Analysis

  • max time kernel
    8s
  • max time network
    159s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20240226-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20240226-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
  • submitted
    24-03-2024 18:59

General

  • Target

    32ef85fdccfd02a799bb8e2067eb358938d967fde1b8b02bc9e8498f090ac92a.exe

  • Size

    2.0MB

  • MD5

    1cc92b360b0430a3cdaca8ea25eceeef

  • SHA1

    6810d293418468251950126879fb1c29b9446355

  • SHA256

    32ef85fdccfd02a799bb8e2067eb358938d967fde1b8b02bc9e8498f090ac92a

  • SHA512

    d18fc370d2777b900acdfe881dbfc1d5febdfd09964f5dc252498b3aa8c5f3e5afe6d08b8dbe8095467a37a9201b527fa26be95d6697c2d71d7f657ef981eb96

  • SSDEEP

    24576:su6J33O0c+JY5UZ+XC0kGso6FaI1IXgM6YmenKKSUlmDaGJTA4Pqa6jUvOkQwKYV:2u0c++OCvkGs9Fap5aLKLkDl+dUvO9YH

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

azorult

C2

http://0x21.in:8000/_az/

Extracted

Family

quasar

Version

1.3.0.0

Botnet

EbayProfiles

C2

5.8.88.191:443

sockartek.icu:443

Mutex

QSR_MUTEX_0kBRNrRz5TDLEQouI0

Attributes
  • encryption_key

    MWhG6wsClMX8aJM2CVXT

  • install_name

    winsock.exe

  • log_directory

    Logs

  • reconnect_delay

    3000

  • startup_key

    win defender run

  • subdirectory

    SubDir

Signatures

  • Azorult

    An information stealer that was first discovered in 2016, targeting browsing history and passwords.

  • Quasar RAT

    Quasar is an open source Remote Access Tool.

  • Quasar payload 3 IoCs
  • Detects Windows executables referencing non-Windows User-Agents 3 IoCs
  • Detects executables containing common artifacts observed in infostealers 3 IoCs
  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 23 IoCs

    Attempts to read the root path of hard drives other than the default C: drive.

  • Looks up external IP address via web service 1 IoCs

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

  • Maps connected drives based on registry 3 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Disk information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.

  • AutoIT Executable 1 IoCs

    AutoIT scripts compiled to PE executables.

  • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 2 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • Program crash 1 IoCs
  • Creates scheduled task(s) 1 TTPs 4 IoCs

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

  • Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 4 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 19 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\32ef85fdccfd02a799bb8e2067eb358938d967fde1b8b02bc9e8498f090ac92a.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\32ef85fdccfd02a799bb8e2067eb358938d967fde1b8b02bc9e8498f090ac92a.exe"
    1⤵
    • Checks computer location settings
    • Enumerates connected drives
    • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3596
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\vnc.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\vnc.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
      • Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4260
      • C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k
        3⤵
        • Maps connected drives based on registry
        PID:4900
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\windef.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\windef.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      PID:2288
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        "schtasks" /create /tn "win defender run" /sc ONLOGON /tr "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\windef.exe" /rl HIGHEST /f
        3⤵
        • Creates scheduled task(s)
        PID:2000
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\winsock.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\winsock.exe"
        3⤵
          PID:696
          • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
            "schtasks" /create /tn "win defender run" /sc ONLOGON /tr "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\winsock.exe" /rl HIGHEST /f
            4⤵
            • Creates scheduled task(s)
            PID:4288
          • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
            C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c ""C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\kwVVG46glzzP.bat" "
            4⤵
              PID:4932
              • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\chcp.com
                chcp 65001
                5⤵
                  PID:4644
                • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE
                  ping -n 10 localhost
                  5⤵
                  • Runs ping.exe
                  PID:1360
                • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\winsock.exe
                  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\winsock.exe"
                  5⤵
                    PID:864
                • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
                  C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 696 -s 2288
                  4⤵
                  • Program crash
                  PID:3924
            • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\32ef85fdccfd02a799bb8e2067eb358938d967fde1b8b02bc9e8498f090ac92a.exe
              "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\32ef85fdccfd02a799bb8e2067eb358938d967fde1b8b02bc9e8498f090ac92a.exe"
              2⤵
                PID:2900
              • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
                "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe" /create /tn RtkAudioService64 /tr "C:\Users\Admin\btpanui\SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe" /sc minute /mo 1 /F
                2⤵
                • Creates scheduled task(s)
                PID:1480
            • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
              C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 408 -p 696 -ip 696
              1⤵
                PID:1928
              • C:\Users\Admin\btpanui\SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe
                C:\Users\Admin\btpanui\SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe
                1⤵
                  PID:3704
                  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\vnc.exe
                    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\vnc.exe"
                    2⤵
                      PID:3868
                      • C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
                        C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k
                        3⤵
                          PID:1380
                      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\windef.exe
                        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\windef.exe"
                        2⤵
                          PID:2508
                        • C:\Users\Admin\btpanui\SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe
                          "C:\Users\Admin\btpanui\SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe"
                          2⤵
                            PID:1340
                          • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
                            "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe" /create /tn RtkAudioService64 /tr "C:\Users\Admin\btpanui\SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe" /sc minute /mo 1 /F
                            2⤵
                            • Creates scheduled task(s)
                            PID:872

