quasar | 7a845c7bcfd781b09e0da20118f2e396152fc3aae1e77113c8d3adab45077647

General

Target

2785b4bbb80b75836c685ac8a1a24f27.exe
Size

534KB
MD5

2785b4bbb80b75836c685ac8a1a24f27
SHA1

32dcef1d5f8e45655478c3dd960e6f9422af691c
SHA256

7a845c7bcfd781b09e0da20118f2e396152fc3aae1e77113c8d3adab45077647
SHA512

fb7e706bfee26cd2c2036743799d7accd18bd150c1224bee7d42d8d88c196645d39c333e14fb2c00f18ca002c65940dac10072fe242d8d42b4d46a505d63961c
SSDEEP

6144:s8fGLJngzxsoIasFzFMkbcWV3Nce0/4obc4hpqEpZccKHBIAUYpnxVlGy3V8/GVX:WkxfIayFMPzf/m4hp7ncxKRYpn7Em

Score

10^/10

quasar venomrat office01 evasion rat rootkit spyware stealer trojan

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

quasar

Version

2.1.0.0

Botnet

Office01

C2

172.81.131.113:4782

Mutex

VNM_MUTEX_OFUOtYdHQP7Y7fAk1P

Attributes

encryption_key
xufMEowCMSpdPlEx87tq
install_name
Client.exe
log_directory
Logs
reconnect_delay
3000
startup_key
mvscs
subdirectory
SubDir

Signatures

Contains code to disable Windows Defender 5 IoCs

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

Processes:

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/memory/1744-54-0x0000000000C20000-0x0000000000CAC000-memory.dmp	disable_win_def
\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\Client.exe	disable_win_def
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\Client.exe	disable_win_def
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\Client.exe	disable_win_def
behavioral1/memory/1872-62-0x0000000000BF0000-0x0000000000C7C000-memory.dmp	disable_win_def

Modifies Windows Defender Real-time Protection settings 3 TTPs 4 IoCs

evasion trojan

Modify Registry

T1112

Modify Existing Service

T1031

Disabling Security Tools

T1089

Processes:

2785b4bbb80b75836c685ac8a1a24f27.exe

description	ioc	process
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Real-Time Protection	2785b4bbb80b75836c685ac8a1a24f27.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Real-Time Protection\DisableBehaviorMonitoring = "1"	2785b4bbb80b75836c685ac8a1a24f27.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Real-Time Protection\DisableOnAccessProtection = "1"	2785b4bbb80b75836c685ac8a1a24f27.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Real-Time Protection\DisableScanOnRealtimeEnable = "1"	2785b4bbb80b75836c685ac8a1a24f27.exe

Quasar RAT
Quasar is an open source Remote Access Tool.
trojan spyware quasar

Quasar payload 5 IoCs

Processes:

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/memory/1744-54-0x0000000000C20000-0x0000000000CAC000-memory.dmp	family_quasar
\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\Client.exe	family_quasar
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\Client.exe	family_quasar
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\Client.exe	family_quasar
behavioral1/memory/1872-62-0x0000000000BF0000-0x0000000000C7C000-memory.dmp	family_quasar

VenomRAT
VenomRAT is a modified version of QuasarRAT with some added features, such as rootkit and stealer capabilites.
rat rootkit stealer venomrat
Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

Processes:

Client.exe

pid process

1872 Client.exe
Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs

Processes:

2785b4bbb80b75836c685ac8a1a24f27.exe

pid process

1744 2785b4bbb80b75836c685ac8a1a24f27.exe

pid	process
1872	Client.exe

pid	process
1744	2785b4bbb80b75836c685ac8a1a24f27.exe

Windows security modification 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

evasion trojan

Disabling Security Tools

T1089

Modify Registry

T1112

Processes:

2785b4bbb80b75836c685ac8a1a24f27.exe

description	ioc	process
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Features	2785b4bbb80b75836c685ac8a1a24f27.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Features\TamperProtection = "0"	2785b4bbb80b75836c685ac8a1a24f27.exe

Looks up external IP address via web service 1 IoCs
Uses a legitimate IP lookup service to find the infected system's external IP.

Processes:

flow ioc

1 ip-api.com
Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s). Likely ransomware behaviour.

