Analysis

  • max time kernel
    33s
  • max time network
    129s
  • platform
    windows11-21h2_x64
  • resource
    win11-20260130-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11-20260130-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-21h2-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    22/04/2026, 17:44

General

  • Target
    x7f08eaef4f99c76f0968d9f93cb3353edf9c6f630975215ec1957f5fe7c755fe.exe
  • Size 1.7MB
  • Sample260422-wbbemac16n
  • SHA256 7f08eaef4f99c76f0968d9f93cb3353edf9c6f630975215ec1957f5fe7c755fe
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Family: DcRat

    DarkCrystal(DC) is a new .NET RAT active since June 2019 capable of loading additional plugins.

  • Modifies WinLogon for persistence 2 TTPs 4 IoCs
  • Process spawned unexpected child process 12 IoCs

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

  • UAC bypass 3 TTPs 3 IoCs
  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 11 IoCs

    Run Powershell to modify Windows Defender settings to add exclusions for file extensions, paths, and processes.

  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 8 IoCs
  • Checks whether UAC is enabled 1 TTPs 2 IoCs
  • SmartAssembly .NET packer 6 IoCs

    Detects SmartAssembly .NET packer.

  • Drops file in Windows directory 10 IoCs
  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

  • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 12 IoCs

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

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 15 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs
  • System policy modification 1 TTPs 3 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\x7f08eaef4f99c76f0968d9f93cb3353edf9c6f630975215ec1957f5fe7c755fe.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\x7f08eaef4f99c76f0968d9f93cb3353edf9c6f630975215ec1957f5fe7c755fe.exe"
    1⤵
    • Modifies WinLogon for persistence
    • UAC bypass
    • Adds Run key to start application
    • Checks whether UAC is enabled
    • Drops file in Windows directory
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • System policy modification
    PID:1044
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "powershell" -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:/'
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      PID:4232
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "powershell" -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:/$Recycle.Bin/'
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      PID:5740
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "powershell" -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:/Documents and Settings/'
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      PID:2936
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "powershell" -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:/PerfLogs/'
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      PID:4904
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "powershell" -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:/Program Files/'
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      PID:1200
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "powershell" -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:/Program Files (x86)/'
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      PID:5616
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "powershell" -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:/ProgramData/'
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      PID:2568
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "powershell" -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:/Recovery/'
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      PID:4992
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "powershell" -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:/System Volume Information/'
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      PID:3392
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "powershell" -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:/Users/'
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      PID:3260
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "powershell" -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:/Windows/'
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      PID:5144
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\vfELjyVScz.bat"
      2⤵
        PID:1860
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\w32tm.exe
          w32tm /stripchart /computer:localhost /period:5 /dataonly /samples:2
          3⤵
            PID:6116
            • C:\Windows\system32\w32tm.exe
              w32tm /stripchart /computer:localhost /period:5 /dataonly /samples:2
              4⤵
                PID:6400
            • C:\Windows\ModemLogs\smss.exe
              "C:\Windows\ModemLogs\smss.exe"
              3⤵
                PID:6908
          • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
            schtasks.exe /create /tn "smsss" /sc MINUTE /mo 14 /tr "'C:\Windows\ModemLogs\smss.exe'" /f
            1⤵
            • Process spawned unexpected child process
            • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
            PID:2528
          • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
            schtasks.exe /create /tn "smss" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Windows\ModemLogs\smss.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
            1⤵
            • Process spawned unexpected child process
            • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
            PID:5352
          • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
            schtasks.exe /create /tn "smsss" /sc MINUTE /mo 10 /tr "'C:\Windows\ModemLogs\smss.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
            1⤵
            • Process spawned unexpected child process
            • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
            PID:2252
          • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
            schtasks.exe /create /tn "smsss" /sc MINUTE /mo 7 /tr "'C:\Windows\LiveKernelReports\smss.exe'" /f
            1⤵
            • Process spawned unexpected child process
            • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
            PID:4932
          • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
            schtasks.exe /create /tn "smss" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Windows\LiveKernelReports\smss.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
            1⤵
            • Process spawned unexpected child process
            • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
            PID:772
          • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
            schtasks.exe /create /tn "smsss" /sc MINUTE /mo 9 /tr "'C:\Windows\LiveKernelReports\smss.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
            1⤵
            • Process spawned unexpected child process
            • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
            PID:2236
          • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
            schtasks.exe /create /tn "fontdrvhostf" /sc MINUTE /mo 9 /tr "'C:\Users\All Users\Packages\fontdrvhost.exe'" /f
            1⤵
            • Process spawned unexpected child process
            • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
            PID:5604
          • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
            schtasks.exe /create /tn "fontdrvhost" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Users\All Users\Packages\fontdrvhost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
            1⤵
            • Process spawned unexpected child process
            • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
            PID:2344
          • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
            schtasks.exe /create /tn "fontdrvhostf" /sc MINUTE /mo 9 /tr "'C:\Users\All Users\Packages\fontdrvhost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
            1⤵
            • Process spawned unexpected child process
            • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
            PID:1196
          • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
            schtasks.exe /create /tn "dllhostd" /sc MINUTE /mo 9 /tr "'C:\Windows\Speech_OneCore\Engines\dllhost.exe'" /f
            1⤵
            • Process spawned unexpected child process
            • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
            PID:5588
          • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
            schtasks.exe /create /tn "dllhost" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Windows\Speech_OneCore\Engines\dllhost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
            1⤵
            • Process spawned unexpected child process
            • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
            PID:5896
          • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
            schtasks.exe /create /tn "dllhostd" /sc MINUTE /mo 5 /tr "'C:\Windows\Speech_OneCore\Engines\dllhost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
            1⤵
            • Process spawned unexpected child process
            • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
            PID:5616
          • C:\Windows\ModemLogs\smss.exe
            "C:\Windows\ModemLogs\smss.exe"
            1⤵
            • Executes dropped EXE
            • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
            PID:3300
          • C:\Windows\LiveKernelReports\smss.exe
            "C:\Windows\LiveKernelReports\smss.exe"
            1⤵
              PID:2864
            • C:\Users\All Users\Packages\fontdrvhost.exe
              "C:\Users\All Users\Packages\fontdrvhost.exe"
              1⤵
                PID:5792
              • C:\Windows\Speech_OneCore\Engines\dllhost.exe
                "C:\Windows\Speech_OneCore\Engines\dllhost.exe"
                1⤵
                  PID:2004

