Analysis

  • max time kernel
    151s
  • max time network
    130s
  • platform
    windows7_x64
  • resource
    win7-20220414-en
  • submitted
    03-05-2022 20:09

General

  • Target

    d959ff47bfc45b45bf58c3dc5fc72d0112093950916a0f5c05eafdaffe123726.exe

  • Size

    664KB

  • MD5

    1f2f26a299287d8353502a9133df4cf1

  • SHA1

    ee40f71067f91d23841e2f2f2b178a153e0f4e07

  • SHA256

    d959ff47bfc45b45bf58c3dc5fc72d0112093950916a0f5c05eafdaffe123726

  • SHA512

    135124918b26b6dffecf39953eacfaef9ab1e715423a1c1db6ca87fb79c2c38e7b068dcfc01cb70ecaf56af2f6f2b5a270b1e2eb0fcc9d3f4b48ae1a00846c97

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

quasar

Version

2.1.0.0

Botnet

Office04

C2

127.0.0.1:4782

karmina113.sytes.net:2222

karmina200.sytes.net:2222

Mutex

VNM_MUTEX_c2q7y2ayYutZ2XaYe7

Attributes
  • encryption_key

    Utv1d8B5zhHYcWfy3OEQ

  • install_name

    Client.exe

  • log_directory

    Logs

  • reconnect_delay

    3000

  • startup_key

    svchost

  • subdirectory

    SubDir

Signatures

  • Contains code to disable Windows Defender 8 IoCs

    A .NET executable tasked with disabling Windows Defender capabilities such as realtime monitoring, blocking at first seen, etc.

  • Modifies Windows Defender Real-time Protection settings 3 TTPs
  • Quasar Payload 8 IoCs
  • Quasar RAT

    Quasar is an open source Remote Access Tool.

  • VenomRAT

    VenomRAT is a modified version of QuasarRAT with some added features, such as rootkit and stealer capabilites.

  • suricata: ET MALWARE Common RAT Connectivity Check Observed

    suricata: ET MALWARE Common RAT Connectivity Check Observed

  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 2 IoCs
  • Windows security modification 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
  • Looks up external IP address via web service 1 IoCs

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

  • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 3 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • Creates scheduled task(s) 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

  • Modifies system certificate store 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
  • Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 9 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 8 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 64 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\d959ff47bfc45b45bf58c3dc5fc72d0112093950916a0f5c05eafdaffe123726.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\d959ff47bfc45b45bf58c3dc5fc72d0112093950916a0f5c05eafdaffe123726.exe"
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1948
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\d959ff47bfc45b45bf58c3dc5fc72d0112093950916a0f5c05eafdaffe123726.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\d959ff47bfc45b45bf58c3dc5fc72d0112093950916a0f5c05eafdaffe123726.exe"
      2⤵
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • Windows security modification
      • Modifies system certificate store
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:1016
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        "schtasks" /create /tn "svchost" /sc ONLOGON /tr "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\d959ff47bfc45b45bf58c3dc5fc72d0112093950916a0f5c05eafdaffe123726.exe" /rl HIGHEST /f
        3⤵
        • Creates scheduled task(s)
        PID:1704
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\Client.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\Client.exe"
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:820
        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\Client.exe
          "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\Client.exe"
          4⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:1808
          • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
            "schtasks" /create /tn "svchost" /sc ONLOGON /tr "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\Client.exe" /rl HIGHEST /f
            5⤵
            • Creates scheduled task(s)
            PID:1504
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
        "powershell" Get-MpPreference -verbose
        3⤵
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:680
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
        "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /k start /b del /q/f/s %TEMP%\* & exit
        3⤵
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:2012
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
          C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /K del /q/f/s C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\*
          4⤵
            PID:636
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
          cmd /c ""C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\NPybuUXcCCcQ.bat" "
          3⤵
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:1616
          • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\chcp.com
            chcp 65001
            4⤵
              PID:1948
            • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE
              ping -n 10 localhost
              4⤵
              • Runs ping.exe
              PID:1720
            • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\d959ff47bfc45b45bf58c3dc5fc72d0112093950916a0f5c05eafdaffe123726.exe
              "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\d959ff47bfc45b45bf58c3dc5fc72d0112093950916a0f5c05eafdaffe123726.exe"
              4⤵
              • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
              • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
              • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
              PID:1688
              • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\d959ff47bfc45b45bf58c3dc5fc72d0112093950916a0f5c05eafdaffe123726.exe
                "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\d959ff47bfc45b45bf58c3dc5fc72d0112093950916a0f5c05eafdaffe123726.exe"
                5⤵
                • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
                • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
                PID:240