System Information Discovery
T1082
Program crash 1 IoCs

Processes:

WerFault.exe

pid pid_target process target process

960 1744 WerFault.exe 2785b4bbb80b75836c685ac8a1a24f27.exe
Creates scheduled task(s) 1 TTPs 2 IoCs
Schtasks is often used by malware for persistence or to perform post-infection execution.
persistence

Scheduled Task
T1053

Processes:

schtasks.exeschtasks.exe

pid process

764 schtasks.exe
1452 schtasks.exe

flow	ioc
1	ip-api.com

pid	pid_target	process	target process
960	1744	WerFault.exe	2785b4bbb80b75836c685ac8a1a24f27.exe

pid	process
764	schtasks.exe
1452	schtasks.exe

Modifies system certificate store 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

evasion spyware trojan

Install Root Certificate

T1130

Modify Registry

T1112

Processes:

2785b4bbb80b75836c685ac8a1a24f27.exe

description	ioc	process
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\AuthRoot\Certificates\A8985D3A65E5E5C4B2D7D66D40C6DD2FB19C5436	2785b4bbb80b75836c685ac8a1a24f27.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\AuthRoot\Certificates\A8985D3A65E5E5C4B2D7D66D40C6DD2FB19C5436\Blob = 04000000010000001000000079e4a9840d7d3a96d7c04fe2434c892e0f0000000100000014000000b34ddd372ed92e8f2abfbb9e20a9d31f204f194b090000000100000034000000303206082b0601050507030106082b0601050507030206082b0601050507030406082b0601050507030306082b0601050507030814000000010000001400000003de503556d14cbb66f0a3e21b1bc397b23dd1550b00000001000000120000004400690067006900430065007200740000001d000000010000001000000059779e39e21a2e3dfced6857ed5c5fd9030000000100000014000000a8985d3a65e5e5c4b2d7d66d40c6dd2fb19c54361900000001000000100000000f3a0527d242de2dc98e5cfcb1e991ee2000000001000000b3030000308203af30820297a0030201020210083be056904246b1a1756ac95991c74a300d06092a864886f70d01010505003061310b300906035504061302555331153013060355040a130c446967694365727420496e6331193017060355040b13107777772e64696769636572742e636f6d3120301e06035504031317446967694365727420476c6f62616c20526f6f74204341301e170d3036313131303030303030305a170d3331313131303030303030305a3061310b300906035504061302555331153013060355040a130c446967694365727420496e6331193017060355040b13107777772e64696769636572742e636f6d3120301e06035504031317446967694365727420476c6f62616c20526f6f7420434130820122300d06092a864886f70d01010105000382010f003082010a0282010100e23be11172dea8a4d3a357aa50a28f0b7790c9a2a5ee12ce965b010920cc0193a74e30b753f743c46900579de28d22dd870640008109cece1b83bfdfcd3b7146e2d666c705b37627168f7b9e1e957deeb748a308dad6af7a0c3906657f4a5d1fbc17f8abbeee28d7747f7a78995985686e5c23324bbf4ec0e85a6de370bf7710bffc01f685d9a844105832a97518d5d1a2be47e2276af49a33f84908608bd45fb43a84bfa1aa4a4c7d3ecf4f5f6c765ea04b37919edc22e66dce141a8e6acbfecdb3146417c75b299e32bff2eefad30b42d4abb74132da0cd4eff881d5bb8d583fb51be84928a270da3104ddf7b216f24c0a4e07a8ed4a3d5eb57fa390c3af270203010001a3633061300e0603551d0f0101ff040403020186300f0603551d130101ff040530030101ff301d0603551d0e0416041403de503556d14cbb66f0a3e21b1bc397b23dd155301f0603551d2304183016801403de503556d14cbb66f0a3e21b1bc397b23dd155300d06092a864886f70d01010505000382010100cb9c37aa4813120afadd449c4f52b0f4dfae04f5797908a32418fc4b2b84c02db9d5c7fef4c11f58cbb86d9c7a74e79829ab11b5e370a0a1cd4c8899938c9170e2ab0f1cbe93a9ff63d5e40760d3a3bf9d5b09f1d58ee353f48e63fa3fa7dbb466df6266d6d16e418df22db5ea774a9f9d58e22b59c04023ed2d2882453e7954922698e08048a837eff0d6796016deace80ecd6eac4417382f49dae1453e2ab93653cf3a5006f72ee8c457496c612118d504ad783c2c3a806ba7ebaf1514e9d889c1b9386ce2916c8aff64b977255730c01b24a3e1dce9df477cb5b424080530ec2dbd0bbf45bf50b9a9f3eb980112adc888c698345f8d0a3cc6e9d595956dde	2785b4bbb80b75836c685ac8a1a24f27.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 8 IoCs