                Network

                      MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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                      Downloads

                      ModuleAnalysisCache

                      • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\ModuleAnalysisCache
                      • Size 59KB
                      • SHA256 d58eddb7a6a908c083ffb6e7b7b9f06ab9c66410ad17b410de3a10da825fe01b
                      • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                      ModuleAnalysisCache

                      • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\ModuleAnalysisCache
                      • Size 60KB
                      • SHA256 54c5246fed45f70ace36f0cf8688dcdc60ca052107a91538ed19f34a3da40d6b
                      • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                      RCXB283.tmp

                      • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\RCXB283.tmp
                      • Size 1.7MB
                      • SHA256 8ba9db39ef3a5d3a5dd743ab18dcefbd3952a903e5f9db9417ff1a98430ffa73
                      • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                      __PSScriptPolicyTest_hn4lf5sj.bch.ps1

                      • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_hn4lf5sj.bch.ps1
                      • Size 60B
                      • SHA256 96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7
                      • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                      vfELjyVScz.bat

                      • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\vfELjyVScz.bat
                      • Size 194B
                      • SHA256 8f9fb7085ad24af51f9622db60d6c98363b19b95efa3f93ad952aba9a7772523
                      • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                      smss.exe

                      • Path C:\Windows\ModemLogs\smss.exe
                      • Size 1.7MB
                      • SHA256 7f08eaef4f99c76f0968d9f93cb3353edf9c6f630975215ec1957f5fe7c755fe
                      • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                      memory/1044-44-0x0000000005200000-0x0000000005474000-memory.dmp

