Analysis

  • max time kernel
    132s
  • max time network
    139s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20240426-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20240426-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
  • submitted
    01/05/2024, 09:42

General

  • Target
    Pogingenc.exe
  • Size 6.0MB
  • Sample240501-lpen4aeb33
  • 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 3 IoCs
  • Creates scheduled task(s) 1 TTPs 3 IoCs

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

  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 60 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:3768
    • 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:3672
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      "cmd.exe" /C mkdir "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\mstools"
      2⤵
        PID:3064
      • 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:5012
        • 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:772
      • 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:3324
      • 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:1416
        • 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:1184
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
          "cmd.exe" /C mkdir "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\mstools"
          2⤵
            PID:2640
          • 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:4608
            • 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:4072
          • 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:4812
          • 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:4632
            • 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:312
            • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
              "cmd.exe" /C mkdir "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\mstools"
              2⤵
                PID:4960
              • 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:3428
                • 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:1012
              • 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:3320

              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

                    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

                    mstools.exe

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

                    memory/3672-8-0x0000000005830000-0x00000000058C2000-memory.dmp

                    memory/3672-23-0x0000000074A10000-0x00000000751C0000-memory.dmp

                    memory/3672-24-0x00000000058F0000-0x0000000005900000-memory.dmp

                    memory/3672-6-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000724000-memory.dmp

                    memory/3672-7-0x0000000074A10000-0x00000000751C0000-memory.dmp

                    memory/3672-19-0x0000000007A10000-0x0000000007A4C000-memory.dmp

                    memory/3672-9-0x00000000058F0000-0x0000000005900000-memory.dmp

                    memory/3672-20-0x0000000007AC0000-0x0000000007B26000-memory.dmp

                    memory/3672-14-0x00000000058D0000-0x00000000058DA000-memory.dmp

                    memory/3672-15-0x0000000006910000-0x0000000006F28000-memory.dmp

                    memory/3672-16-0x0000000006400000-0x0000000006450000-memory.dmp

                    memory/3672-17-0x0000000006670000-0x0000000006722000-memory.dmp

                    memory/3672-18-0x00000000079B0000-0x00000000079C2000-memory.dmp

                    memory/3768-5-0x0000000005AA0000-0x0000000005AB0000-memory.dmp

                    memory/3768-13-0x0000000074A10000-0x00000000751C0000-memory.dmp

                    memory/3768-1-0x0000000074A10000-0x00000000751C0000-memory.dmp

                    memory/3768-4-0x0000000074A10000-0x00000000751C0000-memory.dmp

                    memory/3768-3-0x0000000006060000-0x0000000006604000-memory.dmp

                    memory/3768-2-0x0000000005AA0000-0x0000000005AB0000-memory.dmp

                    memory/3768-0-0x0000000000D60000-0x000000000108C000-memory.dmp