Analysis

  • max time kernel
    130s
  • max time network
    146s
  • 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
    Pogingenc.exe
  • Size 6.0MB
  • Sample240430-d89pksbd46
  • SHA256 0ad767569575baeeba2c76169fe9389b805364dd3a71e5e8d818dea5a94acc50
  • 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 2 IoCs
  • Uses the VBS compiler for execution 1 TTPs
  • 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 SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 40 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Pogingenc.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Pogingenc.exe"
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4640
    • C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\vbc.exe
      "C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\vbc.exe"
      2⤵
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      PID:5052
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      "cmd.exe" /C mkdir "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\mstools"
      2⤵
        PID:2740
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
        "cmd.exe" /C schtasks /create /sc minute /mo 1 /tn "Nafifas" /tr "'C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\mstools\mstools.exe'" /f
        2⤵
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:3096
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
          schtasks /create /sc minute /mo 1 /tn "Nafifas" /tr "'C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\mstools\mstools.exe'" /f
          3⤵
          • Creates scheduled task(s)
          PID:3956
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
        "cmd.exe" /C copy "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Pogingenc.exe" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\mstools\mstools.exe"
        2⤵
          PID:2348
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\mstools\mstools.exe
        C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\mstools\mstools.exe
        1⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:1512
        • C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\vbc.exe
          "C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\vbc.exe"
          2⤵
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          PID:1940
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
          "cmd.exe" /C mkdir "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\mstools"
          2⤵
            PID:872
          • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
            "cmd.exe" /C schtasks /create /sc minute /mo 1 /tn "Nafifas" /tr "'C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\mstools\mstools.exe'" /f
            2⤵
            • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
            PID:2784
            • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
              schtasks /create /sc minute /mo 1 /tn "Nafifas" /tr "'C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\mstools\mstools.exe'" /f
              3⤵
              • Creates scheduled task(s)
              PID:1840
          • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
            "cmd.exe" /C copy "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\mstools\mstools.exe" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\mstools\mstools.exe"
            2⤵
              PID:1616
          • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\mstools\mstools.exe
            C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\mstools\mstools.exe
            1⤵
            • Executes dropped EXE
            PID:392

          Network

                MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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                Downloads

                mstools.exe.log

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

                mstools.exe

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\mstools\mstools.exe
                • Size 6.0MB
                • SHA256 0ad767569575baeeba2c76169fe9389b805364dd3a71e5e8d818dea5a94acc50
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

                memory/4640-0-0x0000000000670000-0x000000000099C000-memory.dmp

                memory/4640-1-0x00000000749A0000-0x0000000075150000-memory.dmp

                memory/4640-2-0x0000000005400000-0x0000000005410000-memory.dmp

                memory/4640-3-0x00000000059C0000-0x0000000005F64000-memory.dmp

                memory/4640-4-0x00000000749A0000-0x0000000075150000-memory.dmp

                memory/4640-14-0x00000000749A0000-0x0000000075150000-memory.dmp

                memory/5052-9-0x0000000005350000-0x0000000005360000-memory.dmp

                memory/5052-8-0x0000000005280000-0x0000000005312000-memory.dmp

                memory/5052-13-0x0000000005330000-0x000000000533A000-memory.dmp

                memory/5052-15-0x0000000006300000-0x0000000006918000-memory.dmp

                memory/5052-16-0x0000000005E60000-0x0000000005EB0000-memory.dmp

                memory/5052-17-0x00000000060D0000-0x0000000006182000-memory.dmp

                memory/5052-18-0x00000000749A0000-0x0000000075150000-memory.dmp

                memory/5052-19-0x0000000005350000-0x0000000005360000-memory.dmp

                memory/5052-7-0x00000000749A0000-0x0000000075150000-memory.dmp

                memory/5052-6-0x0000000000790000-0x0000000000AB4000-memory.dmp