Analysis

  • max time kernel
    38s
  • max time network
    157s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20260513-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    01/06/2026, 01:58

General

  • Target
    x300e46301ded4dd717446a4cbac3fd4d46aa135472213049f8748f52f66de8e5.exe
  • Size 2.0MB
  • Sample260601-cecbjsbv2s
  • SHA256 300e46301ded4dd717446a4cbac3fd4d46aa135472213049f8748f52f66de8e5
  • 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 5 IoCs

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

  • Drops file in Drivers directory 1 IoCs
  • Executes dropped EXE 3 IoCs
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 8 IoCs
  • Checks whether UAC is enabled 1 TTPs 2 IoCs
  • SmartAssembly .NET packer 8 IoCs

    Detects SmartAssembly .NET packer.

  • Drops file in Program Files directory 10 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 5 IoCs
  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 4 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 14 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 4 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 5 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\x300e46301ded4dd717446a4cbac3fd4d46aa135472213049f8748f52f66de8e5.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\x300e46301ded4dd717446a4cbac3fd4d46aa135472213049f8748f52f66de8e5.exe"
    1⤵
    • Modifies WinLogon for persistence
    • UAC bypass
    • Drops file in Drivers directory
    • Adds Run key to start application
    • Checks whether UAC is enabled
    • Drops file in Program Files directory
    • Drops file in Windows directory
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    • System policy modification
    PID:1576
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "powershell" -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\x300e46301ded4dd717446a4cbac3fd4d46aa135472213049f8748f52f66de8e5.exe'
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      PID:864
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "powershell" -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\Program Files\Windows Photo Viewer\uk-UA\RuntimeBroker.exe'
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      PID:4132
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "powershell" -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App\8.0.15\WUDFHost.exe'
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      PID:4716
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "powershell" -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\Users\Default User\Registry.exe'
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      PID:2152
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "powershell" -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\Windows\PrintDialog\microsoft.system.package.metadata\Autogen\sihost.exe'
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      PID:2592
    • C:\Users\Default User\Registry.exe
      "C:\Users\Default User\Registry.exe"
      2⤵
        PID:6264
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "RuntimeBrokerR" /sc MINUTE /mo 5 /tr "'C:\Program Files\Windows Photo Viewer\uk-UA\RuntimeBroker.exe'" /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:3508
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "RuntimeBroker" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Program Files\Windows Photo Viewer\uk-UA\RuntimeBroker.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:3268
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "RuntimeBrokerR" /sc MINUTE /mo 8 /tr "'C:\Program Files\Windows Photo Viewer\uk-UA\RuntimeBroker.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:3864
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "WUDFHostW" /sc MINUTE /mo 9 /tr "'C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App\8.0.15\WUDFHost.exe'" /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:1128
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "WUDFHost" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App\8.0.15\WUDFHost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:3184
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "WUDFHostW" /sc MINUTE /mo 9 /tr "'C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App\8.0.15\WUDFHost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:4160
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "RegistryR" /sc MINUTE /mo 5 /tr "'C:\Users\Default User\Registry.exe'" /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:4748
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "Registry" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Users\Default User\Registry.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2960
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "RegistryR" /sc MINUTE /mo 6 /tr "'C:\Users\Default User\Registry.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:3260
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "sihosts" /sc MINUTE /mo 11 /tr "'C:\Windows\PrintDialog\microsoft.system.package.metadata\Autogen\sihost.exe'" /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:4500
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "sihost" /sc ONLOGON /tr "'C:\Windows\PrintDialog\microsoft.system.package.metadata\Autogen\sihost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2924
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks.exe /create /tn "sihosts" /sc MINUTE /mo 5 /tr "'C:\Windows\PrintDialog\microsoft.system.package.metadata\Autogen\sihost.exe'" /rl HIGHEST /f
      1⤵
      • Process spawned unexpected child process
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2344
    • C:\Users\Default User\Registry.exe
      "C:\Users\Default User\Registry.exe"
      1⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:4364
    • C:\Windows\PrintDialog\microsoft.system.package.metadata\Autogen\sihost.exe
      "C:\Windows\PrintDialog\microsoft.system.package.metadata\Autogen\sihost.exe"
      1⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:1712
    • C:\Program Files\Windows Photo Viewer\uk-UA\RuntimeBroker.exe
      "C:\Program Files\Windows Photo Viewer\uk-UA\RuntimeBroker.exe"
      1⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:3356
    • C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App\8.0.15\WUDFHost.exe
      "C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App\8.0.15\WUDFHost.exe"
      1⤵
        PID:3400

