darkcomet | 2414bd38a2d0487be1f1a047dbb42353258489bf7a2768cb4ddd6527a85087bc

Analysis

max time kernel
150s
max time network
148s
platform
windows10-2004_x64
resource
win10v2004-20250217-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20250217-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
submitted
20/02/2025, 21:05

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General

Target

2414bd38a2d0487be1f1a047dbb42353258489bf7a2768cb4ddd6527a85087bc.exe
Size

520KB
MD5

2f77c304e81533f8380275e5377c112b
SHA1

68716a22f7f17fe9d3bd085d1b8e79ef978b001f
SHA256

2414bd38a2d0487be1f1a047dbb42353258489bf7a2768cb4ddd6527a85087bc
SHA512

fb5c686ee15d66898f4f2772cf38d2f2ec4560a6a7670ce3f779c4c3865882a70fed1e91d4331f2029d323c5e9e902f0127d19e81c4f0d78d9d4a4caa6a2865a
SSDEEP

6144:f9GGo2CwtGg6eeihEfph2CMvvqqSaYwpncOeC66AOa0aFtVEQfTo1ozVqMbA:f9fC3hh29Ya77A90aFtDfT5IMbA

Score

10^/10

darkcomet privateeye discovery rat trojan upx

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

darkcomet

Botnet

PrivateEye

ratblackshades.no-ip.biz:1604

Mutex

DC_MUTEX-ACC1R98

Attributes

gencode
8GG5LVVGljSF
install
false
offline_keylogger
true
persistence
false

rc4.plain

Signatures

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

Executes dropped EXE 3 IoCs

pid	Process
3256	winupd.exe
4144	winupd.exe
2072	winupd.exe

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 3 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 4172 set thread context of 592	4172	2414bd38a2d0487be1f1a047dbb42353258489bf7a2768cb4ddd6527a85087bc.exe	86
PID 3256 set thread context of 4144	3256	winupd.exe	91
PID 3256 set thread context of 2072	3256	winupd.exe	92

UPX packed file 18 IoCs

Detects executables packed with UPX/modified UPX open source packer.

upx

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/2072-32-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B7000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/2072-35-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B7000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/2072-38-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B7000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/2072-39-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B7000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/2072-41-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B7000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/2072-40-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B7000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/2072-29-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B7000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/2072-44-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B7000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/2072-45-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B7000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/2072-46-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B7000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/2072-47-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B7000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/2072-48-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B7000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/2072-49-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B7000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/2072-50-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B7000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/2072-51-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B7000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/2072-52-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B7000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/2072-53-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B7000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/2072-54-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B7000-memory.dmp	upx

Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

System Information Discovery
T1082

Program crash 1 IoCs

pid	pid_target	Process
5012	1340	WerFault.exe

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 5 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	winupd.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	winupd.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	2414bd38a2d0487be1f1a047dbb42353258489bf7a2768cb4ddd6527a85087bc.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	2414bd38a2d0487be1f1a047dbb42353258489bf7a2768cb4ddd6527a85087bc.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	winupd.exe

Gathers network information 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

Uses commandline utility to view network configuration.

System Information Discovery

T1082

Command and Scripting Interpreter

T1059

pid	Process
1340	ipconfig.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 24 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeIncreaseQuotaPrivilege	2072	winupd.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	2072	winupd.exe
Token: SeTakeOwnershipPrivilege	2072	winupd.exe
Token: SeLoadDriverPrivilege	2072	winupd.exe
Token: SeSystemProfilePrivilege	2072	winupd.exe
Token: SeSystemtimePrivilege	2072	winupd.exe
Token: SeProfSingleProcessPrivilege	2072	winupd.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2072	winupd.exe
Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege	2072	winupd.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	2072	winupd.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	2072	winupd.exe
Token: SeShutdownPrivilege	2072	winupd.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2072	winupd.exe
Token: SeSystemEnvironmentPrivilege	2072	winupd.exe
Token: SeChangeNotifyPrivilege	2072	winupd.exe
Token: SeRemoteShutdownPrivilege	2072	winupd.exe
Token: SeUndockPrivilege	2072	winupd.exe
Token: SeManageVolumePrivilege	2072	winupd.exe
Token: SeImpersonatePrivilege	2072	winupd.exe
Token: SeCreateGlobalPrivilege	2072	winupd.exe
Token: 33	2072	winupd.exe
Token: 34	2072	winupd.exe
Token: 35	2072	winupd.exe
Token: 36	2072	winupd.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 5 IoCs

