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
Static task
static1
1 signatures
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
blud.exe
Resource
win7-20240221-en
14 signatures
150 seconds
General
- Target blud.exe
- Size 3.1MB
- Sample240316-phjk9ach36
- SHA256 d90addee4f27e9c4ecee68ef64f57a731884d0b0da84dfc3049e3ab930a09673
- MD5 55306c52f9ed7365e9938c40af08496e
- SHA1 cc914160a9f4a5496654c0486d66e0943c052d7b
- SHA512 6744dcd73ec7fbd9d34ea406f6d86092eae06ad9c13b32e5eb79b2c61436c62177e3dc5adacdf2ab96ffbf6be3a0d6b9ff67437eafc054c72b55f4c61a60dc13
- SSDEEP 49152:eb48V3wLBdGPpeKdWn96t19Lz4OPByg4W7N5chyiY5Od7lK:eb48V3odG8qmY76OPBN4WrcEfi0
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP
Malware Config
Extracted
Family
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quasar
Version
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1.4.1
Botnet
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Office04
C2
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authapi-41985.portmap.host:41985
Mutex
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50fd280e-bda2-413a-9ebd-86236f4b0beb
Attributes
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encryption_key
E429F24E279E8B25742D0F5347151B0F90D031CA
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install_name
system.exe
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log_directory
Logs
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reconnect_delay
3000
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startup_key
system
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subdirectory
SubDir
Signatures
- Quasar payload 5 IoCs
resource yara_rule behavioral2/files/0x000300000001e9a0-4.dat family_quasar behavioral2/files/0x000300000001e9a0-10.dat family_quasar behavioral2/memory/4084-11-0x0000000000060000-0x0000000000384000-memory.dmp family_quasar behavioral2/files/0x000c0000000231b8-51.dat family_quasar behavioral2/files/0x000c0000000231b8-49.dat family_quasar - Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.
description ioc Process Key value queried \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-275798769-4264537674-1142822080-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation blud.exe - Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
pid Process 4084 fnup.exe 552 system.exe - Drops file in System32 directory 5 IoCs
description ioc Process File opened for modification C:\Windows\system32\SubDir system.exe File created C:\Windows\system32\SubDir\system.exe fnup.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\system32\SubDir\system.exe fnup.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\system32\SubDir fnup.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\system32\SubDir\system.exe system.exe - 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.
pid Process 4468 schtasks.exe 748 schtasks.exe - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 4 IoCs
pid Process 1776 powershell.exe 4124 powershell.exe 4124 powershell.exe 1776 powershell.exe - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 4 IoCs
description pid Process Token: SeDebugPrivilege 4084 fnup.exe Token: SeDebugPrivilege 1776 powershell.exe Token: SeDebugPrivilege 4124 powershell.exe Token: SeDebugPrivilege 552 system.exe - Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 2 IoCs
pid Process 552 system.exe 552 system.exe - Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage 2 IoCs
pid Process 552 system.exe 552 system.exe - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs
pid Process 552 system.exe - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 14 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 1452 wrote to memory of 1776 1452 blud.exe 87 PID 1452 wrote to memory of 1776 1452 blud.exe 87 PID 1452 wrote to memory of 1776 1452 blud.exe 87 PID 1452 wrote to memory of 4124 1452 blud.exe 89 PID 1452 wrote to memory of 4124 1452 blud.exe 89 PID 1452 wrote to memory of 4124 1452 blud.exe 89 PID 1452 wrote to memory of 4084 1452 blud.exe 91 PID 1452 wrote to memory of 4084 1452 blud.exe 91 PID 4084 wrote to memory of 4468 4084 fnup.exe 92 PID 4084 wrote to memory of 4468 4084 fnup.exe 92 PID 4084 wrote to memory of 552 4084 fnup.exe 94 PID 4084 wrote to memory of 552 4084 fnup.exe 94 PID 552 wrote to memory of 748 552 system.exe 95 PID 552 wrote to memory of 748 552 system.exe 95 - 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