      Network

            MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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            Downloads

            RCXBE5A.tmp

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\RCXBE5A.tmp
            • Size 2.0MB
            • SHA256 52abcf5988c9c6f782dc554ba9d5b798a3da5a0c79aaf9ac1667e1fc5516133a
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            __PSScriptPolicyTest_s23au5c2.fyb.ps1

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_s23au5c2.fyb.ps1
            • Size 60B
            • SHA256 96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

            Registry.exe

            • Path C:\Users\Default User\Registry.exe
            • Size 2.0MB
            • SHA256 300e46301ded4dd717446a4cbac3fd4d46aa135472213049f8748f52f66de8e5
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            memory/864-7053-0x0000000005850000-0x0000000005E78000-memory.dmp

            memory/864-7052-0x00000000031B0000-0x00000000031E6000-memory.dmp

            memory/864-10694-0x0000000006080000-0x00000000060E6000-memory.dmp

            memory/864-11026-0x0000000006160000-0x00000000064B4000-memory.dmp

            memory/864-10693-0x0000000005FE0000-0x0000000006002000-memory.dmp

            memory/1576-82-0x0000000005060000-0x0000000005311000-memory.dmp

            memory/1576-68-0x0000000005060000-0x0000000005311000-memory.dmp

            memory/1576-66-0x0000000005060000-0x0000000005311000-memory.dmp

            memory/1576-12-0x0000000005060000-0x0000000005311000-memory.dmp

            memory/1576-18-0x0000000005060000-0x0000000005311000-memory.dmp

            memory/1576-16-0x0000000005060000-0x0000000005311000-memory.dmp

            memory/1576-24-0x0000000005060000-0x0000000005311000-memory.dmp

            memory/1576-32-0x0000000005060000-0x0000000005311000-memory.dmp

            memory/1576-38-0x0000000005060000-0x0000000005311000-memory.dmp

            memory/1576-48-0x0000000005060000-0x0000000005311000-memory.dmp

            memory/1576-46-0x0000000005060000-0x0000000005311000-memory.dmp

            memory/1576-44-0x0000000005060000-0x0000000005311000-memory.dmp

            memory/1576-42-0x0000000005060000-0x0000000005311000-memory.dmp

            memory/1576-40-0x0000000005060000-0x0000000005311000-memory.dmp

            memory/1576-36-0x0000000005060000-0x0000000005311000-memory.dmp

            memory/1576-34-0x0000000005060000-0x0000000005311000-memory.dmp

            memory/1576-30-0x0000000005060000-0x0000000005311000-memory.dmp

            memory/1576-28-0x0000000005060000-0x0000000005311000-memory.dmp

            memory/1576-26-0x0000000005060000-0x0000000005311000-memory.dmp

            memory/1576-22-0x0000000005060000-0x0000000005311000-memory.dmp

            memory/1576-20-0x0000000005060000-0x0000000005311000-memory.dmp

            memory/1576-14-0x0000000005060000-0x0000000005311000-memory.dmp

            memory/1576-9-0x0000000005060000-0x0000000005311000-memory.dmp

            memory/1576-6-0x0000000005060000-0x0000000005311000-memory.dmp

            memory/1576-10-0x0000000005060000-0x0000000005311000-memory.dmp

            memory/1576-52-0x0000000005060000-0x0000000005311000-memory.dmp

            memory/1576-50-0x0000000005060000-0x0000000005311000-memory.dmp

            memory/1576-54-0x0000000005060000-0x0000000005311000-memory.dmp

            memory/1576-58-0x0000000005060000-0x0000000005311000-memory.dmp

            memory/1576-64-0x0000000005060000-0x0000000005311000-memory.dmp

            memory/1576-71-0x0000000005060000-0x0000000005311000-memory.dmp

            memory/1576-76-0x0000000005060000-0x0000000005311000-memory.dmp

            memory/1576-92-0x0000000005060000-0x0000000005311000-memory.dmp