pid	Process
4172	2414bd38a2d0487be1f1a047dbb42353258489bf7a2768cb4ddd6527a85087bc.exe
592	2414bd38a2d0487be1f1a047dbb42353258489bf7a2768cb4ddd6527a85087bc.exe
3256	winupd.exe
4144	winupd.exe
2072	winupd.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 32 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 4172 wrote to memory of 592	4172	2414bd38a2d0487be1f1a047dbb42353258489bf7a2768cb4ddd6527a85087bc.exe	86
PID 4172 wrote to memory of 592	4172	2414bd38a2d0487be1f1a047dbb42353258489bf7a2768cb4ddd6527a85087bc.exe	86
PID 4172 wrote to memory of 592	4172	2414bd38a2d0487be1f1a047dbb42353258489bf7a2768cb4ddd6527a85087bc.exe	86
PID 4172 wrote to memory of 592	4172	2414bd38a2d0487be1f1a047dbb42353258489bf7a2768cb4ddd6527a85087bc.exe	86
PID 4172 wrote to memory of 592	4172	2414bd38a2d0487be1f1a047dbb42353258489bf7a2768cb4ddd6527a85087bc.exe	86
PID 4172 wrote to memory of 592	4172	2414bd38a2d0487be1f1a047dbb42353258489bf7a2768cb4ddd6527a85087bc.exe	86
PID 4172 wrote to memory of 592	4172	2414bd38a2d0487be1f1a047dbb42353258489bf7a2768cb4ddd6527a85087bc.exe	86
PID 4172 wrote to memory of 592	4172	2414bd38a2d0487be1f1a047dbb42353258489bf7a2768cb4ddd6527a85087bc.exe	86
PID 592 wrote to memory of 3256	592	2414bd38a2d0487be1f1a047dbb42353258489bf7a2768cb4ddd6527a85087bc.exe	87
PID 592 wrote to memory of 3256	592	2414bd38a2d0487be1f1a047dbb42353258489bf7a2768cb4ddd6527a85087bc.exe	87
PID 592 wrote to memory of 3256	592	2414bd38a2d0487be1f1a047dbb42353258489bf7a2768cb4ddd6527a85087bc.exe	87
PID 3256 wrote to memory of 4144	3256	winupd.exe	91
PID 3256 wrote to memory of 4144	3256	winupd.exe	91
PID 3256 wrote to memory of 4144	3256	winupd.exe	91
PID 3256 wrote to memory of 4144	3256	winupd.exe	91
PID 3256 wrote to memory of 4144	3256	winupd.exe	91
PID 3256 wrote to memory of 4144	3256	winupd.exe	91
PID 3256 wrote to memory of 4144	3256	winupd.exe	91
PID 3256 wrote to memory of 4144	3256	winupd.exe	91
PID 3256 wrote to memory of 2072	3256	winupd.exe	92
PID 3256 wrote to memory of 2072	3256	winupd.exe	92
PID 3256 wrote to memory of 2072	3256	winupd.exe	92
PID 3256 wrote to memory of 2072	3256	winupd.exe	92
PID 3256 wrote to memory of 2072	3256	winupd.exe	92
PID 3256 wrote to memory of 2072	3256	winupd.exe	92
PID 3256 wrote to memory of 2072	3256	winupd.exe	92
PID 3256 wrote to memory of 2072	3256	winupd.exe	92
PID 4144 wrote to memory of 1340	4144	winupd.exe	93
PID 4144 wrote to memory of 1340	4144	winupd.exe	93
PID 4144 wrote to memory of 1340	4144	winupd.exe	93
PID 4144 wrote to memory of 1340	4144	winupd.exe	93
PID 4144 wrote to memory of 1340	4144	winupd.exe	93

