Analysis

  • max time kernel
    148s
  • max time network
    150s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20240802-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20240802-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
  • submitted
    22/08/2024, 08:51

General

  • Target
    b7081fba6d2df79d3902b276cb06a7e3_JaffaCakes118.exe
  • Size 2.7MB
  • Sample240822-ksbaea1dnr
  • SHA256 ece2099bd19354e03051f4ec9a7d55c141fb3652070775c882d7dbac538f42c6
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

Malware Config

Extracted

Family
  • quasar

Version
  • 1.4.0

Botnet
  • SMART2

C2
  • vpnnid.hopto.org:4783

Mutex
  • 3480c736-2dc5-454c-9fb1-5a26a450ce30

Attributes
  • encryption_key

    C390E62881F25347C39CDE51024A9C687D49675F

  • install_name

    Client.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
  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

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

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

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 7 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 1 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 WriteProcessMemory 29 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\b7081fba6d2df79d3902b276cb06a7e3_JaffaCakes118.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\b7081fba6d2df79d3902b276cb06a7e3_JaffaCakes118.exe"
    1⤵
    • Checks computer location settings
    • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2636
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe" /Create /TN "Updates\vzNzqcPGuz" /XML "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpC7CF.tmp"
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:3352
    • C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\RegSvcs.exe
      "{path}"
      2⤵
        PID:1132
      • C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\RegSvcs.exe
        "{path}"
        2⤵
          PID:3468
        • C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\RegSvcs.exe
          "{path}"
          2⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:3628
          • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
            C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c ""C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\gaeTvPFCAn3S.bat" "
            3⤵
            • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
            • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
            PID:4440
            • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\chcp.com
              chcp 65001
              4⤵
              • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
              PID:1584
            • 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:2404
            • C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\RegSvcs.exe
              "C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\RegSvcs.exe"
              4⤵
              • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
              PID:2504

      Network

            MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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            Downloads

            RegSvcs.exe.log

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0_32\UsageLogs\RegSvcs.exe.log
            • Size 1KB
            • SHA256 20049cc7ade63a31f442dfd2b99740f0512fdcc764266b8b105292e30d2b7483
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

            gaeTvPFCAn3S.bat

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\gaeTvPFCAn3S.bat
            • Size 216B
            • SHA256 6798c730b719934bb4b88104fdd91942fb0dd5f1629b399b4c69073d53906bb1
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

            tmpC7CF.tmp

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpC7CF.tmp
            • Size 1KB
            • SHA256 e0747a841b1f35340d2c2e720dcc604699b2ee8dddae21799b6c9dc503d86e12
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

            memory/2504-31-0x0000000002FA0000-0x0000000002FC1000-memory.dmp

            memory/2504-30-0x0000000005530000-0x000000000556C000-memory.dmp

            memory/2504-29-0x0000000000D40000-0x0000000000D4E000-memory.dmp

            memory/2636-8-0x00000000744DE000-0x00000000744DF000-memory.dmp

            memory/2636-7-0x0000000005730000-0x0000000005742000-memory.dmp

            memory/2636-6-0x0000000007BE0000-0x0000000007C7C000-memory.dmp

            memory/2636-9-0x00000000744D0000-0x0000000074C80000-memory.dmp

            memory/2636-10-0x000000000C820000-0x000000000CB1C000-memory.dmp

            memory/2636-5-0x00000000053D0000-0x00000000053DA000-memory.dmp

            memory/2636-0-0x00000000744DE000-0x00000000744DF000-memory.dmp

            memory/2636-4-0x00000000744D0000-0x0000000074C80000-memory.dmp

            memory/2636-17-0x00000000744D0000-0x0000000074C80000-memory.dmp

            memory/2636-3-0x0000000005210000-0x00000000052A2000-memory.dmp

            memory/2636-2-0x00000000057C0000-0x0000000005D64000-memory.dmp

            memory/2636-1-0x00000000005B0000-0x0000000000868000-memory.dmp

            memory/3628-14-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000006CA000-memory.dmp

            memory/3628-26-0x00000000744D0000-0x0000000074C80000-memory.dmp

            memory/3628-21-0x00000000060B0000-0x0000000006162000-memory.dmp

            memory/3628-20-0x0000000005E50000-0x0000000005EA0000-memory.dmp

            memory/3628-19-0x0000000006360000-0x0000000006978000-memory.dmp

            memory/3628-18-0x00000000744D0000-0x0000000074C80000-memory.dmp

            memory/3628-16-0x00000000744D0000-0x0000000074C80000-memory.dmp