            memory/1576-108-0x0000000005060000-0x0000000005311000-memory.dmp

            memory/1576-114-0x0000000005060000-0x0000000005311000-memory.dmp

            memory/1576-112-0x0000000005060000-0x0000000005311000-memory.dmp

            memory/1576-110-0x0000000005060000-0x0000000005311000-memory.dmp

            memory/1576-106-0x0000000005060000-0x0000000005311000-memory.dmp

            memory/1576-104-0x0000000005060000-0x0000000005311000-memory.dmp

            memory/1576-102-0x0000000005060000-0x0000000005311000-memory.dmp

            memory/1576-100-0x0000000005060000-0x0000000005311000-memory.dmp

            memory/1576-98-0x0000000005060000-0x0000000005311000-memory.dmp

            memory/1576-72-0x0000000005060000-0x0000000005311000-memory.dmp

            memory/1576-94-0x0000000005060000-0x0000000005311000-memory.dmp

            memory/1576-90-0x0000000005060000-0x0000000005311000-memory.dmp

            memory/1576-88-0x0000000005060000-0x0000000005311000-memory.dmp

            memory/1576-86-0x0000000005060000-0x0000000005311000-memory.dmp

            memory/1576-84-0x0000000005060000-0x0000000005311000-memory.dmp

            memory/1576-3-0x00000000055E0000-0x0000000005B84000-memory.dmp

            memory/1576-80-0x0000000005060000-0x0000000005311000-memory.dmp

            memory/1576-78-0x0000000005060000-0x0000000005311000-memory.dmp

            memory/1576-74-0x0000000005060000-0x0000000005311000-memory.dmp

            memory/1576-96-0x0000000005060000-0x0000000005311000-memory.dmp

            memory/1576-4-0x0000000005060000-0x0000000005316000-memory.dmp

            memory/1576-5-0x0000000005060000-0x0000000005311000-memory.dmp

            memory/1576-56-0x0000000005060000-0x0000000005311000-memory.dmp

            memory/1576-62-0x0000000005060000-0x0000000005311000-memory.dmp

            memory/1576-60-0x0000000005060000-0x0000000005311000-memory.dmp

            memory/1576-124-0x0000000005060000-0x0000000005311000-memory.dmp

            memory/1576-130-0x0000000005060000-0x0000000005311000-memory.dmp

            memory/1576-128-0x0000000005060000-0x0000000005311000-memory.dmp

            memory/1576-126-0x0000000005060000-0x0000000005311000-memory.dmp

            memory/1576-120-0x0000000005060000-0x0000000005311000-memory.dmp

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            memory/1576-116-0x0000000005060000-0x0000000005311000-memory.dmp

            memory/1576-1395-0x0000000002BE0000-0x0000000002BF0000-memory.dmp

            memory/1576-1609-0x0000000002BE0000-0x0000000002BF0000-memory.dmp

            memory/1576-1825-0x0000000002BE0000-0x0000000002BF0000-memory.dmp

            memory/1576-5228-0x0000000002BE0000-0x0000000002BF0000-memory.dmp

            memory/1576-5229-0x00000000023D0000-0x00000000023EC000-memory.dmp

            memory/1576-5230-0x0000000002400000-0x0000000002450000-memory.dmp

            memory/1576-5232-0x0000000006290000-0x00000000062A0000-memory.dmp

            memory/1576-5231-0x0000000002460000-0x0000000002468000-memory.dmp

            memory/1576-5235-0x0000000006850000-0x0000000006862000-memory.dmp

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            memory/1576-5237-0x0000000006780000-0x0000000006790000-memory.dmp

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            memory/1576-5236-0x0000000006720000-0x0000000006728000-memory.dmp

            memory/1576-5239-0x0000000006970000-0x000000000697A000-memory.dmp

            memory/1576-5240-0x0000000006980000-0x0000000006988000-memory.dmp

            memory/1576-5241-0x0000000006990000-0x000000000699C000-memory.dmp

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            memory/4132-29007-0x0000000006DA0000-0x0000000006DEC000-memory.dmp