Analysis

  • max time kernel
    3s
  • max time network
    121s
  • platform
    windows7_x64
  • resource
    win7-20240729-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20240729-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
  • submitted
    01-09-2024 17:29

General

  • Target

    997e7eb0db00d9cf3b7147f31bc09860N.exe

  • Size

    2.0MB

  • MD5

    997e7eb0db00d9cf3b7147f31bc09860

  • SHA1

    d460e0dd74de6fac3cacd527b40022f89be51c00

  • SHA256

    f36de50dbad73f41dcc58b6f2246227e55b9381ea6d30ecc0622bc446c166a91

  • SHA512

    58040bdee6d100615307e545c29c784f8176b60575b1f3cdb29291bde6ba93c1787f65d74d7cdd53845f620c3eef6ed6aab31ae9ebbbf43845017bfe4192b482

  • SSDEEP

    24576:su6J33O0c+JY5UZ+XC0kGso6FaI1IXgM6YmenKKSUlmDaGJTA4Pqa6jUvOkQwKYk:2u0c++OCvkGs9Fap5aLKLkDl+dUvO9Yy

Malware Config

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

Extracted

Family

azorult

C2

http://0x21.in:8000/_az/

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 5 IoCs
  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 12 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 2 IoCs
  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 5 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 4 IoCs

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

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 27 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\997e7eb0db00d9cf3b7147f31bc09860N.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\997e7eb0db00d9cf3b7147f31bc09860N.exe"
    1⤵
    • Loads dropped DLL
    • Enumerates connected drives
    • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1976
    • 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:2596
      • C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k
        3⤵
          PID:2236
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
          C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 2596 -s 160
          3⤵
          • Loads dropped DLL
          • Program crash
          PID:2484
      • 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
        PID:1724
        • 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⤵
          • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
          PID:2304
        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\winsock.exe
          "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\winsock.exe"
          3⤵
            PID:660
            • 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⤵
              • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
              PID:2024
            • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
              cmd /c ""C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\vDutQ3nm820y.bat" "
              4⤵
                PID:2100
                • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\chcp.com
                  chcp 65001
                  5⤵
                    PID:2392
                  • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE
                    ping -n 10 localhost
                    5⤵
                    • System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
                    • Runs ping.exe
                    PID:1712
                  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\winsock.exe
                    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\winsock.exe"
                    5⤵
                      PID:1964
                  • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
                    C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 660 -s 1524
                    4⤵
                    • Program crash
                    PID:760
              • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\997e7eb0db00d9cf3b7147f31bc09860N.exe
                "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\997e7eb0db00d9cf3b7147f31bc09860N.exe"
                2⤵
                • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                PID:2988
              • 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:2856
            • C:\Windows\system32\taskeng.exe
              taskeng.exe {E887F3B8-30AB-4FCF-B053-44EAA410EF0B} S-1-5-21-2703099537-420551529-3771253338-1000:XECUDNCD\Admin:Interactive:[1]
              1⤵
                PID:1944
                • C:\Users\Admin\btpanui\SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe
                  C:\Users\Admin\btpanui\SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe
                  2⤵
                    PID:748
                    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\vnc.exe
                      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\vnc.exe"
                      3⤵
                        PID:1752
                        • C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
                          C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k
                          4⤵
                            PID:1596
                        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\windef.exe
                          "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\windef.exe"
                          3⤵
                            PID:2276
                          • C:\Users\Admin\btpanui\SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe
                            "C:\Users\Admin\btpanui\SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe"
                            3⤵
                              PID:1124
                            • 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
                              3⤵
                              • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
                              PID:1744

                        Network

                        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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                        Downloads

                        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\vDutQ3nm820y.bat

                          Filesize

                          208B

                          MD5

                          4a0afade2ea07f62267341747da8023d

                          SHA1

                          5fac59d28c400e178a56df10bfd07d9c21d79e68

                          SHA256

                          ba7587bc40a4fbf4e1d906243485e83ff35414b93806f971c4110a52bc3a26d1

                          SHA512

                          27f8c0b4c5df77799887b16574111e5fb0a682472341459879484fc1f93c97496bc7e4f6cbaff4db3ab20db042eebe72ab9bea2ce1f00c176f7519fab94d8962

