Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    103s
  • platform
    windows11-21h2_x64
  • resource
    win11-20250502-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11-20250502-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-21h2-x64system
  • submitted
    14/05/2025, 05:15

General

  • Target
    42f972925508a82236e8533567487761.exe
  • Size 3.7MB
  • Sample250514-fx2wpstry2
  • SHA256 8b5b38085f12d51393ed5a481a554074d3c482d53ecd917f2f5dffdf3d2ee138
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

Malware Config

Extracted

Family
  • darkcomet

Attributes
  • gencode

  • install

    false

  • offline_keylogger

    false

  • persistence

    false

rc4.plain

Extracted

Family
  • babylonrat

C2
  • sandyclark255.hopto.org

Extracted

Family
  • warzonerat

C2
  • sandyclark255.hopto.org:5200

Extracted

Family
  • darkcomet

Botnet
  • 2020NOV1

C2
  • sandyclark255.hopto.org:35887

Mutex
  • DC_MUTEX-6XT818D

Attributes
  • InstallPath

    excelsl.exe

  • gencode

    n7asq0Dbu7D2

  • install

    true

  • offline_keylogger

    true

  • password

    hhhhhh

  • persistence

    true

  • reg_key

    office

rc4.plain

Signatures

  • Babylon RAT

    Babylon RAT is remote access trojan written in C++.

  • Babylonrat family
  • Darkcomet

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

  • Darkcomet family
  • Modifies WinLogon for persistence 2 TTPs 3 IoCs
  • Njrat family
  • WarzoneRat, AveMaria

    WarzoneRat is a native RAT developed in C++ with multiple plugins sold as a MaaS.

  • Warzonerat family
  • njRAT/Bladabindi

    Widely used RAT written in .NET.

  • Warzone RAT payload 2 IoCs
  • Disables RegEdit via registry modification 2 IoCs
  • Disables Task Manager via registry modification
  • Drops file in Drivers directory 1 IoCs
  • Modifies Windows Firewall 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Drops startup file 2 IoCs
  • Executes dropped EXE 20 IoCs
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 4 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 7 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 1 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • Event Triggered Execution: Netsh Helper DLL 1 TTPs 3 IoCs

    Netsh.exe (also referred to as Netshell) is a command-line scripting utility used to interact with the network configuration of a system.

  • Program crash 5 IoCs
  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 17 IoCs

