Analysis

  • max time kernel
    5s
  • max time network
    142s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20240802-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20240802-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
  • submitted
    15/08/2024, 02:20

General

  • Target
    a888dcb3da5dd6fbdc2d51187975ec62696938d9a2e84f0b927e5840a522cc0b.exe
  • Size 2.0MB
  • Sample240815-csrcmavdkq
  • SHA256 a888dcb3da5dd6fbdc2d51187975ec62696938d9a2e84f0b927e5840a522cc0b
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

Malware Config

Extracted

Family
  • azorult

C2
  • http://0x21.in:8000/_az/

Extracted

Family
  • quasar

Version
  • 1.3.0.0

Botnet
  • EbayProfiles

C2
  • 5.8.88.191:443

  • sockartek.icu:443

Mutex
  • QSR_MUTEX_0kBRNrRz5TDLEQouI0

Attributes
  • encryption_key

    MWhG6wsClMX8aJM2CVXT

  • install_name

    winsock.exe

  • log_directory

    Logs

  • reconnect_delay

    3000

  • startup_key

    win defender run

  • subdirectory

    SubDir

Signatures

  • Azorult

    An information stealer that was first discovered in 2016, targeting browsing history and passwords.

  • Quasar RAT

    Quasar is an open source Remote Access Tool.

  • Quasar payload 3 IoCs
  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

  • Executes dropped EXE 3 IoCs
  • Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 23 IoCs

    Attempts to read the root path of hard drives other than the default C: drive.

  • Looks up external IP address via web service 1 IoCs

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

  • AutoIT Executable 1 IoCs

    AutoIT scripts compiled to PE executables.

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

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

  • Program crash 3 IoCs
  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 8 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 5 IoCs

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

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 4 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 26 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\a888dcb3da5dd6fbdc2d51187975ec62696938d9a2e84f0b927e5840a522cc0b.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\a888dcb3da5dd6fbdc2d51187975ec62696938d9a2e84f0b927e5840a522cc0b.exe"
    1⤵
    • Checks computer location settings
    • Enumerates connected drives
    • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3940
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\vnc.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\vnc.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3984
      • C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k
        3⤵
          PID:1040
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
          C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 3984 -s 548
          3⤵
          • Program crash
          PID:892
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\windef.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\windef.exe"
        2⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:3632
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
          "schtasks" /create /tn "win defender run" /sc ONLOGON /tr "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\windef.exe" /rl HIGHEST /f
          3⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
          PID:1384
        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\winsock.exe
          "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\winsock.exe"
          3⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:2272
          • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
            "schtasks" /create /tn "win defender run" /sc ONLOGON /tr "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\winsock.exe" /rl HIGHEST /f
            4⤵
            • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
            • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
            PID:208
          • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
            C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c ""C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\9kfq0615SnBy.bat" "
            4⤵
              PID:4564
              • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\chcp.com
                chcp 65001
                5⤵
                  PID:408
                • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE
                  ping -n 10 localhost
                  5⤵
                  • System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
                  • Runs ping.exe
                  PID:2200
                • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\winsock.exe
                  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\winsock.exe"
                  5⤵
                    PID:4080
                    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
                      "schtasks" /create /tn "win defender run" /sc ONLOGON /tr "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\winsock.exe" /rl HIGHEST /f
                      6⤵
                      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
                      PID:3876
                • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
                  C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 2272 -s 2220
                  4⤵
                  • Program crash
                  PID:3852
            • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\a888dcb3da5dd6fbdc2d51187975ec62696938d9a2e84f0b927e5840a522cc0b.exe
              "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\a888dcb3da5dd6fbdc2d51187975ec62696938d9a2e84f0b927e5840a522cc0b.exe"
              2⤵
              • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
              PID:4124
            • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
              "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe" /create /tn RtkAudioService64 /tr "C:\Users\Admin\btpanui\SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe" /sc minute /mo 1 /F
              2⤵
              • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
              • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
              PID:4592
          • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
            C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 408 -p 3984 -ip 3984
            1⤵
              PID:3232
            • C:\Users\Admin\btpanui\SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe
              C:\Users\Admin\btpanui\SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe
              1⤵
                PID:2424
                • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\vnc.exe
                  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\vnc.exe"
                  2⤵
                    PID:4660
                    • C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
                      C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k
                      3⤵
                        PID:2044
                      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
                        C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 4660 -s 520
                        3⤵
                        • Program crash
                        PID:4292
                    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\windef.exe
                      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\windef.exe"
                      2⤵
                        PID:5104
                      • C:\Users\Admin\btpanui\SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe
                        "C:\Users\Admin\btpanui\SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe"
                        2⤵
                          PID:4272
                        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
                          "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe" /create /tn RtkAudioService64 /tr "C:\Users\Admin\btpanui\SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe" /sc minute /mo 1 /F
                          2⤵
                          • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
                          PID:1288
                      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
                        C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 468 -p 4660 -ip 4660
                        1⤵
                          PID:4996
                        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
                          C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 480 -p 2272 -ip 2272
                          1⤵
                            PID:4360
                          • C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\ClickToRun\OfficeClickToRun.exe
                            "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\ClickToRun\OfficeClickToRun.exe" /service
                            1⤵
                              PID:432
                            • C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\ClickToRun\OfficeClickToRun.exe
                              "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\ClickToRun\OfficeClickToRun.exe" /service
                              1⤵
                                PID:4736

