Analysis

  • max time kernel
    24s
  • max time network
    165s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20240226-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20240226-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
  • submitted
    09-04-2024 23:27

General

  • Target

    ccad408c7ce69d5e4f2d635c46458202.exe

  • Size

    2.0MB

  • MD5

    ccad408c7ce69d5e4f2d635c46458202

  • SHA1

    0c9e336b44a67d65843311bfe8711cd32b965c8c

  • SHA256

    818d900af1ef03e94a077f06e6531278ee35f2510439922b8f583e7abb7094f7

  • SHA512

    be40f01f9a7d5dfa5967a20d82cb509075be95e4cba0fc69119c7d252a110c4e34e0988a4418243df8afef7642c65d9f4b7f11aaf640941670a2621a00fa8707

  • SSDEEP

    24576:su6J33O0c+JY5UZ+XC0kGso6FaI1IXgM6YmenKKSUlmDaGJTA4Pqa6jUvOkQwKYO:2u0c++OCvkGs9Fap5aLKLkDl+dUvO9Y0

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
  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

  • Executes dropped EXE 3 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 AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 25 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ccad408c7ce69d5e4f2d635c46458202.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ccad408c7ce69d5e4f2d635c46458202.exe"
    1⤵
    • Checks computer location settings
    • Enumerates connected drives
    • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4032
    • 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:884
      • C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k
        3⤵
        • Maps connected drives based on registry
        PID:3748
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\windef.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\windef.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2964
      • 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:964
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\winsock.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\winsock.exe"
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        PID:3232
        • 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:5064
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
          C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c ""C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\fkbCBRYVNbYq.bat" "
          4⤵
            PID:4960
            • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\chcp.com
              chcp 65001
              5⤵
                PID:3340
              • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE
                ping -n 10 localhost
                5⤵
                • Runs ping.exe
                PID:2356
              • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\winsock.exe
                "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\winsock.exe"
                5⤵
                  PID:3068
              • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
                C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 3232 -s 2024
                4⤵
                • Program crash
                PID:1876
          • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ccad408c7ce69d5e4f2d635c46458202.exe
            "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ccad408c7ce69d5e4f2d635c46458202.exe"
            2⤵
              PID:3388
            • 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:2184
          • C:\Users\Admin\btpanui\SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe
            C:\Users\Admin\btpanui\SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe
            1⤵
              PID:836
              • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\vnc.exe
                "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\vnc.exe"
                2⤵
                  PID:1192
                  • C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
                    C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k
                    3⤵
                      PID:788
                  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\windef.exe
                    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\windef.exe"
                    2⤵
                      PID:4244
                    • C:\Users\Admin\btpanui\SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe
                      "C:\Users\Admin\btpanui\SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe"
                      2⤵
                        PID:3024
                      • 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:4020
                    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
                      C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 184 -p 3232 -ip 3232
                      1⤵
                        PID:2556

                      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

                      Replay Monitor

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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\fkbCBRYVNbYq.bat
                        Filesize

                        208B

                        MD5

                        4f435bf9718dfb22b26f7ed4be42e957

                        SHA1

                        5b83b3f1da5150748365b365607a33fec3de27d7

                        SHA256

                        17daa38c48727f3be55a05a1117c39a3a4dce301eb5ee07412b509054d95031d

                        SHA512

                        6302585245072882ea01e8604d9a6dd2b244b4d0d27bd54906c8dfa138a8cf0c596d984fe8665306550d9c17d463e29919dabe17100a882afd90aa12fbd8cade

                      • 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

                        24e59e1fe62da0d8be3894e6f791ba20

                        SHA1

                        173d2b7ccbca402afed3944607c3fe2f6c7163c3

                        SHA256

                        7d17cef37ac0be039025578758edf10d9817f0b491cc6985ba95126acae393d4

                        SHA512

                        76a24fcd0b5f5c8646b08dbc62e06c3586afe8409c1e447ac95ca94869167c3fc47733ba33e2900220635d6ce36b1c886c57972120dc27f41f435710d3579de9

