General

  • Target

    vcac.exe

  • Size

    24.2MB

  • Sample

    231011-gcfcmsee62

  • MD5

    456917c4f5c2843f8dad38d227ecf0c2

  • SHA1

    de949b64553dd28524f6ae722a939541ada85f1f

  • SHA256

    2e724b4185329154ed2e90817cf2cb30e94c31803385d0d77d97a35bedeea057

  • SHA512

    8fe19aec29f4e1112374b6c1ebf354130cde6cf945fda0ba25a765bec1b031b0e3fcfcf7fbffff1d1e0432059bd668f1dc39770bbcef7345a3ddb4bdc69968a7

  • SSDEEP

    98304:IKBbBWIgWljGxRB/LL6vc22SsaNYfdPBldt6+dBcjHVCU688cIyGOk3ta:p4xRBjgB7j4U6gl

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

quasar

Attributes
  • encryption_key

    䬀䌀唀尀匀漀昀琀眀愀爀攀尀䴀椀挀爀漀猀漀昀琀尀圀椀渀搀漀眀猀尀䌀甀爀爀

  • reconnect_delay

    1

Targets

    • Target

      vcac.exe

    • Size

      24.2MB

    • MD5

      456917c4f5c2843f8dad38d227ecf0c2

    • SHA1

      de949b64553dd28524f6ae722a939541ada85f1f

    • SHA256

      2e724b4185329154ed2e90817cf2cb30e94c31803385d0d77d97a35bedeea057

    • SHA512

      8fe19aec29f4e1112374b6c1ebf354130cde6cf945fda0ba25a765bec1b031b0e3fcfcf7fbffff1d1e0432059bd668f1dc39770bbcef7345a3ddb4bdc69968a7

    • SSDEEP

      98304:IKBbBWIgWljGxRB/LL6vc22SsaNYfdPBldt6+dBcjHVCU688cIyGOk3ta:p4xRBjgB7j4U6gl

    • Quasar RAT

      Quasar is an open source Remote Access Tool.

    • Quasar payload

    • Disables Task Manager via registry modification

    • Modifies Windows Firewall

    • Possible privilege escalation attempt

    • Checks computer location settings

      Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.

    • Drops startup file

    • Executes dropped EXE

    • Loads dropped DLL

    • Modifies file permissions

    • Adds Run key to start application

    • Writes to the Master Boot Record (MBR)

      Bootkits write to the MBR to gain persistence at a level below the operating system.

    • Drops file in System32 directory

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Tasks