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

  • Modifies registry class 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 31 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 64 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\42f972925508a82236e8533567487761.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\42f972925508a82236e8533567487761.exe"
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:5056
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\0303HyVEpXqtM8ok.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\0303HyVEpXqtM8ok.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Drops file in Windows directory
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:948
      • C:\Windows\svehosts.exe
        "C:\Windows\svehosts.exe"
        3⤵
        • Drops startup file
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Adds Run key to start application
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:3136
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\netsh.exe
          netsh firewall add allowedprogram "C:\Windows\svehosts.exe" "svehosts.exe" ENABLE
          4⤵
          • Modifies Windows Firewall
          • Event Triggered Execution: Netsh Helper DLL
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          PID:5032
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\GiZ0vTLcmoFaEscs.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\GiZ0vTLcmoFaEscs.exe"
      2⤵
      • Modifies WinLogon for persistence
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3880
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\RJCisDErBR6WU7D5\svbhost.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\RJCisDErBR6WU7D5\svbhost.exe"
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        PID:1372
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\RJCisDErBR6WU7D5\svbhost.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\RJCisDErBR6WU7D5\svbhost.exe"
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:4804
        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\RJCisDErBR6WU7D5\svbhost.exe
          "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\RJCisDErBR6WU7D5\svbhost.exe" 4804
          4⤵
          • Modifies WinLogon for persistence
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          PID:1616
          • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\RJCisDErBR6WU7D5\svbhost.exe
            "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\RJCisDErBR6WU7D5\svbhost.exe"
            5⤵
            • Executes dropped EXE
            • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
            PID:4744
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\cPkQASVeki14EDos.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\cPkQASVeki14EDos.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:1780
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\heCYMLXIPI2fpGWa\svuhost.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\heCYMLXIPI2fpGWa\svuhost.exe"
        3⤵
        • Modifies WinLogon for persistence
        • Drops file in Drivers directory
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Adds Run key to start application
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Modifies registry class
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:1444
        • C:\Users\Admin\Documents\excelsl.exe
          "C:\Users\Admin\Documents\excelsl.exe"
          4⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          PID:3148
          • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\heCYMLXIPI2fpGWa\svuhost.exe
            "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\heCYMLXIPI2fpGWa\svuhost.exe"
            5⤵
            • Executes dropped EXE
            PID:2180
          • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\heCYMLXIPI2fpGWa\svuhost.exe
            "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\heCYMLXIPI2fpGWa\svuhost.exe"
            5⤵
            • Disables RegEdit via registry modification
            • Executes dropped EXE
            • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
            PID:5028
          • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
            C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 3148 -s 1116
            5⤵
            • Program crash
            PID:2072
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
        C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 1780 -s 1160
        3⤵
        • Program crash
        PID:820
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\WtmrbWjGYwRGXzuE.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\WtmrbWjGYwRGXzuE.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:2640
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MIH4NcSmPUVxqnPa.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MIH4NcSmPUVxqnPa.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3424
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\fI87ltOJhCNhEwlw\eridjeht.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\fI87ltOJhCNhEwlw\eridjeht.exe"
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:380
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
        C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 3424 -s 1176
        3⤵
        • Program crash
        PID:5044
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\6ax0Yc8236t6EQMa\svthost.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\6ax0Yc8236t6EQMa\svthost.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      PID:4780
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\6ax0Yc8236t6EQMa\svthost.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\6ax0Yc8236t6EQMa\svthost.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      PID:2512
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
      C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 5056 -s 1752
      2⤵
      • Program crash
      PID:1844
  • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
    C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 408 -p 5056 -ip 5056
    1⤵
      PID:2828
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
      C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 456 -p 3424 -ip 3424
      1⤵
        PID:1472
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
        C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 448 -p 1780 -ip 1780
        1⤵
          PID:1064
        • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
          C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c C:\Users\Admin\Documents\excelsl.exe
          1⤵
            PID:920
            • C:\Users\Admin\Documents\excelsl.exe
              C:\Users\Admin\Documents\excelsl.exe
              2⤵
              • Executes dropped EXE
              • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
              • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
              • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
              • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
              PID:1016
              • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\heCYMLXIPI2fpGWa\svuhost.exe
                "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\heCYMLXIPI2fpGWa\svuhost.exe"
                3⤵
                • Disables RegEdit via registry modification
                • Executes dropped EXE
                • Adds Run key to start application
                • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
                • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
                PID:1040
              • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
                C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 1016 -s 1140
                3⤵
                • Program crash
                PID:5052
          • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
            C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 192 -p 1016 -ip 1016
            1⤵
              PID:2204
            • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
              C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 504 -p 3148 -ip 3148
              1⤵
                PID:2100
              • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
                C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c "C:\Windows\svehosts.exe" ..
                1⤵
                  PID:4788
                  • C:\Windows\svehosts.exe
                    C:\Windows\svehosts.exe ..
                    2⤵
                    • Executes dropped EXE
                    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                    PID:2144

                Network

                      MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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                      Downloads

                      excelsl.exe.log

                      • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v2.0_32\UsageLogs\excelsl.exe.log
                      • Size 400B
                      • SHA256 c4c6e7ef90b460bf232e55933594a95ba4a2d156fa5accb06d1c7c2f817fcf35
                      • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                      0303HyVEpXqtM8ok.exe

                      • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\0303HyVEpXqtM8ok.exe
                      • Size 472KB
                      • SHA256 b82b23059e398b39f183ec833d498200029033b0fd3a138b6c2064a6fa3c4b93
                      • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

                      svthost.exe

                      • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\6ax0Yc8236t6EQMa\svthost.exe
                      • Size 3.7MB
                      • SHA256 8b5b38085f12d51393ed5a481a554074d3c482d53ecd917f2f5dffdf3d2ee138
                      • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

