Analysis

  • max time kernel
    128s
  • max time network
    150s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20250314-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20250314-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
  • submitted
    27/03/2025, 13:48

General

  • Target

    WinAuthx32.exe

  • Size

    1.1MB

  • MD5

    d2f9a2c6cecae6184fd12f0fca835433

  • SHA1

    81030ac06f16d76cb4204963923cdf2f27913714

  • SHA256

    291d5441b266bfbd219043a3b9ac484525e79911792fba2d8401cba0207d9d0e

  • SHA512

    93392e8c1f7fb5b1e3cfab92ec1eceee3eabc3db73eadcbfb9c0cc2bef87ea5fb0f035c389b7af243df9020673156b0473cb6edc8d5c71ce3e9c4e2110e08150

  • SSDEEP

    24576:u2G/nvxW3WieCqgt5UOOs7sxXfmRm+vBhx5dv:ubA3j75JsK3x3

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 39 IoCs

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

  • DCRat payload 2 IoCs

    Detects payload of DCRat, commonly dropped by NSIS installers.

  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 3 IoCs

    Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.

  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • Looks up external IP address via web service 2 IoCs

    Uses a legitimate IP lookup service to find the infected system's external IP.

  • Drops file in Program Files directory 8 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 3 IoCs

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

  • Modifies registry class 2 IoCs
  • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 39 IoCs

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

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 20 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 14 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\WinAuthx32.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\WinAuthx32.exe"
    1⤵
    • Checks computer location settings
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Modifies registry class
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4676
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WScript.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\WScript.exe" "C:\Surrogatewinhostmonitordhcp\wxRxOc10fSIm2kfzTZ.vbe"
      2⤵
      • Checks computer location settings
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4900
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c ""C:\Surrogatewinhostmonitordhcp\e606pqNPmR9Hil934yuQs.bat" "
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:2224
        • C:\Surrogatewinhostmonitordhcp\Bridgereviewruntime.exe
          "C:\Surrogatewinhostmonitordhcp\Bridgereviewruntime.exe"
          4⤵
          • Checks computer location settings
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • Drops file in Program Files directory
          • Modifies registry class
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:1556
          • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
            "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2rvDrhowJ1.bat"
            5⤵
            • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
            PID:5000
            • C:\Windows\system32\w32tm.exe
              w32tm /stripchart /computer:localhost /period:5 /dataonly /samples:2
              6⤵
                PID:4676
              • C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\TrustedInstaller.exe
                "C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\TrustedInstaller.exe"
                6⤵
                • Executes dropped EXE
                • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
                • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
                PID:4356
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "spoolsvs" /sc MINUTE /mo 9 /tr "'C:\Surrogatewinhostmonitordhcp\spoolsv.exe'" /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:3084
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "spoolsv" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Surrogatewinhostmonitordhcp\spoolsv.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:4540
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "spoolsvs" /sc MINUTE /mo 9 /tr "'C:\Surrogatewinhostmonitordhcp\spoolsv.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:4508
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "conhostc" /sc MINUTE /mo 11 /tr "'C:\Surrogatewinhostmonitordhcp\conhost.exe'" /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2880
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "conhost" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Surrogatewinhostmonitordhcp\conhost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2368
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "conhostc" /sc MINUTE /mo 14 /tr "'C:\Surrogatewinhostmonitordhcp\conhost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2160
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "TiWorkerT" /sc MINUTE /mo 7 /tr "'C:\Surrogatewinhostmonitordhcp\TiWorker.exe'" /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:4632
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "TiWorker" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Surrogatewinhostmonitordhcp\TiWorker.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:628
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "TiWorkerT" /sc MINUTE /mo 14 /tr "'C:\Surrogatewinhostmonitordhcp\TiWorker.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:3044
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "TextInputHostT" /sc MINUTE /mo 11 /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Multimedia Platform\TextInputHost.exe'" /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:3280
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "TextInputHost" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Multimedia Platform\TextInputHost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:4368
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "TextInputHostT" /sc MINUTE /mo 13 /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Multimedia Platform\TextInputHost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2320
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "smsss" /sc MINUTE /mo 14 /tr "'C:\Program Files\Windows Sidebar\smss.exe'" /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2112
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "smss" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Program Files\Windows Sidebar\smss.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:4200
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "smsss" /sc MINUTE /mo 13 /tr "'C:\Program Files\Windows Sidebar\smss.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:4168
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "csrssc" /sc MINUTE /mo 8 /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Mail\csrss.exe'" /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:1352
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "csrss" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Mail\csrss.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:3868
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "csrssc" /sc MINUTE /mo 12 /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Mail\csrss.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:3104
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "TrustedInstallerT" /sc MINUTE /mo 7 /tr "'C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\TrustedInstaller.exe'" /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:3400
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "TrustedInstaller" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\TrustedInstaller.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:1700
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "TrustedInstallerT" /sc MINUTE /mo 14 /tr "'C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\TrustedInstaller.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2952
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "fontdrvhostf" /sc MINUTE /mo 5 /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft\Windows Workflow Foundation\v3.5\fontdrvhost.exe'" /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:464
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "fontdrvhost" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft\Windows Workflow Foundation\v3.5\fontdrvhost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:3656
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "fontdrvhostf" /sc MINUTE /mo 6 /tr "'C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft\Windows Workflow Foundation\v3.5\fontdrvhost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2000
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "winlogonw" /sc MINUTE /mo 9 /tr "'C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\winlogon.exe'" /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2468
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "winlogon" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\winlogon.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2884
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "winlogonw" /sc MINUTE /mo 6 /tr "'C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\winlogon.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:3532
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "IdleI" /sc MINUTE /mo 10 /tr "'C:\95a9da8d6083c53f11d88fcfaf8c\Idle.exe'" /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:4536
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "Idle" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\95a9da8d6083c53f11d88fcfaf8c\Idle.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:4080
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "IdleI" /sc MINUTE /mo 12 /tr "'C:\95a9da8d6083c53f11d88fcfaf8c\Idle.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:5040
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "SystemS" /sc MINUTE /mo 12 /tr "'C:\9067c5701a2f6bcc5b\System.exe'" /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:4184
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "System" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\9067c5701a2f6bcc5b\System.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:4700
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "SystemS" /sc MINUTE /mo 7 /tr "'C:\9067c5701a2f6bcc5b\System.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:4852
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "OfficeClickToRunO" /sc MINUTE /mo 12 /tr "'C:\95a9da8d6083c53f11d88fcfaf8c\OfficeClickToRun.exe'" /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:4556
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "OfficeClickToRun" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\95a9da8d6083c53f11d88fcfaf8c\OfficeClickToRun.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:1956
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "OfficeClickToRunO" /sc MINUTE /mo 10 /tr "'C:\95a9da8d6083c53f11d88fcfaf8c\OfficeClickToRun.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:1392
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "TextInputHostT" /sc MINUTE /mo 9 /tr "'C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\TextInputHost.exe'" /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2020
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "TextInputHost" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\TextInputHost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:864
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "TextInputHostT" /sc MINUTE /mo 11 /tr "'C:\Recovery\WindowsRE\TextInputHost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:3440