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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
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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
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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 /f3⤵
- Creates scheduled task(s)
PID:4468
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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 /f4⤵
- Creates scheduled task(s)
PID:748
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Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15
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Downloads
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0_32\UsageLogs\powershell.exe.log
- Size 2KB
- SHA256 92099c10776bb7e3f2a8d1b82d4d40d0c4627e4f1bf754a6e58dfd2c2e97042a
- MD5 968cb9309758126772781b83adb8a28f
- SHA1 8da30e71accf186b2ba11da1797cf67f8f78b47c
- SHA512 4bd50732f8af4d688d95999bddfd296115d7033ddc38f86c9fb1f47fde202bffa27e9088bebcaa3064ca946af2f5c1ca6cbde49d0907f0005c7ab42874515dd3
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
- Size 17KB
- SHA256 a13a17992b9ffeb7789bb0c6bbe2c197333250d5c1a611c306b79bedd5ad373e
- MD5 807956ae21c48e12194f4a97a6d1d08f
- SHA1 4293bb1b7700c9bbb465b78f7aaf7f5312268a79
- SHA512 ecb07c2a645b59765d8d3c46ffb2066cba03efc5af559354af61a61fc0305a8b1e7f48cb13a3eab92f2b3d874236a95ecc4941b81718c838d8faf81c9ec1c1d4
- SSDEEP 384:5rf+J2/c9i+BvY/UMkJkHo9o2TVC+K6seYuf6/Qz3SoeKJT38CdPEhsq/ez:RfH8wsAYo2T0+NpiOSOD1Ehr4
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_1xzbkpuz.u3y.ps1
- Size 60B
- SHA256 96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7
- MD5 d17fe0a3f47be24a6453e9ef58c94641
- SHA1 6ab83620379fc69f80c0242105ddffd7d98d5d9d
- SHA512 5b592e58f26c264604f98f6aa12860758ce606d1c63220736cf0c779e4e18e3cec8706930a16c38b20161754d1017d1657d35258e58ca22b18f5b232880dec82
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\fnup.exe
- Size 3.0MB
- SHA256 6142fb9f4273e389b1ada780591788cbac693bc0ba14741920193d1ad9d123ef
- MD5 0add9b3928782356029ae20f5c4931ae
- SHA1 74442e387e2c0ac60f789f3492378a5421638a50
- SHA512 aeb19f2c2bb93558d1bd11a222e4f509b4c8f6a8d21e847b4cf20760f6e8273900727444b0e52627643f1e7c4b88e806151a6adc5ed3b21de994bafb231bfa4b
- SSDEEP 49152:fvDI22SsaNYfdPBldt698dBcjHXwRJ6AbR3LoGd4bTHHB72eh2NTB:fv822SsaNYfdPBldt6+dBcjHXwRJ6aD
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\fnup.exe
- Size 3.1MB
- SHA256 df86cb5e5dad3dba276558cf1c44869f5315e9232aabb5cc4a3d48c1734f32fb
- MD5 3adf9bf2374b11c73a926621097f6791
- SHA1 a9b9b42bb8f0cf7aad8551c05fb0176aba11d28d
- SHA512 47da60a7653b3c1f8fa39cd65fc95b1796055f67d89027eecb36e1ca3fcd236efc891bc870eeb93269f7a270bed9dcd9ebb4ea7ac5654995503454a498873aab
- SSDEEP 49152:fvDI22SsaNYfdPBldt698dBcjHXwRJ6AbR3LoGd4bTHHB72eh2NT:fv822SsaNYfdPBldt6+dBcjHXwRJ6a
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP
- Path C:\Windows\System32\SubDir\system.exe
- Size 2.4MB
- SHA256 d67cab1c80b96e2d515af9f80f49f287b6a247dc44452c9b7f06b939f8676cf0
- MD5 ac74e23d687c395da0dca82adb3a2b87
- SHA1 c1dd3db706cbb749ff652b907c12071784e9e2e5
- SHA512 6b905c702de965c189ee114ce16ea7d27b748230f8018e1ab505be1fea4b974b650e95e0b7099ffd59c55a32385c23def1f2bd1c06257f768c4018abce9dece5
- SSDEEP 49152:fvDI22SsaNYfdPBldt698dBcjHXwRJ6AbR3X:fv822SsaNYfdPBldt6+dBcjHXwRJ6S
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP
- Path C:\Windows\system32\SubDir\system.exe
- Size 2.6MB
- SHA256 acecb7e5f7738b379fa795a5b039d1e397d9861c4b89c9ce3dcd4b0f171bcedb
- MD5 88b3c6fc10b95d389eccc2c127d24e6d
- SHA1 b5220ecf66c795e618ca66ff41842cdfe6205d1b
- SHA512 9103ac28ea454a0bf3cd1ed11e8de5b47e3082d37893516d4f78643e901213558880399dfc88174cddde887e816cc4d793ec713666799f1e72ad42a092f66183
- SSDEEP 49152:fvDI22SsaNYfdPBldt698dBcjHXwRJ6AbR3LoGdt:fv822SsaNYfdPBldt6+dBcjHXwRJ6a9
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP