darkcomet | 933f20fdd619132dce7a72cba61763db488c493a30416cbccb700201c0a7849e

Analysis

max time kernel
119s
max time network
120s
platform
windows7_x64
resource
win7-20240903-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20240903-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
submitted
11/02/2025, 13:29

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General

Target

JaffaCakes118_e6ce1f29a7a46cf2ca66dcd2f670620b.exe
Size

888KB
MD5

e6ce1f29a7a46cf2ca66dcd2f670620b
SHA1

46a3022ea04fa281da7c5483ec5565d48728d571
SHA256

933f20fdd619132dce7a72cba61763db488c493a30416cbccb700201c0a7849e
SHA512

6d4796b6f5b19499bb23bf844af54e245ebfbdbbf00cd438580947dfe08c404ff1dfabe874830ccaf152c85608196cbe5b6fbf8cb9cc00ce753e2ab03c834a89
SSDEEP

24576:qecoAGKeiQPhav6m3fol1+hxK9i/GRgrdm3+:qbfeiYhaCUM1gTu

Score

10^/10

darkcomet discovery persistence rat trojan

Malware Config

Signatures

Darkcomet
DarkComet is a remote access trojan (RAT) developed by Jean-Pierre Lesueur.
trojan rat darkcomet
Darkcomet family
darkcomet

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2808	svchost.exe

Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Modify Registry

T1112

description	ioc	Process
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3533259084-2542256011-65585152-1000\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\Microsoft Essentials = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\AppData\\Roaming\\MsMpEng.exe"	JaffaCakes118_e6ce1f29a7a46cf2ca66dcd2f670620b.exe

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.

discovery

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	svchost.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2164	JaffaCakes118_e6ce1f29a7a46cf2ca66dcd2f670620b.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2164 wrote to memory of 2808	2164	JaffaCakes118_e6ce1f29a7a46cf2ca66dcd2f670620b.exe	31
PID 2164 wrote to memory of 2808	2164	JaffaCakes118_e6ce1f29a7a46cf2ca66dcd2f670620b.exe	31
PID 2164 wrote to memory of 2808	2164	JaffaCakes118_e6ce1f29a7a46cf2ca66dcd2f670620b.exe	31
PID 2164 wrote to memory of 2808	2164	JaffaCakes118_e6ce1f29a7a46cf2ca66dcd2f670620b.exe	31

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_e6ce1f29a7a46cf2ca66dcd2f670620b.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_e6ce1f29a7a46cf2ca66dcd2f670620b.exe"
1⤵
- Adds Run key to start application
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2164
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\svchost.exe
  C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\svchost.exe
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:2808

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Privilege Escalation

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

T1112

Credential Access

Discovery

System Location Discovery

T1614

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\svchost.exe

Filesize
31KB

MD5
ed797d8dc2c92401985d162e42ffa450

SHA1
0f02fc517c7facc4baefde4fe9467fb6488ebabe

SHA256
b746362010a101cb5931bc066f0f4d3fc740c02a68c1f37fc3c8e6c87fd7cb1e

SHA512
e831a6ff987f3ef29982da16afad06938b68eddd43c234ba88d1c96a1b5547f2284baf35cbb3a5bfd75e7f0445d14daa014e0ba00b4db72c67f83f0a314c80c2

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memory/2164-0-0x000007FEF60CE000-0x000007FEF60CF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2164-2-0x0000000000BF0000-0x0000000000BFA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
40KB

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memory/2164-4-0x000000001AF40000-0x000000001B00A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
808KB

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memory/2164-8-0x000007FEF5E10000-0x000007FEF67AD000-memory.dmp

Filesize
9.6MB

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Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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