Processes:

powershell.exe2785b4bbb80b75836c685ac8a1a24f27.exe

pid	process
1836	powershell.exe
1744	2785b4bbb80b75836c685ac8a1a24f27.exe
1744	2785b4bbb80b75836c685ac8a1a24f27.exe
1744	2785b4bbb80b75836c685ac8a1a24f27.exe
1744	2785b4bbb80b75836c685ac8a1a24f27.exe
1744	2785b4bbb80b75836c685ac8a1a24f27.exe
1744	2785b4bbb80b75836c685ac8a1a24f27.exe
1744	2785b4bbb80b75836c685ac8a1a24f27.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 4 IoCs

Processes:

2785b4bbb80b75836c685ac8a1a24f27.exepowershell.exeClient.exe

description	pid	process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1744	2785b4bbb80b75836c685ac8a1a24f27.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1836	powershell.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1872	Client.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1872	Client.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 28 IoCs

Processes:

2785b4bbb80b75836c685ac8a1a24f27.exeClient.execmd.exe

description	pid	process	target process
PID 1744 wrote to memory of 764	1744	2785b4bbb80b75836c685ac8a1a24f27.exe	schtasks.exe
PID 1744 wrote to memory of 764	1744	2785b4bbb80b75836c685ac8a1a24f27.exe	schtasks.exe
PID 1744 wrote to memory of 764	1744	2785b4bbb80b75836c685ac8a1a24f27.exe	schtasks.exe
PID 1744 wrote to memory of 764	1744	2785b4bbb80b75836c685ac8a1a24f27.exe	schtasks.exe
PID 1744 wrote to memory of 1872	1744	2785b4bbb80b75836c685ac8a1a24f27.exe	Client.exe
PID 1744 wrote to memory of 1872	1744	2785b4bbb80b75836c685ac8a1a24f27.exe	Client.exe
PID 1744 wrote to memory of 1872	1744	2785b4bbb80b75836c685ac8a1a24f27.exe	Client.exe
PID 1744 wrote to memory of 1872	1744	2785b4bbb80b75836c685ac8a1a24f27.exe	Client.exe
PID 1744 wrote to memory of 1836	1744	2785b4bbb80b75836c685ac8a1a24f27.exe	powershell.exe
PID 1744 wrote to memory of 1836	1744	2785b4bbb80b75836c685ac8a1a24f27.exe	powershell.exe
PID 1744 wrote to memory of 1836	1744	2785b4bbb80b75836c685ac8a1a24f27.exe	powershell.exe
PID 1744 wrote to memory of 1836	1744	2785b4bbb80b75836c685ac8a1a24f27.exe	powershell.exe
PID 1872 wrote to memory of 1452	1872	Client.exe	schtasks.exe
PID 1872 wrote to memory of 1452	1872	Client.exe	schtasks.exe
PID 1872 wrote to memory of 1452	1872	Client.exe	schtasks.exe
PID 1872 wrote to memory of 1452	1872	Client.exe	schtasks.exe
PID 1744 wrote to memory of 1656	1744	2785b4bbb80b75836c685ac8a1a24f27.exe	cmd.exe
PID 1744 wrote to memory of 1656	1744	2785b4bbb80b75836c685ac8a1a24f27.exe	cmd.exe
PID 1744 wrote to memory of 1656	1744	2785b4bbb80b75836c685ac8a1a24f27.exe	cmd.exe
PID 1744 wrote to memory of 1656	1744	2785b4bbb80b75836c685ac8a1a24f27.exe	cmd.exe
PID 1656 wrote to memory of 828	1656	cmd.exe	cmd.exe
PID 1656 wrote to memory of 828	1656	cmd.exe	cmd.exe
PID 1656 wrote to memory of 828	1656	cmd.exe	cmd.exe
PID 1656 wrote to memory of 828	1656	cmd.exe	cmd.exe
PID 1744 wrote to memory of 960	1744	2785b4bbb80b75836c685ac8a1a24f27.exe	WerFault.exe
PID 1744 wrote to memory of 960	1744	2785b4bbb80b75836c685ac8a1a24f27.exe	WerFault.exe
PID 1744 wrote to memory of 960	1744	2785b4bbb80b75836c685ac8a1a24f27.exe	WerFault.exe
PID 1744 wrote to memory of 960	1744	2785b4bbb80b75836c685ac8a1a24f27.exe	WerFault.exe

