Analysis

  • max time kernel
    147s
  • max time network
    93s
  • platform
    windows11-21h2_x64
  • resource
    win11-20240419-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11-20240419-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-21h2-x64system
  • submitted
    01/05/2024, 16:07

General

  • Target

    4b3430ba8a4388133716b3747f00e9a98c99f37631aac98a03ff6bc8b674cf1e.exe

  • Size

    9.0MB

  • MD5

    78c78748cab54dcf941633f5297c1bf6

  • SHA1

    0c0ee5e0694315bc3813c95d8561056dd8831bee

  • SHA256

    4b3430ba8a4388133716b3747f00e9a98c99f37631aac98a03ff6bc8b674cf1e

  • SHA512

    d2212b83a7a4ca4d428cb200f45cc723f6f41485ffd7856f6eeba00f86996f584009e3f2fc5bb0230bfaa96e9c75ac08d3a0c56a07fa94b03b5b220e3e63458f

  • SSDEEP

    49152:/D34Eaz/gdH5o3T8VNZXPkp33BbXh4cpybjPimb+GbZ16xViBGGxxedCCaU0Ddd9:/EsHiAKJxDhpYqemxkDTfgY

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\4b3430ba8a4388133716b3747f00e9a98c99f37631aac98a03ff6bc8b674cf1e.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\4b3430ba8a4388133716b3747f00e9a98c99f37631aac98a03ff6bc8b674cf1e.exe"
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4752
    • 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:4568
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\SubDir\Msconfig.exe
        "C:\Windows\system32\SubDir\Msconfig.exe"
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        PID:2636
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      "cmd.exe" /C mkdir "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\msconfig"
      2⤵
        PID:4952
      • 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:4932
        • 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:4988
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
        "cmd.exe" /C copy "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\4b3430ba8a4388133716b3747f00e9a98c99f37631aac98a03ff6bc8b674cf1e.exe" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\msconfig\msconfig.exe"
        2⤵
          PID:4716
      • 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:1156
        • 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:2520
          • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\SubDir\Msconfig.exe
            "C:\Windows\system32\SubDir\Msconfig.exe"
            3⤵
            • Executes dropped EXE
            PID:4972
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
          "cmd.exe" /C mkdir "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\msconfig"
          2⤵
            PID:2200
          • 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:2076
            • 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:3492
          • 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:980
          • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\msconfig\msconfig.exe
            C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\msconfig\msconfig.exe
            1⤵
            • Executes dropped EXE
            PID:4540

          Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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          Downloads

          • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0_32\UsageLogs\msconfig.exe.log

            Filesize

            520B

            MD5

            197fd086992c5b5eb6157c9a3a975845

            SHA1

            0f91d80c561c3c9398dca480bccd2b97be7d3995

            SHA256

            3ed1b46e4594bb416a85f689348ecea7a74c7529a9997f116ada05d1430683c4

            SHA512

            2deb85a9ee1b4e99e9a3875ab6089da6fe7e6e502fc2eebf65e8c9de9e2fae79b07465f2c71b24739914952cd4d646b71ddca4adf602b4cafebff01e4a8a9ad2

          • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0_32\UsageLogs\vbc.exe.log

            Filesize

            1KB

            MD5

            af5e7a69d40fa61fc5cbe8e47b94e6f2

            SHA1

            7a17838ce80aca637271aeed443fbd5c7b6ffd59

            SHA256

            0acb16fce2cbcab32c09856689e22bffeca7941433389f92a01dc612b4ae4a5f

            SHA512

            848c2ee685a3298dfa266d5bc070ff77a8513a2a14b71e834614850bc6144d5c15f17da9f80148b4f9d9a206a168c74aaa5574589da1fb7629e7fc3513db84d8

          • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\msconfig\msconfig.exe

            Filesize

            9.0MB

            MD5

            78c78748cab54dcf941633f5297c1bf6

            SHA1

            0c0ee5e0694315bc3813c95d8561056dd8831bee

            SHA256

            4b3430ba8a4388133716b3747f00e9a98c99f37631aac98a03ff6bc8b674cf1e

            SHA512

            d2212b83a7a4ca4d428cb200f45cc723f6f41485ffd7856f6eeba00f86996f584009e3f2fc5bb0230bfaa96e9c75ac08d3a0c56a07fa94b03b5b220e3e63458f

          • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\SubDir\Msconfig.exe

            Filesize

            2.5MB

            MD5

            a731372e6f6978ce25617ae01b143351

            SHA1

            eab9863a3b7fe5ba2c916a5115c4f13d0984ff89

            SHA256

            19a3cfbc90e877df30e938fb55785ac3ba8e2e30a54ffbb5af6e0ec9430f9e4b

            SHA512

            4824c046c2b8370dc290ffbec0c2aa17a4cc22ed2b313e33d72e4aec5d01ab9e6e9676848752d37d95aafa9818f35b233bf70e7a84e0fa0106d22c5f07a38b0d

          • memory/4568-21-0x0000000074980000-0x0000000075131000-memory.dmp

            Filesize

            7.7MB

          • memory/4568-6-0x0000000000A00000-0x0000000000D24000-memory.dmp

            Filesize

            3.1MB

          • memory/4568-7-0x0000000074980000-0x0000000075131000-memory.dmp

            Filesize

            7.7MB

          • memory/4568-8-0x0000000005320000-0x00000000053B2000-memory.dmp

            Filesize

            584KB

          • memory/4568-9-0x00000000052F0000-0x00000000052FA000-memory.dmp

            Filesize

            40KB

          • memory/4568-10-0x0000000074980000-0x0000000075131000-memory.dmp

            Filesize

            7.7MB

          • memory/4752-14-0x0000000074980000-0x0000000075131000-memory.dmp

            Filesize

            7.7MB

          • memory/4752-4-0x0000000074980000-0x0000000075131000-memory.dmp

            Filesize

            7.7MB

          • memory/4752-0-0x000000007498E000-0x000000007498F000-memory.dmp

            Filesize

            4KB

          • memory/4752-3-0x0000000074980000-0x0000000075131000-memory.dmp

            Filesize

            7.7MB

          • memory/4752-2-0x00000000058D0000-0x0000000005E76000-memory.dmp

            Filesize

            5.6MB

          • memory/4752-1-0x0000000000570000-0x000000000089C000-memory.dmp

            Filesize

            3.2MB