Analysis

  • max time kernel
    123s
  • max time network
    53s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20240419-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20240419-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
  • submitted
    30/04/2024, 03:41

General

  • Target
    Encrypted.exe
  • Size 9.0MB
  • Sample240430-d8832sca51
  • SHA256 4b3430ba8a4388133716b3747f00e9a98c99f37631aac98a03ff6bc8b674cf1e
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

Malware Config

Extracted

Family
  • quasar

Version
  • 1.4.1

Botnet
  • Office04

C2
  • 93.123.85.108:4782

Mutex
  • e14b8f59-979b-4ebf-8602-dd3c4d6c301e

Attributes
  • encryption_key

    534734397C0FA9A1D28F061AD75DF4100BFF5787

  • install_name

    Msconfig.exe

  • log_directory

    Logs

  • reconnect_delay

    3000

  • startup_key

    Quasar Client Startup

  • subdirectory

    SubDir

Signatures

  • Quasar RAT

    Quasar is an open source Remote Access Tool.

  • Quasar payload 1 IoCs
  • Executes dropped EXE 4 IoCs
  • Uses the VBS compiler for execution 1 TTPs
  • Drops file in System32 directory 6 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 2 IoCs
  • Creates scheduled task(s) 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 46 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Encrypted.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Encrypted.exe"
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1804
    • C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\vbc.exe
      "C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\vbc.exe"
      2⤵
      • Drops file in System32 directory
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2532
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\SubDir\Msconfig.exe
        "C:\Windows\system32\SubDir\Msconfig.exe"
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        PID:4304
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      "cmd.exe" /C mkdir "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\msconfig"
      2⤵
        PID:2276
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
        "cmd.exe" /C schtasks /create /sc minute /mo 1 /tn "Nafifas" /tr "'C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\msconfig\msconfig.exe'" /f
        2⤵
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:3440
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
          schtasks /create /sc minute /mo 1 /tn "Nafifas" /tr "'C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\msconfig\msconfig.exe'" /f
          3⤵
          • Creates scheduled task(s)
          PID:4396
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
        "cmd.exe" /C copy "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Encrypted.exe" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\msconfig\msconfig.exe"
        2⤵
          PID:4648
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\msconfig\msconfig.exe
        C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\msconfig\msconfig.exe
        1⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:1972
        • C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\vbc.exe
          "C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\vbc.exe"
          2⤵
          • Drops file in System32 directory
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:3920
          • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\SubDir\Msconfig.exe
            "C:\Windows\system32\SubDir\Msconfig.exe"
            3⤵
            • Executes dropped EXE
            PID:1944
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
          "cmd.exe" /C mkdir "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\msconfig"
          2⤵
            PID:4984
          • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
            "cmd.exe" /C schtasks /create /sc minute /mo 1 /tn "Nafifas" /tr "'C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\msconfig\msconfig.exe'" /f
            2⤵
            • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
            PID:2768
            • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
              schtasks /create /sc minute /mo 1 /tn "Nafifas" /tr "'C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\msconfig\msconfig.exe'" /f
              3⤵
              • Creates scheduled task(s)
              PID:4532
          • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
            "cmd.exe" /C copy "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\msconfig\msconfig.exe" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\msconfig\msconfig.exe"
            2⤵
              PID:1072
          • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\msconfig\msconfig.exe
            C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\msconfig\msconfig.exe
            1⤵
            • Executes dropped EXE
            PID:3192

          Network

                MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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                Downloads

                msconfig.exe.log

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0_32\UsageLogs\msconfig.exe.log
                • Size 520B
                • SHA256 5164770a37b199a79ccd23b399bb3309228973d9f74c589bc2623dc613b37ac4
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                vbc.exe.log

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0_32\UsageLogs\vbc.exe.log
                • Size 1KB
                • SHA256 8940500d6f057583903fde1af0287e27197410415639fc69beb39475fa5240dc
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                msconfig.exe

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\msconfig\msconfig.exe
                • Size 9.0MB
                • SHA256 4b3430ba8a4388133716b3747f00e9a98c99f37631aac98a03ff6bc8b674cf1e
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

                Msconfig.exe

                • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\SubDir\Msconfig.exe
                • Size 2.5MB
                • SHA256 c16336ab32195b08c1678220fbe0256fee865f623e2b32fcfa4d9825fd68977e
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

                memory/1804-14-0x0000000074DD0000-0x0000000075580000-memory.dmp

                memory/1804-1-0x0000000074DD0000-0x0000000075580000-memory.dmp

                memory/1804-2-0x00000000033E0000-0x00000000033F0000-memory.dmp

                memory/1804-3-0x0000000005ED0000-0x0000000006474000-memory.dmp

                memory/1804-4-0x0000000074DD0000-0x0000000075580000-memory.dmp

                memory/1804-0-0x0000000000CC0000-0x0000000000FEC000-memory.dmp

                memory/2532-9-0x0000000005070000-0x0000000005080000-memory.dmp

                memory/2532-13-0x0000000005100000-0x000000000510A000-memory.dmp

                memory/2532-21-0x0000000074DD0000-0x0000000075580000-memory.dmp

                memory/2532-8-0x0000000005120000-0x00000000051B2000-memory.dmp

                memory/2532-7-0x0000000000900000-0x0000000000C24000-memory.dmp

                memory/2532-6-0x0000000074DD0000-0x0000000075580000-memory.dmp