                        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\vnc.exe

                          Filesize

                          405KB

                          MD5

                          b8ba87ee4c3fc085a2fed0d839aadce1

                          SHA1

                          b3a2e3256406330e8b1779199bb2b9865122d766

                          SHA256

                          4e8a99cd33c9e5c747a3ce8f1a3e17824846f4a8f7cb0631aebd0815db2ce3a4

                          SHA512

                          7a775a12cd5bcd182d64be0d31f800b456ca6d1b531189cea9c72e1940871cfe92ccd005938f67bfa4784ae44c54b3a7ea29a5bb59766e98c78bf53b680f2ab2

                        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Cookies\8GKTZEIP.txt

                          Filesize

                          211B

                          MD5

                          7ce31b5f67e17a5633f4fc0a25140d15

                          SHA1

                          73f1c48573239ceaade310cf8457e894f49b77ab

                          SHA256

                          aab4755d68acd5207dd1c500cc04eaac434ab0ef69eea040142563b2c0a1b80e

                          SHA512

                          21671002917a88400f51c5d73b0c8d1f1c09441fa8ac169815d8f0c54f0948c7fbdc9945d837da5a6f7871f37b9ed5c87c1ca9d151d9f08e25dd5e8b1ba6ab0f

                        • C:\Users\Admin\btpanui\SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe

                          Filesize

                          2.0MB

                          MD5

                          baa5a62fa7c619060e00c3ba12903527

                          SHA1

                          40cad01636f42ae249a6ec20f5fd3dd05795fa75

                          SHA256

                          0726fbca0f60bd7db8c1f525c1e3726ee0e7b5886870f0d723629c5aa63a2d25

                          SHA512

                          5518e85deec72eae80dd1ffa011799f10f77b762ed39a5f5860f91fe411cfe8e61c1011c82e7ea53e29306dff7e34946560b1a058bfc589c6d3cf1b8d6fc4b55

                        • \Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\windef.exe

                          Filesize

                          349KB

                          MD5

                          b4a202e03d4135484d0e730173abcc72

                          SHA1

                          01b30014545ea526c15a60931d676f9392ea0c70

                          SHA256

                          7050608d53f80269df951d00883ed79815c060ce7678a76b5c3f6a2a985beea9

                          SHA512

                          632a035a3b722ea29b02aad1f0da3df5bdc38abc7e6617223790955c6c0830f1070b528680416d5c63ea5e846074cdad87f06c21c35a77b1ccc4edc089d8b1fb

                        • memory/660-58-0x00000000011B0000-0x000000000120E000-memory.dmp

                          Filesize

                          376KB

                        • memory/1124-103-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-memory.dmp

                          Filesize

                          128KB

                        • memory/1124-99-0x00000000FFFDE000-0x00000000FFFDF000-memory.dmp

                          Filesize

                          4KB

                        • memory/1124-96-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-memory.dmp

                          Filesize

                          128KB

                        • memory/1596-71-0x0000000000020000-0x0000000000021000-memory.dmp

                          Filesize

                          4KB

                        • memory/1596-73-0x000007FFFFFD6000-0x000007FFFFFD7000-memory.dmp

                          Filesize

                          4KB

                        • memory/1596-74-0x0000000000480000-0x000000000051C000-memory.dmp

                          Filesize

                          624KB

                        • memory/1596-91-0x0000000000480000-0x000000000051C000-memory.dmp

                          Filesize

                          624KB

                        • memory/1724-46-0x0000000000860000-0x00000000008BE000-memory.dmp

                          Filesize

                          376KB

                        • memory/1976-28-0x0000000000B40000-0x0000000000B41000-memory.dmp

                          Filesize

                          4KB

                        • memory/2276-93-0x0000000000EA0000-0x0000000000EFE000-memory.dmp

                          Filesize

                          376KB

                        • memory/2988-30-0x0000000000080000-0x00000000000A0000-memory.dmp

                          Filesize

                          128KB

                        • memory/2988-32-0x0000000000080000-0x00000000000A0000-memory.dmp

                          Filesize

                          128KB

                        • memory/2988-38-0x00000000FFFDE000-0x00000000FFFDF000-memory.dmp

                          Filesize

                          4KB

                        • memory/2988-43-0x0000000000080000-0x00000000000A0000-memory.dmp

                          Filesize

                          128KB