                        Network

                        MITRE ATT&CK Matrix ATT&CK v13

                        Execution

                        Scheduled Task/Job

                        1
                        T1053

                        Persistence

                        Scheduled Task/Job

                        1
                        T1053

                        Privilege Escalation

                        Scheduled Task/Job

                        1
                        T1053

                        Discovery

                        Query Registry

                        3
                        T1012

                        System Information Discovery

                        4
                        T1082

                        Peripheral Device Discovery

                        2
                        T1120

                        Remote System Discovery

                        1
                        T1018

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                        Downloads

                        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0_32\UsageLogs\windef.exe.log
                          Filesize

                          1KB

                          MD5

                          10eab9c2684febb5327b6976f2047587

                          SHA1

                          a12ed54146a7f5c4c580416aecb899549712449e

                          SHA256

                          f49dbd55029bfbc15134f7c6a4f967d6c39142c63f2e8f1f8c78fab108a2c928

                          SHA512

                          7e5fd90fffae723bd0c662a90e0730b507805f072771ee673d1d8c262dbf60c8a03ba5fe088f699a97c2e886380de158b2ccd59ee62e3d012dd6dd14ea9d0e50

                        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\kwVVG46glzzP.bat
                          Filesize

                          208B

                          MD5

                          b559449278fc9e83ab64ba6e9f26bbec

                          SHA1

                          c6ca54cc739bb4526ccc2a336eb97ce9c910d9b7

                          SHA256

                          56b803f284ae66d59b66c43d98636312ff771036c83395d0f469d488adaf304d

                          SHA512

                          851e065de45becdeba7b6a8d48bacdb82f7dd9f4113dddf9d188480034e6f3b3fee52f9c45ffb947cf5de82a7da2c601e13b29a4d1a318a2aeb75b2e0fd4d4ab

                        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\vnc.exe
                          Filesize

                          405KB

                          MD5

                          b8ba87ee4c3fc085a2fed0d839aadce1

                          SHA1

                          b3a2e3256406330e8b1779199bb2b9865122d766

                          SHA256

                          4e8a99cd33c9e5c747a3ce8f1a3e17824846f4a8f7cb0631aebd0815db2ce3a4

                          SHA512

                          7a775a12cd5bcd182d64be0d31f800b456ca6d1b531189cea9c72e1940871cfe92ccd005938f67bfa4784ae44c54b3a7ea29a5bb59766e98c78bf53b680f2ab2

                        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\windef.exe
                          Filesize

                          349KB

                          MD5

                          b4a202e03d4135484d0e730173abcc72

                          SHA1

                          01b30014545ea526c15a60931d676f9392ea0c70

                          SHA256

                          7050608d53f80269df951d00883ed79815c060ce7678a76b5c3f6a2a985beea9

                          SHA512

                          632a035a3b722ea29b02aad1f0da3df5bdc38abc7e6617223790955c6c0830f1070b528680416d5c63ea5e846074cdad87f06c21c35a77b1ccc4edc089d8b1fb

                        • C:\Users\Admin\btpanui\SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe
                          Filesize

                          2.0MB

                          MD5

                          101ead8b05aeb6546b27a8a59fb6ff97

                          SHA1

                          da184384c8f493cc3d511e72ac09e655f56d648d

                          SHA256

                          9715904a067af3ffc3e903ba1ecb9cb8b70701fbb550f232cd4c142099641de7

                          SHA512

                          e11ad7faef7976a76a9b39884b0c7eda2eef9659896188e9bf02bff32ba9e1ea913141a2197ad9355dfa1cf34ef20b9316aff912d61c5eb4d08e9d73032d4ab5