                      GiZ0vTLcmoFaEscs.exe

                      • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\GiZ0vTLcmoFaEscs.exe
                      • Size 801KB
                      • SHA256 7c3615c405f7a11f1c217b9ecd1000cf60a37bca7da1f2d12da21cc110b16b4d
                      • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

                      MIH4NcSmPUVxqnPa.exe

                      • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MIH4NcSmPUVxqnPa.exe
                      • Size 366KB
                      • SHA256 309385e6cd68c0dd148905c3147f77383edaf35da9609c0717da7df1a894e3ca
                      • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

                      WtmrbWjGYwRGXzuE.exe

                      • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\WtmrbWjGYwRGXzuE.exe
                      • Size 376KB
                      • SHA256 7bf9b7b25cf1671e5640f8eeac149f9a4e8c9f6c63415f4bd61bccb10ddf8509
                      • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

                      cPkQASVeki14EDos.exe

                      • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\cPkQASVeki14EDos.exe
                      • Size 742KB
                      • SHA256 f9f7b6f7b8c5068f9e29a5b50afca609018c50ffd61929e1b78124f5381868f1
                      • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

                      memory/380-102-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000554000-memory.dmp

                      memory/380-99-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000554000-memory.dmp

                      memory/948-149-0x00000000746E0000-0x0000000074C91000-memory.dmp

                      memory/948-34-0x00000000746E0000-0x0000000074C91000-memory.dmp

                      memory/948-120-0x00000000746E0000-0x0000000074C91000-memory.dmp

                      memory/1040-127-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004BA000-memory.dmp

                      memory/1040-128-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004BA000-memory.dmp

                      memory/1040-129-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004BA000-memory.dmp

                      memory/1040-126-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004BA000-memory.dmp

                      memory/1444-109-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004BA000-memory.dmp

                      memory/1444-106-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004BA000-memory.dmp

                      memory/1444-111-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004BA000-memory.dmp

                      memory/2512-65-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004BA000-memory.dmp

                      memory/2640-70-0x0000000005D30000-0x00000000062D6000-memory.dmp

                      memory/2640-76-0x00000000059D0000-0x00000000059F4000-memory.dmp

                      memory/2640-73-0x0000000005700000-0x000000000570A000-memory.dmp

                      memory/2640-68-0x0000000000D30000-0x0000000000D94000-memory.dmp

                      memory/2640-72-0x0000000005780000-0x0000000005812000-memory.dmp

                      memory/3880-58-0x00000000746E0000-0x0000000074C91000-memory.dmp

                      memory/3880-71-0x00000000746E0000-0x0000000074C91000-memory.dmp

                      memory/3880-67-0x00000000746E0000-0x0000000074C91000-memory.dmp

                      memory/3880-121-0x00000000746E0000-0x0000000074C91000-memory.dmp

                      memory/4744-134-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004C2000-memory.dmp

                      memory/4804-93-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004C2000-memory.dmp

                      memory/4804-150-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004C2000-memory.dmp

                      memory/4804-84-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004C2000-memory.dmp

                      memory/4804-86-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004C2000-memory.dmp

                      memory/4804-89-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004C2000-memory.dmp

                      memory/4804-91-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004C2000-memory.dmp

                      memory/4804-122-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004C2000-memory.dmp

                      memory/4804-94-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004C2000-memory.dmp

                      memory/4804-88-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004C2000-memory.dmp

                      memory/5028-157-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004BA000-memory.dmp

                      memory/5028-156-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004BA000-memory.dmp

                      memory/5056-0-0x00000000746E1000-0x00000000746E2000-memory.dmp

                      memory/5056-3-0x00000000746E0000-0x0000000074C91000-memory.dmp

                      memory/5056-2-0x00000000746E0000-0x0000000074C91000-memory.dmp

                      memory/5056-69-0x00000000746E0000-0x0000000074C91000-memory.dmp

                      memory/5056-75-0x00000000746E0000-0x0000000074C91000-memory.dmp

                      memory/5056-1-0x00000000746E0000-0x0000000074C91000-memory.dmp