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2414bd38a2d0487be1f1a047dbb42353258489bf7a2768cb4ddd6527a85087bc.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2414bd38a2d0487be1f1a047dbb42353258489bf7a2768cb4ddd6527a85087bc.exe"
1⤵
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4172
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2414bd38a2d0487be1f1a047dbb42353258489bf7a2768cb4ddd6527a85087bc.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2414bd38a2d0487be1f1a047dbb42353258489bf7a2768cb4ddd6527a85087bc.exe"
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:592
- - C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\winupd.exe
    C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\winupd.exe -notray
    3⤵
    - Executes dropped EXE
    - Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3256
  - - C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\winupd.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\winupd.exe"
      4⤵
      Executes dropped EXE
      System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4144
    - - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ipconfig.exe
        
        "C:\Windows\system32\ipconfig.exe"
        5⤵
        Gathers network information
        
        PID:1340
      - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
        
        C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 1340 -s 272
        6⤵
        Program crash
        
        PID:5012
  - - C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\winupd.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\winupd.exe"
      4⤵
      Executes dropped EXE
      System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      PID:2072

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 408 -p 1340 -ip 1340
1⤵
PID:228

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Command and Scripting Interpreter

T1059

Persistence

Privilege Escalation

Defense Evasion

Credential Access

Discovery

System Information Discovery

T1082

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\Roaming\Microsoft\winupd.exe

Filesize
520KB

MD5
31552c211e32df402ce48bec8da5939a

SHA1
1b037881a9cc721ee9961efa9f5ca8954982254a

SHA256
7cf7f848d729d16121acdc029496c33b47c9c10923a025edbbe5e23d6a78a72d

SHA512
ca604480e14ebf23dcccde2e4a8b5d31caed224670908c573d0bf1ae6e9f940a2809807b8b546687f23d5debe2f531300d0f48d7c3d27068c72e82ad40711b93

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memory/592-21-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000407000-memory.dmp

Filesize
28KB

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memory/592-20-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000407000-memory.dmp

Filesize
28KB

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memory/592-5-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000407000-memory.dmp

Filesize
28KB

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memory/592-7-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000407000-memory.dmp

Filesize
28KB

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memory/2072-41-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B7000-memory.dmp

Filesize
732KB

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memory/2072-47-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B7000-memory.dmp

Filesize
732KB

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memory/2072-54-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B7000-memory.dmp

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732KB

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memory/2072-53-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B7000-memory.dmp

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732KB

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memory/2072-52-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B7000-memory.dmp

Filesize
732KB

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memory/2072-51-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B7000-memory.dmp

Filesize
732KB

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memory/2072-50-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B7000-memory.dmp

Filesize
732KB

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memory/2072-32-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B7000-memory.dmp

Filesize
732KB

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memory/2072-35-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B7000-memory.dmp

Filesize
732KB

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memory/2072-38-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B7000-memory.dmp

Filesize
732KB

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memory/2072-39-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B7000-memory.dmp

Filesize
732KB

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memory/2072-49-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B7000-memory.dmp

Filesize
732KB

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memory/2072-40-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B7000-memory.dmp

Filesize
732KB

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memory/2072-48-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B7000-memory.dmp

Filesize
732KB

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memory/2072-29-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B7000-memory.dmp

Filesize
732KB

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memory/2072-46-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B7000-memory.dmp

Filesize
732KB

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memory/2072-44-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B7000-memory.dmp

Filesize
732KB

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memory/2072-45-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B7000-memory.dmp

Filesize
732KB

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memory/3256-36-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000483000-memory.dmp

Filesize
524KB

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memory/3256-25-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000483000-memory.dmp

Filesize
524KB

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memory/3256-23-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000483000-memory.dmp

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524KB

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memory/4144-42-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000407000-memory.dmp

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28KB

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memory/4172-8-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp

Filesize
80KB

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memory/4172-2-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp

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80KB

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memory/4172-3-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000483000-memory.dmp

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524KB

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memory/4172-4-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000483000-memory.dmp

Filesize
524KB

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memory/4172-9-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000483000-memory.dmp

Filesize
524KB

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