                              Network

                                    MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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                                    Downloads

                                    windef.exe.log

                                    • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0_32\UsageLogs\windef.exe.log
                                    • Size 1KB
                                    • SHA256 f49dbd55029bfbc15134f7c6a4f967d6c39142c63f2e8f1f8c78fab108a2c928
                                    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                                    9kfq0615SnBy.bat

                                    • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\9kfq0615SnBy.bat
                                    • Size 208B
                                    • SHA256 d4b2106d93599687b953bd6261cec4071b3bf8582bda5e1409636915fd431c2e
                                    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                                    vnc.exe

                                    • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\vnc.exe
                                    • Size 405KB
                                    • SHA256 4e8a99cd33c9e5c747a3ce8f1a3e17824846f4a8f7cb0631aebd0815db2ce3a4
                                    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

                                    windef.exe

                                    • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\windef.exe
                                    • Size 349KB
                                    • SHA256 7050608d53f80269df951d00883ed79815c060ce7678a76b5c3f6a2a985beea9
                                    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

                                    08-15-2024

                                    • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Logs\08-15-2024
                                    • Size 224B
                                    • SHA256 883e28e5ee2203793f72062526c9ef9da5df4a9e23f8ea3425dad08136dcc8de
                                    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                                    SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe

                                    • Path C:\Users\Admin\btpanui\SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe
                                    • Size 2.0MB
                                    • SHA256 b91fbed553453009b3bd4fb00fd36e5702bb4dc3b683b32c7561c2d33d9e01d8
                                    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

                                    memory/2272-45-0x0000000006580000-0x000000000658A000-memory.dmp

                                    memory/3632-34-0x0000000005150000-0x00000000051E2000-memory.dmp

                                    memory/3632-33-0x0000000005700000-0x0000000005CA4000-memory.dmp

                                    memory/3632-35-0x00000000050C0000-0x0000000005126000-memory.dmp

                                    memory/3632-36-0x0000000005DD0000-0x0000000005DE2000-memory.dmp

                                    memory/3632-37-0x0000000006310000-0x000000000634C000-memory.dmp

                                    memory/3632-30-0x0000000000770000-0x00000000007CE000-memory.dmp

                                    memory/3632-20-0x000000007309E000-0x000000007309F000-memory.dmp

                                    memory/3940-19-0x0000000004120000-0x0000000004121000-memory.dmp

                                    memory/4124-29-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-memory.dmp

                                    memory/4124-21-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-memory.dmp