      Network

      MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v6

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      Downloads

      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\NPybuUXcCCcQ.bat

        Filesize

        261B

        MD5

        38b8fa435e15dd8861eb190f677974c9

        SHA1

        5ef14d4c548d5fcfd1e894e5f374148826a0acb2

        SHA256

        a789bfcd8ff003a2cddf5d7127479e5fd20872abef6d4f40ecbeb94c2d26eaf6

        SHA512

        e763767316d1edcaf7fe5278b3182164f6bf3060db6e87240291f8b4d618feea22dba8e5ff55a9f9663c64da8bbf32d16c48945ed9f35be9f71217a5425ca4a1

      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\Client.exe

        Filesize

        664KB

        MD5

        1f2f26a299287d8353502a9133df4cf1

        SHA1

        ee40f71067f91d23841e2f2f2b178a153e0f4e07

        SHA256

        d959ff47bfc45b45bf58c3dc5fc72d0112093950916a0f5c05eafdaffe123726

        SHA512

        135124918b26b6dffecf39953eacfaef9ab1e715423a1c1db6ca87fb79c2c38e7b068dcfc01cb70ecaf56af2f6f2b5a270b1e2eb0fcc9d3f4b48ae1a00846c97

      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\Client.exe

        Filesize

        664KB

        MD5

        1f2f26a299287d8353502a9133df4cf1

        SHA1

        ee40f71067f91d23841e2f2f2b178a153e0f4e07

        SHA256

        d959ff47bfc45b45bf58c3dc5fc72d0112093950916a0f5c05eafdaffe123726

        SHA512

        135124918b26b6dffecf39953eacfaef9ab1e715423a1c1db6ca87fb79c2c38e7b068dcfc01cb70ecaf56af2f6f2b5a270b1e2eb0fcc9d3f4b48ae1a00846c97

      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\Client.exe

        Filesize

        664KB

        MD5

        1f2f26a299287d8353502a9133df4cf1

        SHA1

        ee40f71067f91d23841e2f2f2b178a153e0f4e07

        SHA256

        d959ff47bfc45b45bf58c3dc5fc72d0112093950916a0f5c05eafdaffe123726

        SHA512

        135124918b26b6dffecf39953eacfaef9ab1e715423a1c1db6ca87fb79c2c38e7b068dcfc01cb70ecaf56af2f6f2b5a270b1e2eb0fcc9d3f4b48ae1a00846c97

      • \Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\Client.exe

        Filesize

        664KB

        MD5

        1f2f26a299287d8353502a9133df4cf1

        SHA1

        ee40f71067f91d23841e2f2f2b178a153e0f4e07

        SHA256

        d959ff47bfc45b45bf58c3dc5fc72d0112093950916a0f5c05eafdaffe123726

        SHA512

        135124918b26b6dffecf39953eacfaef9ab1e715423a1c1db6ca87fb79c2c38e7b068dcfc01cb70ecaf56af2f6f2b5a270b1e2eb0fcc9d3f4b48ae1a00846c97

      • \Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\Client.exe

        Filesize

        664KB

        MD5

        1f2f26a299287d8353502a9133df4cf1

        SHA1

        ee40f71067f91d23841e2f2f2b178a153e0f4e07

        SHA256

        d959ff47bfc45b45bf58c3dc5fc72d0112093950916a0f5c05eafdaffe123726

        SHA512

        135124918b26b6dffecf39953eacfaef9ab1e715423a1c1db6ca87fb79c2c38e7b068dcfc01cb70ecaf56af2f6f2b5a270b1e2eb0fcc9d3f4b48ae1a00846c97

      • memory/240-106-0x0000000000486CBE-mapping.dmp

      • memory/636-93-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp

      • memory/680-90-0x000000006F110000-0x000000006F6BB000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        5.7MB

      • memory/680-74-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp

      • memory/820-73-0x0000000000C70000-0x0000000000D1C000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        688KB

      • memory/820-70-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp

      • memory/1016-56-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000048C000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        560KB

      • memory/1016-60-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000048C000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        560KB

      • memory/1016-66-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000048C000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        560KB

      • memory/1016-64-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000048C000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        560KB

      • memory/1016-59-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000048C000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        560KB

      • memory/1016-62-0x0000000000486CBE-mapping.dmp

      • memory/1016-61-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000048C000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        560KB

      • memory/1016-67-0x0000000075401000-0x0000000075403000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        8KB

      • memory/1016-57-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000048C000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        560KB

      • memory/1504-91-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp

      • memory/1616-94-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp

      • memory/1688-98-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp

      • memory/1688-99-0x0000000000120000-0x00000000001CC000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        688KB

      • memory/1704-68-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp

      • memory/1720-97-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp

      • memory/1808-82-0x0000000000486CBE-mapping.dmp

      • memory/1948-55-0x0000000000490000-0x0000000000498000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        32KB

      • memory/1948-96-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp

      • memory/1948-54-0x0000000000970000-0x0000000000A1C000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        688KB

      • memory/2012-92-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp