Analysis

  • max time kernel
    129s
  • max time network
    138s
  • platform
    windows7_x64
  • resource
    win7-20240704-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20240704-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
  • submitted
    26-08-2024 03:46

General

  • Target

    c23863e0d7186334ca69903c6653ae06_JaffaCakes118.exe

  • Size

    606KB

  • MD5

    c23863e0d7186334ca69903c6653ae06

  • SHA1

    6040256f4dabd5ee5dee6560e04c56f699532db6

  • SHA256

    4e07acab1178209379b2f3926e63da1a3002c9640667907db610216bd6e02e72

  • SHA512

    b9a7ffaa9a01a488efd29a9f9162c95a8c50f25d2183679f4783ce900319d81f4d375518667959b89bf8df002a869736a2c47bccae3b8ec5844f8f31c2fa7759

  • SSDEEP

    12288:HDNN+IaAFB0OLrdd5xSx8G3cK6TsrId6dd4WCWd9nNxtSR9UcN+Pjv:HDr+FqVvL5x4RcKYd83CWd9+UPv

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

quasar

Version

2.1.0.0

Botnet

hacked

C2

23.105.131.178:7812

Mutex

VNM_MUTEX_cFzA15c8rYLW8gVTCh

Attributes
  • encryption_key

    VGvtyILUmmcgl2gY0sSm

  • install_name

    Windows Security Health Service.exe

  • log_directory

    Logs

  • reconnect_delay

    3000

  • startup_key

    Windows Update

  • subdirectory

    SubDir

Signatures

  • Contains code to disable Windows Defender 5 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 5 IoCs
  • VenomRAT

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

  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 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 11 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 6 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 64 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\c23863e0d7186334ca69903c6653ae06_JaffaCakes118.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\c23863e0d7186334ca69903c6653ae06_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:348
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\c23863e0d7186334ca69903c6653ae06_JaffaCakes118.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\c23863e0d7186334ca69903c6653ae06_JaffaCakes118.exe"
      2⤵
        PID:2464
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\c23863e0d7186334ca69903c6653ae06_JaffaCakes118.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\c23863e0d7186334ca69903c6653ae06_JaffaCakes118.exe"
        2⤵
        • Modifies Windows Defender Real-time Protection settings
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • Windows security modification
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:1908
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
          "schtasks" /create /tn "Windows Update" /sc ONLOGON /tr "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\c23863e0d7186334ca69903c6653ae06_JaffaCakes118.exe" /rl HIGHEST /f
          3⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
          PID:2696
        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\Windows Security Health Service.exe
          "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\Windows Security Health Service.exe"
          3⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • Loads dropped DLL
          • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:2776
          • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\Windows Security Health Service.exe
            "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\Windows Security Health Service.exe"
            4⤵
            • Executes dropped EXE
            • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
            • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
            • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
            • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
            PID:2860
            • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
              "schtasks" /create /tn "Windows Update" /sc ONLOGON /tr "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\Windows Security Health Service.exe" /rl HIGHEST /f
              5⤵
              • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
              • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
              PID:1404
        • 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:2136
        • 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:2636
          • 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:1740
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
          cmd /c ""C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Bh8ScvT4g7xK.bat" "
          3⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:2428
          • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\chcp.com
            chcp 65001
            4⤵
            • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
            PID:940
          • 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:704
          • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\c23863e0d7186334ca69903c6653ae06_JaffaCakes118.exe
            "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\c23863e0d7186334ca69903c6653ae06_JaffaCakes118.exe"
            4⤵
            • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
            • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
            • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
            PID:900
            • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\c23863e0d7186334ca69903c6653ae06_JaffaCakes118.exe
              "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\c23863e0d7186334ca69903c6653ae06_JaffaCakes118.exe"
              5⤵
              • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
              • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
              • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
              PID:564

    Network

    MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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    Downloads

    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Bh8ScvT4g7xK.bat

      Filesize

      243B

      MD5

      531d607dd6a2043f02068d26a78cc5d7

      SHA1

      a00bbee84792a708382cdca2deb5026a66fc8112

      SHA256

      6deed257e0b721c9888a57fda715e7e801b8d2afbf493c11089d6601f82b9db8

      SHA512

      18ab2fdbec8f8cbf27dd7a059b7c2bb28f5db0e61e00392b9cf009c784651bf4f153473aad93aafa23caa79d0addcff605913b40dc0209a91e47cccc9ded4cc5

    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\CabF549.tmp

      Filesize

      70KB

      MD5

      49aebf8cbd62d92ac215b2923fb1b9f5

      SHA1

      1723be06719828dda65ad804298d0431f6aff976

      SHA256

      b33efcb95235b98b48508e019afa4b7655e80cf071defabd8b2123fc8b29307f

      SHA512

      bf86116b015fb56709516d686e168e7c9c68365136231cc51d0b6542ae95323a71d2c7acec84aad7dcecc2e410843f6d82a0a6d51b9acfc721a9c84fdd877b5b

    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\TarF56B.tmp

      Filesize

      181KB

      MD5

      4ea6026cf93ec6338144661bf1202cd1

      SHA1

      a1dec9044f750ad887935a01430bf49322fbdcb7

      SHA256

      8efbc21559ef8b1bcf526800d8070baad42474ce7198e26fa771dbb41a76b1d8

      SHA512

      6c7e0980e39aacf4c3689802353f464a08cd17753bd210ee997e5f2a455deb4f287a9ef74d84579dbde49bc96213cd2b8b247723919c412ea980aa6e6bfe218b

    • \Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\Windows Security Health Service.exe

      Filesize

      606KB

      MD5

      c23863e0d7186334ca69903c6653ae06

      SHA1

      6040256f4dabd5ee5dee6560e04c56f699532db6

      SHA256

      4e07acab1178209379b2f3926e63da1a3002c9640667907db610216bd6e02e72

      SHA512

      b9a7ffaa9a01a488efd29a9f9162c95a8c50f25d2183679f4783ce900319d81f4d375518667959b89bf8df002a869736a2c47bccae3b8ec5844f8f31c2fa7759

    • memory/348-0-0x000000007404E000-0x000000007404F000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      4KB

    • memory/348-1-0x0000000000360000-0x00000000003FE000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      632KB

    • memory/348-3-0x00000000001E0000-0x00000000001EA000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      40KB

    • memory/564-116-0x000000007EFDE000-0x000000007EFDF000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      4KB

    • memory/900-107-0x0000000000140000-0x00000000001DE000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      632KB

    • memory/1908-9-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000048C000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      560KB

    • memory/1908-16-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000048C000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      560KB

    • memory/1908-18-0x0000000074040000-0x000000007472E000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      6.9MB

    • memory/1908-17-0x0000000074040000-0x000000007472E000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      6.9MB

    • memory/1908-12-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000048C000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      560KB

    • memory/1908-4-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000048C000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      560KB

    • memory/1908-6-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000048C000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      560KB

    • memory/1908-10-0x000000007EFDE000-0x000000007EFDF000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      4KB

    • memory/1908-14-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000048C000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      560KB

    • memory/1908-96-0x0000000074040000-0x000000007472E000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      6.9MB

    • memory/1908-8-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000048C000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      560KB

    • memory/1908-106-0x0000000074040000-0x000000007472E000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      6.9MB

    • memory/2776-26-0x0000000000A10000-0x0000000000AAE000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      632KB

    • memory/2860-36-0x000000007EFDE000-0x000000007EFDF000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      4KB