    Network

    MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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    Downloads

    • C:\Surrogatewinhostmonitordhcp\Bridgereviewruntime.exe

      Filesize

      827KB

      MD5

      1c6f2d9bda0ad01bf683a195a72bf9d6

      SHA1

      16e05e73f2fddba756060dc70287a5985d9bb527

      SHA256

      bdfc59627f62057850059472392da389bc123cc4512b7044eddc353651e4d091

      SHA512

      c5a6e4140e549be700ddc49ea64ea70032f0db57ee0375531ceca6e4221e3b42ff590204121157798ec0999ba5ff818cca95986753035e1a06d7040960dea6ab

    • C:\Surrogatewinhostmonitordhcp\e606pqNPmR9Hil934yuQs.bat

      Filesize

      56B

      MD5

      ae6f7c1068acd39d235ad73709dda7c1

      SHA1

      423bb815f0515f8cb478bb557f9b093e9ec02b1c

      SHA256

      cfe295235fdb23a9af5a535a7d4cc2bde785caf9c73ba8ae1e7bf1ff45a460fa

      SHA512

      6a4829d4acd28faf755f2e1ff0bf6423aeae0b0b506812a694f19cba2449c49509ae4280bbcd1b0b31fa9bc48301ea42b42af2e3ccf3dd0433cb46ce97e32b76

    • C:\Surrogatewinhostmonitordhcp\wxRxOc10fSIm2kfzTZ.vbe

      Filesize

      226B

      MD5

      5ffd41cbec6a6d6a0ff79804df9e1e57

      SHA1

      b62f9545777a908b0b2134ebccae0ee788eb52d3

      SHA256

      c597e507bc0d72d57996850f3a8cd97b986fe032e1e1affb7789a4c00dd52e6d

      SHA512

      027da94ebd9b00790caa297bee9d2a5fc7156a9f2cae9866a5ddd3178eb344b20b3922ac78b693901e75ae4be9033459deba0f9a60154d826e13d1cb056f26fa

    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2rvDrhowJ1.bat

      Filesize

      207B

      MD5

      bbf3266ae6465a878e2a75b9eb4c28b5

      SHA1

      e8eb1318f3068f12bead941f83f74c862dd652ce

      SHA256

      731ea2af71e67e0b38ad54051ff34391c9ce5be71064c83d67df312e0d40b752

      SHA512

      657e64af6b363df5fd7b8c7eb3046682f3ef500d13b11474b5539b842d6f1361294ad622fce4db89dcf2d0f503eb4271c49c8838c04ee3f41a75c5192fbc46c1

    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp9385A.tmp

      Filesize

      1KB

      MD5

      9374c9ef3251d0d0395906ef6b4b85ab

      SHA1

      b522676dc48a449a21f87734847a3a4e05696b0a

      SHA256

      fb9de1233914083a1bf2afd40933131009a95da37abc9cd5828999de80631e8b

      SHA512

      260f5345bf419a4a7f9df7a6c7016c3ed4a634b7a11b70caf325921390606574f29fa3e5bb4564e84c770639fce244947c6473aae3d60f7c4f59e7f83eddab5b

    • memory/1556-12-0x00007FF86E893000-0x00007FF86E895000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      8KB

    • memory/1556-13-0x0000000000AB0000-0x0000000000B86000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      856KB