000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    32KB

  • memory/2904-18-0x0000000001F80000-0x0000000001F88000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    32KB

  • memory/2904-34-0x000007FEF6BB0000-0x000007FEF759C000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    9.9MB

  • memory/2904-35-0x000007FEF6BB0000-0x000007FEF759C000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    9.9MB

  • memory/2904-37-0x000007FEF6BB0000-0x000007FEF759C000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    9.9MB

  • memory/2904-38-0x000007FEF6BB3000-0x000007FEF6BB4000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    4KB

  • memory/2904-39-0x000007FEF6BB0000-0x000007FEF759C000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    9.9MB

  • memory/2904-2-0x000007FEF6BB0000-0x000007FEF759C000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    9.9MB

  • memory/2904-41-0x000007FEF6BB0000-0x000007FEF759C000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    9.9MB

  • memory/2904-43-0x000007FEF6BB0000-0x000007FEF759C000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    9.9MB

  • memory/2904-44-0x000007FEF6BB0000-0x000007FEF759C000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    9.9MB

  • memory/2904-47-0x000007FEF6BB0000-0x000007FEF759C000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    9.9MB

  • memory/2904-48-0x000007FEF6BB0000-0x000007FEF759C000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    9.9MB

  • memory/2904-58-0x000007FEF6BB0000-0x000007FEF759C000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    9.9MB

  • memory/2904-73-0x000007FEF6BB0000-0x000007FEF759C000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    9.9MB

  • memory/2904-87-0x000007FEF6BB0000-0x000007FEF759C000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    9.9MB

  • memory/2904-96-0x000007FEF6BB0000-0x000007FEF759C000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    9.9MB

  • memory/2904-1-0x0000000000380000-0x000000000044A000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    808KB

  • memory/2904-104-0x000007FEF6BB0000-0x000007FEF759C000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    9.9MB

  • memory/2904-105-0x000007FEF6BB0000-0x000007FEF759C000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    9.9MB

  • memory/2904-31-0x000007FEF6BB0000-0x000007FEF759C000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    9.9MB

  • memory/2904-107-0x000007FEF6BB0000-0x000007FEF759C000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    9.9MB