Analysis Overview
SHA256
f18d276ce3ec088f6d446e409489bad5c9b613d6c1f10a6538724749c7cf2af6
Threat Level: Known bad
The file f18d276ce3ec088f6d446e409489bad5c9b613d6c1f10a6538724749c7cf2af6.exe was found to be: Known bad.
Malicious Activity Summary
Darkcloud family
DarkCloud
Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
Checks computer location settings
ACProtect 1.3x - 1.4x DLL software
Loads dropped DLL
Reads user/profile data of local email clients
Reads user/profile data of web browsers
UPX packed file
Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
Enumerates physical storage devices
Unsigned PE
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
MITRE ATT&CK
Enterprise Matrix V15
Analysis: static1
Detonation Overview
Reported
2025-03-07 08:20
Signatures
Unsigned PE
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Analysis: behavioral1
Detonation Overview
Submitted
2025-03-07 08:20
Reported
2025-03-07 08:22
Platform
win7-20240903-en
Max time kernel
141s
Max time network
122s
Command Line
Signatures
DarkCloud
Darkcloud family
Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe | N/A |
ACProtect 1.3x - 1.4x DLL software
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Loads dropped DLL
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f18d276ce3ec088f6d446e409489bad5c9b613d6c1f10a6538724749c7cf2af6.exe | N/A |
Reads user/profile data of local email clients
Reads user/profile data of web browsers
Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| PID 2668 set thread context of 2136 | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f18d276ce3ec088f6d446e409489bad5c9b613d6c1f10a6538724749c7cf2af6.exe | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f18d276ce3ec088f6d446e409489bad5c9b613d6c1f10a6538724749c7cf2af6.exe |
UPX packed file
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Enumerates physical storage devices
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| Key opened | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe | N/A |
| Key opened | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe | N/A |
| Key opened | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f18d276ce3ec088f6d446e409489bad5c9b613d6c1f10a6538724749c7cf2af6.exe | N/A |
| Key opened | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f18d276ce3ec088f6d446e409489bad5c9b613d6c1f10a6538724749c7cf2af6.exe | N/A |
| Key opened | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe | N/A |
Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe | N/A |
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe | N/A |
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| Token: SeDebugPrivilege | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe | N/A |
| Token: SeDebugPrivilege | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe | N/A |
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f18d276ce3ec088f6d446e409489bad5c9b613d6c1f10a6538724749c7cf2af6.exe | N/A |
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Processes
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f18d276ce3ec088f6d446e409489bad5c9b613d6c1f10a6538724749c7cf2af6.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f18d276ce3ec088f6d446e409489bad5c9b613d6c1f10a6538724749c7cf2af6.exe"
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
"C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f18d276ce3ec088f6d446e409489bad5c9b613d6c1f10a6538724749c7cf2af6.exe"
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
"C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\xZLeCXkVsspC.exe"
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
"C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe" /Create /TN "Updates\xZLeCXkVsspC" /XML "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp3997.tmp"
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f18d276ce3ec088f6d446e409489bad5c9b613d6c1f10a6538724749c7cf2af6.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f18d276ce3ec088f6d446e409489bad5c9b613d6c1f10a6538724749c7cf2af6.exe"
Network
Files
memory/2668-0-0x00000000745AE000-0x00000000745AF000-memory.dmp
memory/2668-1-0x0000000000DA0000-0x0000000000E74000-memory.dmp
memory/2668-2-0x00000000745A0000-0x0000000074C8E000-memory.dmp
memory/2668-3-0x0000000000380000-0x0000000000390000-memory.dmp
memory/2668-4-0x00000000745AE000-0x00000000745AF000-memory.dmp
memory/2668-5-0x00000000745A0000-0x0000000074C8E000-memory.dmp
memory/2668-6-0x0000000004E70000-0x0000000004F1A000-memory.dmp
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\CustomDestinations\GOT0GQ3D8DC27I3DYOXC.temp
| MD5 | d61ecdbce40ba0f25d348ab53305ee5e |
| SHA1 | 4201ed3b4a159a9432a08643e066b502be0a182e |
| SHA256 | bca8af958655863d77771afa63fa9b076b04f1389b4a6980e18bdb83ffdb3631 |