                      memory/1044-5238-0x0000000006840000-0x0000000006852000-memory.dmp

                      memory/1044-5-0x0000000005200000-0x0000000005474000-memory.dmp

                      memory/1044-12-0x0000000005200000-0x0000000005474000-memory.dmp

                      memory/1044-16-0x0000000005200000-0x0000000005474000-memory.dmp

                      memory/1044-22-0x0000000005200000-0x0000000005474000-memory.dmp

                      memory/1044-34-0x0000000005200000-0x0000000005474000-memory.dmp

                      memory/1044-38-0x0000000005200000-0x0000000005474000-memory.dmp

                      memory/1044-56-0x0000000005200000-0x0000000005474000-memory.dmp

                      memory/1044-72-0x0000000005200000-0x0000000005474000-memory.dmp

                      memory/1044-82-0x0000000005200000-0x0000000005474000-memory.dmp

                      memory/1044-103-0x0000000005200000-0x0000000005474000-memory.dmp

                      memory/1044-104-0x0000000005200000-0x0000000005474000-memory.dmp

                      memory/1044-122-0x0000000005200000-0x0000000005474000-memory.dmp

                      memory/1044-130-0x0000000005200000-0x0000000005474000-memory.dmp

                      memory/1044-128-0x0000000005200000-0x0000000005474000-memory.dmp

                      memory/1044-126-0x0000000005200000-0x0000000005474000-memory.dmp

                      memory/1044-124-0x0000000005200000-0x0000000005474000-memory.dmp

                      memory/1044-120-0x0000000005200000-0x0000000005474000-memory.dmp

                      memory/1044-118-0x0000000005200000-0x0000000005474000-memory.dmp

                      memory/1044-116-0x0000000005200000-0x0000000005474000-memory.dmp

                      memory/1044-114-0x0000000005200000-0x0000000005474000-memory.dmp

                      memory/1044-112-0x0000000005200000-0x0000000005474000-memory.dmp

                      memory/1044-110-0x0000000005200000-0x0000000005474000-memory.dmp

                      memory/1044-108-0x0000000005200000-0x0000000005474000-memory.dmp

                      memory/1044-106-0x0000000005200000-0x0000000005474000-memory.dmp

                      memory/1044-100-0x0000000005200000-0x0000000005474000-memory.dmp

                      memory/1044-98-0x0000000005200000-0x0000000005474000-memory.dmp

                      memory/1044-96-0x0000000005200000-0x0000000005474000-memory.dmp

                      memory/1044-94-0x0000000005200000-0x0000000005474000-memory.dmp

                      memory/1044-92-0x0000000005200000-0x0000000005474000-memory.dmp

                      memory/1044-90-0x0000000005200000-0x0000000005474000-memory.dmp

                      memory/1044-88-0x0000000005200000-0x0000000005474000-memory.dmp

                      memory/1044-86-0x0000000005200000-0x0000000005474000-memory.dmp

                      memory/1044-84-0x0000000005200000-0x0000000005474000-memory.dmp

                      memory/1044-80-0x0000000005200000-0x0000000005474000-memory.dmp

                      memory/1044-78-0x0000000005200000-0x0000000005474000-memory.dmp

                      memory/1044-76-0x0000000005200000-0x0000000005474000-memory.dmp

                      memory/1044-74-0x0000000005200000-0x0000000005474000-memory.dmp

                      memory/1044-70-0x0000000005200000-0x0000000005474000-memory.dmp

                      memory/1044-68-0x0000000005200000-0x0000000005474000-memory.dmp

                      memory/1044-66-0x0000000005200000-0x0000000005474000-memory.dmp

                      memory/1044-64-0x0000000005200000-0x0000000005474000-memory.dmp

                      memory/1044-62-0x0000000005200000-0x0000000005474000-memory.dmp

                      memory/1044-60-0x0000000005200000-0x0000000005474000-memory.dmp

                      memory/1044-58-0x0000000005200000-0x0000000005474000-memory.dmp

                      memory/1044-54-0x0000000005200000-0x0000000005474000-memory.dmp

                      memory/1044-52-0x0000000005200000-0x0000000005474000-memory.dmp

                      memory/1044-48-0x0000000005200000-0x0000000005474000-memory.dmp

                      memory/1044-50-0x0000000005200000-0x0000000005474000-memory.dmp

                      memory/1044-46-0x0000000005200000-0x0000000005474000-memory.dmp

                      memory/1044-42-0x0000000005200000-0x0000000005474000-memory.dmp

                      memory/1044-40-0x0000000005200000-0x0000000005474000-memory.dmp

                      memory/1044-36-0x0000000005200000-0x0000000005474000-memory.dmp

                      memory/1044-3-0x0000000005710000-0x0000000005CB6000-memory.dmp

                      memory/1044-32-0x0000000005200000-0x0000000005474000-memory.dmp

                      memory/1044-30-0x0000000005200000-0x0000000005474000-memory.dmp

                      memory/1044-26-0x0000000005200000-0x0000000005474000-memory.dmp

                      memory/1044-4-0x0000000005200000-0x000000000547A000-memory.dmp

                      memory/1044-24-0x0000000005200000-0x0000000005474000-memory.dmp

