Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    153s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20240709-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20240709-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
  • submitted
    26-07-2024 23:45

General

  • Target

    763dd9b7f2a5183a1380bee36889f936_JaffaCakes118.exe

  • Size

    648KB

  • MD5

    763dd9b7f2a5183a1380bee36889f936

  • SHA1

    cdc7f9911a853973fc83d0e1a51ee5e82da347c9

  • SHA256

    4be9a02e54e86920ed2bcaef3d28253ad0f4f3b005a14c656d74966589ca2039

  • SHA512

    7ce621d758a7e12d026d669a5a9827e4dbec130baf05c51e8937227b9f35f5ef7ecfc4e60202f1e3d2f7aa67d665f612bfa0db92cd1ec3d2420a8207b152e37c

  • SSDEEP

    12288:Z8iNlD5ZS/1WEJOAqRSEM3Sy21LVbK89elrrJ56:vKIDAEQSy2TbKuKN

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

quasar

Version

2.1.0.0

Botnet

ajith

C2

23.105.131.178:7812

Mutex

VNM_MUTEX_NdVd2sPSSqFdo7I35g

Attributes
  • encryption_key

    jyerms3KOWmt3C9DBFuq

  • install_name

    Windows Defender Security.exe

  • log_directory

    Logs

  • reconnect_delay

    3000

  • startup_key

    Windows Update

  • subdirectory

    SubDir

Signatures

  • Contains code to disable Windows Defender 1 IoCs

    A .NET executable tasked with disabling Windows Defender capabilities such as realtime monitoring, blocking at first seen, etc.

  • Modifies Windows Defender Real-time Protection settings 3 TTPs 4 IoCs
  • Quasar RAT

    Quasar is an open source Remote Access Tool.

  • Quasar payload 1 IoCs
  • VenomRAT

    VenomRAT is a modified version of QuasarRAT with some added features, such as rootkit and stealer capabilites.

  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • Windows security modification 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Looks up external IP address via web service 1 IoCs

    Uses a legitimate IP lookup service to find the infected system's external IP.

  • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 3 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 14 IoCs

    Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.

  • System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Adversaries may check for Internet connectivity on compromised systems.

  • Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 14 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 7 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 60 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\763dd9b7f2a5183a1380bee36889f936_JaffaCakes118.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\763dd9b7f2a5183a1380bee36889f936_JaffaCakes118.exe"
    1⤵
    • Adds Run key to start application
    • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3708
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\763dd9b7f2a5183a1380bee36889f936_JaffaCakes118.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\763dd9b7f2a5183a1380bee36889f936_JaffaCakes118.exe"
      2⤵
        PID:3268
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\763dd9b7f2a5183a1380bee36889f936_JaffaCakes118.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\763dd9b7f2a5183a1380bee36889f936_JaffaCakes118.exe"
        2⤵
        • Modifies Windows Defender Real-time Protection settings
        • Checks computer location settings
        • Windows security modification
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:1484
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
          "schtasks" /create /tn "Windows Update" /sc ONLOGON /tr "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\763dd9b7f2a5183a1380bee36889f936_JaffaCakes118.exe" /rl HIGHEST /f
          3⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
          PID:3164
        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\Windows Defender Security.exe
          "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\Windows Defender Security.exe"
          3⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:1500
          • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\Windows Defender Security.exe
            "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\Windows Defender Security.exe"
            4⤵
            • Executes dropped EXE
            • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
            • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
            • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
            • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
            PID:3560
            • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
              "schtasks" /create /tn "Windows Update" /sc ONLOGON /tr "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\Windows Defender Security.exe" /rl HIGHEST /f
              5⤵
              • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
              • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
              PID:1072
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
          "powershell" Get-MpPreference -verbose
          3⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          PID:1600
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
          "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /k start /b del /q/f/s %TEMP%\* & exit
          3⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:1768
          • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
            C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /K del /q/f/s C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\*
            4⤵
            • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
            PID:3520
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
          C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c ""C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MMZczX5tFJQM.bat" "
          3⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:900
          • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\chcp.com
            chcp 65001
            4⤵
            • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
            PID:408
          • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE
            ping -n 10 localhost
            4⤵
            • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
            • System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
            • Runs ping.exe
            PID:1676
          • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\763dd9b7f2a5183a1380bee36889f936_JaffaCakes118.exe
            "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\763dd9b7f2a5183a1380bee36889f936_JaffaCakes118.exe"
            4⤵
            • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
            • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
            • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
            • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
            • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
            PID:3052
            • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\763dd9b7f2a5183a1380bee36889f936_JaffaCakes118.exe
              "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\763dd9b7f2a5183a1380bee36889f936_JaffaCakes118.exe"
              5⤵
                PID:3004
              • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\763dd9b7f2a5183a1380bee36889f936_JaffaCakes118.exe
                "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\763dd9b7f2a5183a1380bee36889f936_JaffaCakes118.exe"
                5⤵
                • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
                • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
                PID:1684

      Network

      MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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      Downloads

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

        Filesize

        507B

        MD5

        8cf94b5356be60247d331660005941ec

        SHA1

        fdedb361f40f22cb6a086c808fc0056d4e421131

        SHA256

        52a5b2d36f2b72cb02c695cf7ef46444dda73d4ea82a73e0894c805fa9987bc0

        SHA512

        b886dfc8bf03f8627f051fb6e2ac40ae2e7713584695a365728eb2e2c87217830029aa35bd129c642fa03dde3f7a7dd5690b16248676be60a6bb5f497fb23651