| SHA512 | 850e9ea24ff1f5ece6602557f86509f2624c85212d4020bf77d1dff666697a0fd1eedb80d40d8ac62090c8f3442ea8e120b16887b91f957b45ba8aa05b1ab123 |
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp3997.tmp
| MD5 | 1e5c6d1589b2943c63546398fa646b91 |
| SHA1 | 9381adbd78a99c41b08a72eaecb318d721750877 |
| SHA256 | fb42d38147364520294356c15a3d1612870962399f50377fdb39e7931372607a |
| SHA512 | 0bb334417f1219ce7017d44afd0f74b8fac2804db38c7643e43cc8edc2aa19de1954040b98f944f1a51f1a32564ba6831ca9d5114a3d70089d2bfc058e193364 |
memory/2136-19-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000460000-memory.dmp
memory/2136-23-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000460000-memory.dmp
memory/2136-21-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000460000-memory.dmp
memory/2136-29-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000460000-memory.dmp
memory/2136-28-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000460000-memory.dmp
memory/2136-27-0x000000007EFDE000-0x000000007EFDF000-memory.dmp
memory/2668-30-0x00000000745A0000-0x0000000074C8E000-memory.dmp
\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Templates\CCJBVTGQ-Admin\vbsqlite3.dll
| MD5 | 073a17b6cfb1112c6c838b2fba06a657 |
| SHA1 | a54bb22489eaa8c52eb3e512aee522320530b0be |
| SHA256 | dcfcd16fbf0511d3f2b3792e5493fa22d7291e4bb2efbfa5ade5002a04fc2cab |
| SHA512 | 5bc8307350bd8ba09fa9eedddc62f1dba65db62eb09ae64e0adff4dfad0937dbec5b621f294f5980bf77033faac3bfe200945c0280606915ee9a82d34a003b9e |
memory/2136-39-0x0000000074BF0000-0x0000000074C59000-memory.dmp
memory/2136-41-0x0000000074BF0000-0x0000000074C59000-memory.dmp
Analysis: behavioral2
Detonation Overview
Submitted
2025-03-07 08:20
Reported
2025-03-07 08:22
Platform
win10v2004-20250217-en
Max time kernel
139s
Max time network
138s
Command Line
Signatures
DarkCloud
Darkcloud family
Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe | N/A |
Checks computer location settings
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| Key value queried | \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-925314154-1797147466-1467878628-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f18d276ce3ec088f6d446e409489bad5c9b613d6c1f10a6538724749c7cf2af6.exe | N/A |
Reads user/profile data of local email clients
Reads user/profile data of web browsers
Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| PID 2132 set thread context of 1020 | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f18d276ce3ec088f6d446e409489bad5c9b613d6c1f10a6538724749c7cf2af6.exe | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f18d276ce3ec088f6d446e409489bad5c9b613d6c1f10a6538724749c7cf2af6.exe |
Enumerates physical storage devices
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| Key opened | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f18d276ce3ec088f6d446e409489bad5c9b613d6c1f10a6538724749c7cf2af6.exe | N/A |
| Key opened | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe | N/A |
| Key opened | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe | N/A |
| Key opened | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe | N/A |
| Key opened | \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f18d276ce3ec088f6d446e409489bad5c9b613d6c1f10a6538724749c7cf2af6.exe | N/A |
Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe | N/A |
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe | N/A |
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| Token: SeDebugPrivilege | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe | N/A |
| Token: SeDebugPrivilege | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe | N/A |
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f18d276ce3ec088f6d446e409489bad5c9b613d6c1f10a6538724749c7cf2af6.exe | N/A |
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Processes
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f18d276ce3ec088f6d446e409489bad5c9b613d6c1f10a6538724749c7cf2af6.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f18d276ce3ec088f6d446e409489bad5c9b613d6c1f10a6538724749c7cf2af6.exe"
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
"C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f18d276ce3ec088f6d446e409489bad5c9b613d6c1f10a6538724749c7cf2af6.exe"
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
"C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\xZLeCXkVsspC.exe"
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
"C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe" /Create /TN "Updates\xZLeCXkVsspC" /XML "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpC256.tmp"
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f18d276ce3ec088f6d446e409489bad5c9b613d6c1f10a6538724749c7cf2af6.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f18d276ce3ec088f6d446e409489bad5c9b613d6c1f10a6538724749c7cf2af6.exe"
Network
| Country | Destination | Domain | Proto |