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2785b4bbb80b75836c685ac8a1a24f27.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2785b4bbb80b75836c685ac8a1a24f27.exe"
1⤵
- Modifies Windows Defender Real-time Protection settings
- Loads dropped DLL
- Windows security modification
- Modifies system certificate store
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1744

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
"schtasks" /create /tn "mvscs" /sc ONLOGON /tr "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2785b4bbb80b75836c685ac8a1a24f27.exe" /rl HIGHEST /f
2⤵
- Creates scheduled task(s)
PID:764

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\Client.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\Client.exe"
2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1872

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
"schtasks" /create /tn "mvscs" /sc ONLOGON /tr "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\Client.exe" /rl HIGHEST /f
3⤵
- Creates scheduled task(s)
PID:1452

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
"powershell" Get-MpPreference -verbose
2⤵
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:1836

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
"C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /k start /b del /q/f/s %TEMP%\* & exit
2⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1656

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /K del /q/f/s C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\*
3⤵
PID:828

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 1744 -s 1984
2⤵
- Program crash
PID:960

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Matrix ATT&CK v6

Initial Access

Execution

Scheduled Task

1

T1053

Persistence

Modify Existing Service

1

T1031

Scheduled Task

1

T1053

Privilege Escalation

Scheduled Task

1

T1053

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

3

T1112

Disabling Security Tools

2

T1089

Install Root Certificate

1

T1130

Credential Access

Discovery

System Information Discovery

1

T1082

Lateral Movement

Collection

Exfiltration

Command and Control

Impact

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\bWbKWlfKnLm0.bat
Filesize
229B

MD5
bde8df29846495eb827f9e6945161f21

SHA1
7174ae29debf0e4da2fe4fc4ba0d48e9315fb33a

SHA256
950b352d9deb8b1724c6e3e268ef26d081b15cf0371224c021ed3bfa24f79173

SHA512
1378f4046ab6a0f83901a6194e4d026ca7d915fde6cbed01b8a6d9cc250603cc655a01a5811696778c8f0a0181dd5dd52790fcb05139bdea9c27b00ed7e5cb88

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\Client.exe
Filesize
534KB

MD5
2785b4bbb80b75836c685ac8a1a24f27

SHA1
32dcef1d5f8e45655478c3dd960e6f9422af691c

SHA256
7a845c7bcfd781b09e0da20118f2e396152fc3aae1e77113c8d3adab45077647

SHA512
fb7e706bfee26cd2c2036743799d7accd18bd150c1224bee7d42d8d88c196645d39c333e14fb2c00f18ca002c65940dac10072fe242d8d42b4d46a505d63961c

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\Client.exe
Filesize
534KB

MD5
2785b4bbb80b75836c685ac8a1a24f27

SHA1
32dcef1d5f8e45655478c3dd960e6f9422af691c

SHA256
7a845c7bcfd781b09e0da20118f2e396152fc3aae1e77113c8d3adab45077647

SHA512
fb7e706bfee26cd2c2036743799d7accd18bd150c1224bee7d42d8d88c196645d39c333e14fb2c00f18ca002c65940dac10072fe242d8d42b4d46a505d63961c

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\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\Client.exe
Filesize
534KB

MD5
2785b4bbb80b75836c685ac8a1a24f27

SHA1
32dcef1d5f8e45655478c3dd960e6f9422af691c

SHA256
7a845c7bcfd781b09e0da20118f2e396152fc3aae1e77113c8d3adab45077647

SHA512
fb7e706bfee26cd2c2036743799d7accd18bd150c1224bee7d42d8d88c196645d39c333e14fb2c00f18ca002c65940dac10072fe242d8d42b4d46a505d63961c

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memory/764-56-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp

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memory/828-69-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp

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memory/960-71-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp

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memory/1452-66-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp

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memory/1656-68-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp

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memory/1744-54-0x0000000000C20000-0x0000000000CAC000-memory.dmp

Filesize
560KB

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memory/1744-55-0x0000000075631000-0x0000000075633000-memory.dmp

Filesize
8KB

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memory/1836-61-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp

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memory/1836-65-0x000000006F150000-0x000000006F6FB000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.7MB

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memory/1836-67-0x000000006F150000-0x000000006F6FB000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.7MB

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memory/1872-58-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp

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memory/1872-62-0x0000000000BF0000-0x0000000000C7C000-memory.dmp

Filesize
560KB

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Analysis

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Extracted

Signatures

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Network

MITRE ATT&CK Matrix ATT&CK v6

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