      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MMZczX5tFJQM.bat

        Filesize

        243B

        MD5

        8a13189a1680a0b58634c9de26e9c91c

        SHA1

        ff6d047ee9a0f5ae4340e3744db16718e175280b

        SHA256

        2051ad12529903859dee7ffed4624864ab0d04b7a954e76af8e1afc2a93bca6a

        SHA512

        338bb95cba353edace042c25e3730d0e653cb77d0ec02635858e0c5301a081bd446b56fd61f4b583d1d43a6c39b965a76913d7d4fab72ec49612da6ab0d57828

      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_ibcxtxjs.uwe.ps1

        Filesize

        60B

        MD5

        d17fe0a3f47be24a6453e9ef58c94641

        SHA1

        6ab83620379fc69f80c0242105ddffd7d98d5d9d

        SHA256

        96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7

        SHA512

        5b592e58f26c264604f98f6aa12860758ce606d1c63220736cf0c779e4e18e3cec8706930a16c38b20161754d1017d1657d35258e58ca22b18f5b232880dec82

      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\Windows Defender Security.exe

        Filesize

        648KB

        MD5

        763dd9b7f2a5183a1380bee36889f936

        SHA1

        cdc7f9911a853973fc83d0e1a51ee5e82da347c9

        SHA256

        4be9a02e54e86920ed2bcaef3d28253ad0f4f3b005a14c656d74966589ca2039

        SHA512

        7ce621d758a7e12d026d669a5a9827e4dbec130baf05c51e8937227b9f35f5ef7ecfc4e60202f1e3d2f7aa67d665f612bfa0db92cd1ec3d2420a8207b152e37c

      • memory/1484-70-0x0000000074E30000-0x00000000755E0000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        7.7MB

      • memory/1484-8-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000048C000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        560KB

      • memory/1484-10-0x0000000074E30000-0x00000000755E0000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        7.7MB

      • memory/1484-12-0x0000000074E30000-0x00000000755E0000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        7.7MB

      • memory/1484-13-0x00000000051B0000-0x0000000005216000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        408KB

      • memory/1484-14-0x0000000005DC0000-0x0000000005DD2000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        72KB

      • memory/1484-15-0x0000000006440000-0x000000000647C000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        240KB

      • memory/1484-75-0x0000000074E30000-0x00000000755E0000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        7.7MB

      • memory/1500-29-0x0000000074E30000-0x00000000755E0000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        7.7MB

      • memory/1500-21-0x0000000074E30000-0x00000000755E0000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        7.7MB

      • memory/1500-22-0x0000000074E30000-0x00000000755E0000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        7.7MB

      • memory/1600-31-0x00000000050C0000-0x0000000005126000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        408KB

      • memory/1600-64-0x0000000007440000-0x000000000744E000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        56KB

      • memory/1600-23-0x0000000002540000-0x0000000002576000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        216KB

      • memory/1600-67-0x0000000007530000-0x0000000007538000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        32KB

      • memory/1600-28-0x0000000005240000-0x0000000005868000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        6.2MB

      • memory/1600-66-0x0000000007550000-0x000000000756A000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        104KB

      • memory/1600-30-0x0000000004F20000-0x0000000004F42000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        136KB

      • memory/1600-65-0x0000000007450000-0x0000000007464000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        80KB

      • memory/1600-63-0x0000000007410000-0x0000000007421000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        68KB

      • memory/1600-37-0x0000000005950000-0x0000000005CA4000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        3.3MB

      • memory/1600-43-0x0000000005F80000-0x0000000005FCC000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        304KB

      • memory/1600-42-0x0000000005EF0000-0x0000000005F0E000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        120KB

      • memory/1600-62-0x0000000007490000-0x0000000007526000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        600KB

      • memory/1600-46-0x0000000006EE0000-0x0000000006F12000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        200KB

      • memory/1600-47-0x00000000702D0000-0x000000007031C000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        304KB

      • memory/1600-57-0x0000000006450000-0x000000000646E000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        120KB

      • memory/1600-58-0x0000000006F20000-0x0000000006FC3000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        652KB

      • memory/1600-59-0x00000000078B0000-0x0000000007F2A000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        6.5MB

      • memory/1600-60-0x0000000007200000-0x000000000721A000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        104KB

      • memory/1600-61-0x0000000007280000-0x000000000728A000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        40KB

      • memory/3560-45-0x0000000006AF0000-0x0000000006AFA000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        40KB

      • memory/3708-4-0x00000000056D0000-0x0000000005762000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        584KB

      • memory/3708-11-0x0000000074E30000-0x00000000755E0000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        7.7MB

      • memory/3708-0-0x0000000074E3E000-0x0000000074E3F000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        4KB

      • memory/3708-5-0x0000000005770000-0x000000000580C000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        624KB

      • memory/3708-7-0x0000000005610000-0x000000000561A000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        40KB

      • memory/3708-3-0x0000000005BE0000-0x0000000006184000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        5.6MB

      • memory/3708-2-0x0000000074E30000-0x00000000755E0000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        7.7MB

      • memory/3708-1-0x0000000000BF0000-0x0000000000C98000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        672KB