Analysis

  • max time kernel
    132s
  • max time network
    146s
  • platform
    windows7_x64
  • resource
    win7-20240704-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20240704-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
  • submitted
    27-08-2024 04:38

General

  • Target

    c45c3dbe62846a145d90077e4d64fe00_JaffaCakes118.exe

  • Size

    630KB

  • MD5

    c45c3dbe62846a145d90077e4d64fe00

  • SHA1

    a9413e2aadb3d0fbf0168666c93c10a74fddcd8a

  • SHA256

    b70af2ccc8fd78d0cb69aa34cdb17c61d5024055787a2ddb97051834d5d2561c

  • SHA512

    e7dd8538f223b2484c87cba7e1239d2c3ab85790a9ab5e9a31dfd3f8959982a39edcad838cb6aa5afe9348a344100ef1bc00c79d3a31d862726bbcfb098991ad

  • SSDEEP

    12288:2oF8GNlD5ZS/1WEJOAqRSEM3Sy21LVbK89elrrJ5:aGKIDAEQSy2TbKuKN

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 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\c45c3dbe62846a145d90077e4d64fe00_JaffaCakes118.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\c45c3dbe62846a145d90077e4d64fe00_JaffaCakes118.exe"
    1⤵
    • Adds Run key to start application
    • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1876
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\c45c3dbe62846a145d90077e4d64fe00_JaffaCakes118.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\c45c3dbe62846a145d90077e4d64fe00_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:2816
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        "schtasks" /create /tn "Windows Update" /sc ONLOGON /tr "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\c45c3dbe62846a145d90077e4d64fe00_JaffaCakes118.exe" /rl HIGHEST /f
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:2548
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\Windows Defender Security.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\Windows Defender Security.exe"
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:2552
        • 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:2532
          • 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:572
      • 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:2560
      • 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:1172
        • 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:2192
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
        cmd /c ""C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\KbR72Qf8wBUF.bat" "
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:968
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\chcp.com
          chcp 65001
          4⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          PID:2868
        • 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:2872
        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\c45c3dbe62846a145d90077e4d64fe00_JaffaCakes118.exe
          "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\c45c3dbe62846a145d90077e4d64fe00_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:336
          • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\c45c3dbe62846a145d90077e4d64fe00_JaffaCakes118.exe
            "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\c45c3dbe62846a145d90077e4d64fe00_JaffaCakes118.exe"
            5⤵
              PID:668
            • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\c45c3dbe62846a145d90077e4d64fe00_JaffaCakes118.exe
              "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\c45c3dbe62846a145d90077e4d64fe00_JaffaCakes118.exe"
              5⤵
              • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
              • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
              • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
              PID:1048

    Network

    MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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    Downloads

    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\KbR72Qf8wBUF.bat

      Filesize

      243B

      MD5

      8e9ac9293ae2c00f3cfe7b82d59a8474

      SHA1

      0e997a54b388bbc61e7f875a626a2612b0d88cce

      SHA256

      91183117c6ce8930d8330b0ef9ed8d9ebd3b30bf884850c2ab26bb3d38850d66

      SHA512

      228a9bb26e940686acb3439686829e81919ae664b5a9cf147af184219e1716a948cc60440ce2347a52cb0b45b6d13215478d04373ee6b773d03e27b616a38d37

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

      Filesize

      630KB

      MD5

      c45c3dbe62846a145d90077e4d64fe00

      SHA1

      a9413e2aadb3d0fbf0168666c93c10a74fddcd8a

      SHA256

      b70af2ccc8fd78d0cb69aa34cdb17c61d5024055787a2ddb97051834d5d2561c

      SHA512

      e7dd8538f223b2484c87cba7e1239d2c3ab85790a9ab5e9a31dfd3f8959982a39edcad838cb6aa5afe9348a344100ef1bc00c79d3a31d862726bbcfb098991ad

    • memory/1048-64-0x000000007EFDE000-0x000000007EFDF000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      4KB

    • memory/1876-1-0x0000000001100000-0x00000000011A4000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      656KB

    • memory/1876-3-0x0000000000480000-0x000000000048A000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      40KB

    • memory/1876-0-0x00000000749EE000-0x00000000749EF000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      4KB

    • memory/2532-36-0x000000007EFDE000-0x000000007EFDF000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      4KB

    • memory/2552-26-0x0000000000C00000-0x0000000000CA4000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      656KB

    • memory/2816-15-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000048C000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      560KB

    • memory/2816-8-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000048C000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      560KB

    • memory/2816-6-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000048C000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      560KB

    • memory/2816-17-0x00000000749E0000-0x00000000750CE000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      6.9MB

    • memory/2816-18-0x00000000749E0000-0x00000000750CE000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      6.9MB

    • memory/2816-9-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000048C000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      560KB

    • memory/2816-10-0x000000007EFDE000-0x000000007EFDF000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      4KB

    • memory/2816-12-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000048C000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      560KB

    • memory/2816-44-0x00000000749E0000-0x00000000750CE000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      6.9MB

    • memory/2816-45-0x00000000749E0000-0x00000000750CE000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      6.9MB

    • memory/2816-16-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000048C000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      560KB

    • memory/2816-55-0x00000000749E0000-0x00000000750CE000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      6.9MB

    • memory/2816-5-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000048C000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      560KB