                      memory/1044-5243-0x0000000006E40000-0x0000000006E48000-memory.dmp

                      memory/1044-18-0x0000000005200000-0x0000000005474000-memory.dmp

                      memory/1044-10-0x0000000005200000-0x0000000005474000-memory.dmp

                      memory/1044-8-0x0000000005200000-0x0000000005474000-memory.dmp

                      memory/1044-6-0x0000000005200000-0x0000000005474000-memory.dmp

                      memory/1044-14-0x0000000005200000-0x0000000005474000-memory.dmp

                      memory/1044-1221-0x00000000051F0000-0x0000000005200000-memory.dmp

                      memory/1044-1473-0x00000000051F0000-0x0000000005200000-memory.dmp

                      memory/1044-1758-0x00000000051F0000-0x0000000005200000-memory.dmp

                      memory/1044-5228-0x00000000051F0000-0x0000000005200000-memory.dmp

                      memory/1044-5229-0x0000000002A60000-0x0000000002A7C000-memory.dmp

                      memory/1044-5230-0x0000000002A90000-0x0000000002AE0000-memory.dmp

                      memory/1044-5231-0x0000000002AF0000-0x0000000002AF8000-memory.dmp

                      memory/1044-5232-0x0000000006430000-0x0000000006440000-memory.dmp

                      memory/1044-5234-0x0000000006470000-0x0000000006478000-memory.dmp

                      memory/1044-5235-0x00000000064B0000-0x00000000064C0000-memory.dmp

                      memory/1044-5233-0x0000000006490000-0x00000000064A6000-memory.dmp

                      memory/1044-5236-0x00000000064F0000-0x00000000064FA000-memory.dmp

                      memory/1044-5237-0x0000000006830000-0x000000000683C000-memory.dmp

                      memory/1044-21-0x0000000005200000-0x0000000005474000-memory.dmp

                      memory/1044-5239-0x0000000006870000-0x0000000006D9C000-memory.dmp

                      memory/1044-5240-0x0000000006E00000-0x0000000006E0C000-memory.dmp

                      memory/1044-5241-0x0000000006E10000-0x0000000006E1C000-memory.dmp

                      memory/1044-5242-0x00000000070E0000-0x00000000070EA000-memory.dmp

                      memory/1044-5244-0x00000000071F0000-0x00000000071FC000-memory.dmp

                      memory/1044-28-0x0000000005200000-0x0000000005474000-memory.dmp

                      memory/1044-5245-0x00000000051F0000-0x0000000005200000-memory.dmp

                      memory/1044-5246-0x0000000007220000-0x00000000072B2000-memory.dmp

                      memory/1044-5247-0x00000000072E0000-0x00000000072EC000-memory.dmp

                      memory/1044-5250-0x0000000007300000-0x0000000007366000-memory.dmp

                      memory/1044-7091-0x00000000051F0000-0x0000000005200000-memory.dmp

                      memory/1044-8026-0x00000000051F0000-0x0000000005200000-memory.dmp

                      memory/1044-0-0x00000000051F0000-0x0000000005200000-memory.dmp

                      memory/1044-1-0x0000000005490000-0x000000000570C000-memory.dmp

                      memory/1044-2-0x00000000051F0000-0x0000000005200000-memory.dmp

                      memory/1200-9686-0x0000000005810000-0x0000000005B67000-memory.dmp

                      memory/1200-9462-0x0000000005730000-0x0000000005796000-memory.dmp

                      memory/1200-25092-0x0000000071FB0000-0x0000000071FFC000-memory.dmp

                      memory/1200-9457-0x0000000005690000-0x00000000056B2000-memory.dmp

                      memory/2568-6782-0x0000000002340000-0x0000000002376000-memory.dmp

                      memory/2936-26042-0x0000000071FB0000-0x0000000071FFC000-memory.dmp

                      memory/3392-13040-0x0000000005AE0000-0x0000000005AFE000-memory.dmp

                      memory/3392-13169-0x0000000005B10000-0x0000000005B5C000-memory.dmp

                      memory/3392-23688-0x0000000071FB0000-0x0000000071FFC000-memory.dmp

                      memory/4904-22937-0x00000000074C0000-0x00000000074DE000-memory.dmp

                      memory/4904-23181-0x00000000074F0000-0x0000000007594000-memory.dmp

                      memory/4904-22892-0x0000000071FB0000-0x0000000071FFC000-memory.dmp

                      memory/4904-24025-0x00000000076A0000-0x00000000076BA000-memory.dmp

                      memory/4904-24996-0x0000000000D70000-0x0000000000D7A000-memory.dmp

                      memory/4904-23695-0x0000000007CF0000-0x000000000836A000-memory.dmp

                      memory/4904-25549-0x0000000007950000-0x00000000079E6000-memory.dmp

                      memory/4904-22615-0x0000000007480000-0x00000000074B4000-memory.dmp

                      memory/4904-25909-0x00000000078B0000-0x00000000078C1000-memory.dmp

                      memory/4904-6915-0x00000000056A0000-0x0000000005CCA000-memory.dmp

                      memory/4992-27092-0x0000000071FB0000-0x0000000071FFC000-memory.dmp

                      memory/5144-26249-0x0000000071FB0000-0x0000000071FFC000-memory.dmp

                      memory/5740-26435-0x0000000071FB0000-0x0000000071FFC000-memory.dmp