                      • memory/788-89-0x00000000004D0000-0x000000000056C000-memory.dmp
                        Filesize

                        624KB

                      • memory/788-107-0x00000000004D0000-0x000000000056C000-memory.dmp
                        Filesize

                        624KB

                      • memory/788-84-0x00000000004D0000-0x000000000056C000-memory.dmp
                        Filesize

                        624KB

                      • memory/788-83-0x0000000000570000-0x0000000000571000-memory.dmp
                        Filesize

                        4KB

                      • memory/788-85-0x00000000004D0000-0x000000000056C000-memory.dmp
                        Filesize

                        624KB

                      • memory/2964-45-0x0000000006520000-0x000000000655C000-memory.dmp
                        Filesize

                        240KB

                      • memory/2964-41-0x0000000004EB0000-0x0000000004F42000-memory.dmp
                        Filesize

                        584KB

                      • memory/2964-42-0x0000000004E00000-0x0000000004E10000-memory.dmp
                        Filesize

                        64KB

                      • memory/2964-43-0x0000000005250000-0x00000000052B6000-memory.dmp
                        Filesize

                        408KB

                      • memory/2964-44-0x00000000060E0000-0x00000000060F2000-memory.dmp
                        Filesize

                        72KB

                      • memory/2964-38-0x0000000005330000-0x00000000058D4000-memory.dmp
                        Filesize

                        5.6MB

                      • memory/2964-53-0x0000000073830000-0x0000000073FE0000-memory.dmp
                        Filesize

                        7.7MB

                      • memory/2964-32-0x0000000073830000-0x0000000073FE0000-memory.dmp
                        Filesize

                        7.7MB

                      • memory/2964-31-0x0000000000570000-0x00000000005CE000-memory.dmp
                        Filesize

                        376KB

                      • memory/3068-106-0x0000000073830000-0x0000000073FE0000-memory.dmp
                        Filesize

                        7.7MB

                      • memory/3068-108-0x0000000005830000-0x0000000005840000-memory.dmp
                        Filesize

                        64KB

                      • memory/3068-111-0x0000000073830000-0x0000000073FE0000-memory.dmp
                        Filesize

                        7.7MB

                      • memory/3232-54-0x0000000004C90000-0x0000000004CA0000-memory.dmp
                        Filesize

                        64KB

                      • memory/3232-109-0x0000000073830000-0x0000000073FE0000-memory.dmp
                        Filesize

                        7.7MB

                      • memory/3232-58-0x0000000073830000-0x0000000073FE0000-memory.dmp
                        Filesize

                        7.7MB

                      • memory/3232-56-0x0000000006640000-0x000000000664A000-memory.dmp
                        Filesize

                        40KB

                      • memory/3232-52-0x0000000073830000-0x0000000073FE0000-memory.dmp
                        Filesize

                        7.7MB

                      • memory/3388-34-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-memory.dmp
                        Filesize

                        128KB

                      • memory/3388-20-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-memory.dmp
                        Filesize

                        128KB

                      • memory/3748-57-0x0000000000E00000-0x0000000000E9C000-memory.dmp
                        Filesize

                        624KB

                      • memory/3748-37-0x0000000000E00000-0x0000000000E9C000-memory.dmp
                        Filesize

                        624KB

                      • memory/3748-35-0x0000000000EA0000-0x0000000000EA1000-memory.dmp
                        Filesize

                        4KB

                      • memory/3748-28-0x0000000000E00000-0x0000000000E9C000-memory.dmp
                        Filesize

                        624KB

                      • memory/4032-19-0x0000000004430000-0x0000000004431000-memory.dmp
                        Filesize

                        4KB

                      • memory/4244-100-0x0000000073830000-0x0000000073FE0000-memory.dmp
                        Filesize

                        7.7MB

                      • memory/4244-81-0x0000000005560000-0x0000000005570000-memory.dmp
                        Filesize

                        64KB

                      • memory/4244-80-0x0000000073830000-0x0000000073FE0000-memory.dmp
                        Filesize

                        7.7MB