| US | 150.171.27.10:443 | tcp | |
| US | 150.171.27.10:443 | tse1.mm.bing.net | tcp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | tse1.mm.bing.net | udp |
| US | 150.171.28.10:443 | tse1.mm.bing.net | tcp |
| US | 150.171.28.10:443 | tse1.mm.bing.net | tcp |
| US | 150.171.28.10:443 | tse1.mm.bing.net | tcp |
| US | 150.171.28.10:443 | tse1.mm.bing.net | tcp |
| US | 150.171.28.10:443 | tse1.mm.bing.net | tcp |
Files
memory/2132-0-0x0000000074F1E000-0x0000000074F1F000-memory.dmp
memory/2132-1-0x0000000000540000-0x0000000000614000-memory.dmp
memory/2132-2-0x00000000055B0000-0x0000000005B54000-memory.dmp
memory/2132-3-0x0000000005000000-0x0000000005092000-memory.dmp
memory/2132-4-0x00000000051A0000-0x00000000051AA000-memory.dmp
memory/2132-5-0x0000000074F10000-0x00000000756C0000-memory.dmp
memory/2132-6-0x00000000052A0000-0x000000000533C000-memory.dmp
memory/2132-7-0x0000000005290000-0x00000000052A0000-memory.dmp
memory/2132-8-0x0000000074F1E000-0x0000000074F1F000-memory.dmp
memory/2132-9-0x0000000074F10000-0x00000000756C0000-memory.dmp
memory/2132-10-0x0000000006360000-0x000000000640A000-memory.dmp
memory/3208-15-0x0000000002E40000-0x0000000002E76000-memory.dmp
memory/3208-17-0x0000000074F10000-0x00000000756C0000-memory.dmp
memory/3208-16-0x0000000005A90000-0x00000000060B8000-memory.dmp
memory/3208-18-0x0000000074F10000-0x00000000756C0000-memory.dmp
memory/1296-19-0x0000000074F10000-0x00000000756C0000-memory.dmp
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpC256.tmp
| MD5 | cf9e0f1fe4cdf8210608108ee4e7e9d3 |
| SHA1 | a7357cb98ed7d3a1c4e5d353509396fc0ade0213 |
| SHA256 | caf63bdb5339b5b21d7e6f93e9cb7c9f053953a57311f5c5ca7882d6146b7145 |
| SHA512 | 612b1fcd1df31c4b335dd1e0ee1cf8bde21b3ce9d39851c0731ac754533173437bf1d78c73ff5cf6a59767fc99acfaddd6a1686d7fe299870b2833336b1dc26e |
memory/1296-20-0x0000000074F10000-0x00000000756C0000-memory.dmp
memory/3208-22-0x0000000074F10000-0x00000000756C0000-memory.dmp
memory/1296-23-0x0000000074F10000-0x00000000756C0000-memory.dmp
memory/3208-24-0x00000000057C0000-0x00000000057E2000-memory.dmp
memory/1296-35-0x0000000005360000-0x00000000053C6000-memory.dmp
memory/1020-41-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000460000-memory.dmp
memory/1296-45-0x0000000005BA0000-0x0000000005EF4000-memory.dmp
memory/1020-44-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000460000-memory.dmp
memory/1296-34-0x00000000052F0000-0x0000000005356000-memory.dmp
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_4fzwvze2.vab.ps1
| MD5 | d17fe0a3f47be24a6453e9ef58c94641 |
| SHA1 | 6ab83620379fc69f80c0242105ddffd7d98d5d9d |
| SHA256 | 96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7 |
| SHA512 | 5b592e58f26c264604f98f6aa12860758ce606d1c63220736cf0c779e4e18e3cec8706930a16c38b20161754d1017d1657d35258e58ca22b18f5b232880dec82 |
memory/2132-59-0x0000000074F10000-0x00000000756C0000-memory.dmp
memory/3208-60-0x0000000006780000-0x000000000679E000-memory.dmp
memory/3208-61-0x0000000006B90000-0x0000000006BDC000-memory.dmp
memory/1296-63-0x00000000757A0000-0x00000000757EC000-memory.dmp
memory/1296-73-0x0000000007100000-0x000000000711E000-memory.dmp
memory/1296-62-0x0000000007120000-0x0000000007152000-memory.dmp
memory/1296-74-0x0000000007160000-0x0000000007203000-memory.dmp
memory/3208-75-0x00000000757A0000-0x00000000757EC000-memory.dmp
memory/1296-86-0x00000000074B0000-0x00000000074CA000-memory.dmp
memory/1296-85-0x0000000007B00000-0x000000000817A000-memory.dmp
memory/1296-87-0x0000000007530000-0x000000000753A000-memory.dmp
memory/3208-88-0x0000000007D30000-0x0000000007DC6000-memory.dmp
memory/1296-89-0x00000000076B0000-0x00000000076C1000-memory.dmp
memory/1296-90-0x00000000076E0000-0x00000000076EE000-memory.dmp
memory/3208-91-0x0000000007CF0000-0x0000000007D04000-memory.dmp
memory/3208-92-0x0000000007DF0000-0x0000000007E0A000-memory.dmp
memory/1296-93-0x00000000077D0000-0x00000000077D8000-memory.dmp
memory/1296-96-0x0000000074F10000-0x00000000756C0000-memory.dmp
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
| MD5 | 05bdaa83605e501096f9fd4ab49014b3 |
| SHA1 | 4bc076347b71b729d569abf1491bc7cb876755ab |
| SHA256 | c5443597b54aced5bf921bf404cca3a168b8e8b114d4e1ec83fa25c9fd88b022 |
| SHA512 | 3fa4da2f9ad1cad7542a1a1e68b4d7c3ef6005617efd5e4ec3b4f9ba1ade499e9f82bbee60c452bec8d5a2363a79b95dff4b367f984dfa7ba891ddac806a854f |
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0_32\UsageLogs\powershell.exe.log
| MD5 | 968cb9309758126772781b83adb8a28f |
| SHA1 | 8da30e71accf186b2ba11da1797cf67f8f78b47c |
| SHA256 | 92099c10776bb7e3f2a8d1b82d4d40d0c4627e4f1bf754a6e58dfd2c2e97042a |
| SHA512 | 4bd50732f8af4d688d95999bddfd296115d7033ddc38f86c9fb1f47fde202bffa27e9088bebcaa3064ca946af2f5c1ca6cbde49d0907f0005c7ab42874515dd3 |
memory/3208-100-0x0000000074F10000-0x00000000756C0000-memory.dmp