                        • memory/696-56-0x0000000006CD0000-0x0000000006CDA000-memory.dmp
                          Filesize

                          40KB

                        • memory/696-54-0x0000000005380000-0x0000000005390000-memory.dmp
                          Filesize

                          64KB

                        • memory/696-59-0x0000000005380000-0x0000000005390000-memory.dmp
                          Filesize

                          64KB

                        • memory/696-58-0x00000000737D0000-0x0000000073F80000-memory.dmp
                          Filesize

                          7.7MB

                        • memory/696-53-0x00000000737D0000-0x0000000073F80000-memory.dmp
                          Filesize

                          7.7MB

                        • memory/696-64-0x00000000737D0000-0x0000000073F80000-memory.dmp
                          Filesize

                          7.7MB

                        • memory/864-106-0x00000000737D0000-0x0000000073F80000-memory.dmp
                          Filesize

                          7.7MB

                        • memory/864-107-0x0000000004DD0000-0x0000000004DE0000-memory.dmp
                          Filesize

                          64KB

                        • memory/864-108-0x00000000737D0000-0x0000000073F80000-memory.dmp
                          Filesize

                          7.7MB

                        • memory/1340-95-0x0000000000150000-0x0000000000170000-memory.dmp
                          Filesize

                          128KB

                        • memory/1340-104-0x0000000000150000-0x0000000000170000-memory.dmp
                          Filesize

                          128KB

                        • memory/1380-88-0x0000000000BE0000-0x0000000000BE1000-memory.dmp
                          Filesize

                          4KB

                        • memory/1380-89-0x0000000000B40000-0x0000000000BDC000-memory.dmp
                          Filesize

                          624KB

                        • memory/1380-93-0x0000000000B40000-0x0000000000BDC000-memory.dmp
                          Filesize

                          624KB

                        • memory/1380-110-0x0000000000B40000-0x0000000000BDC000-memory.dmp
                          Filesize

                          624KB

                        • memory/2288-36-0x0000000005410000-0x00000000054A2000-memory.dmp
                          Filesize

                          584KB

                        • memory/2288-30-0x00000000059C0000-0x0000000005F64000-memory.dmp
                          Filesize

                          5.6MB

                        • memory/2288-52-0x00000000737D0000-0x0000000073F80000-memory.dmp
                          Filesize

                          7.7MB

                        • memory/2288-45-0x0000000006910000-0x000000000694C000-memory.dmp
                          Filesize

                          240KB

                        • memory/2288-44-0x0000000005990000-0x00000000059A2000-memory.dmp
                          Filesize

                          72KB

                        • memory/2288-43-0x0000000005520000-0x0000000005586000-memory.dmp
                          Filesize

                          408KB

                        • memory/2288-24-0x0000000000910000-0x000000000096E000-memory.dmp
                          Filesize

                          376KB

                        • memory/2288-21-0x00000000737D0000-0x0000000073F80000-memory.dmp
                          Filesize

                          7.7MB

                        • memory/2288-39-0x00000000055C0000-0x00000000055D0000-memory.dmp
                          Filesize

                          64KB

                        • memory/2508-86-0x00000000737D0000-0x0000000073F80000-memory.dmp
                          Filesize

                          7.7MB

                        • memory/2508-94-0x00000000057B0000-0x00000000057C0000-memory.dmp
                          Filesize

                          64KB

                        • memory/2508-109-0x00000000737D0000-0x0000000073F80000-memory.dmp
                          Filesize

                          7.7MB

                        • memory/2900-40-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-memory.dmp
                          Filesize

                          128KB

                        • memory/2900-19-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-memory.dmp
                          Filesize

                          128KB

                        • memory/3596-23-0x0000000004670000-0x0000000004671000-memory.dmp
                          Filesize

                          4KB

                        • memory/4900-38-0x00000000001C0000-0x000000000025C000-memory.dmp
                          Filesize

                          624KB

                        • memory/4900-27-0x00000000001C0000-0x000000000025C000-memory.dmp
                          Filesize

                          624KB

                        • memory/4900-28-0x0000000000260000-0x0000000000261000-memory.dmp
                          Filesize

                          4KB

                        • memory/4900-57-0x00000000001C0000-0x000000000025C000-memory.dmp
                          Filesize

                          624KB