Analysis

  • max time kernel
    5s
  • max time network
    101s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20240802-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20240802-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
  • submitted
    05-09-2024 15:26

General

  • Target

    8593dddd537ff3f23be4ea3b63a2e420N.exe

  • Size

    2.0MB

  • MD5

    8593dddd537ff3f23be4ea3b63a2e420

  • SHA1

    07dcea2203cd7c1631c72e9d3dbb628352de75c1

  • SHA256

    76b78f932d25e29b7630092249a054fd274b52f2401c5c26e4470621b26c9f35

  • SHA512

    cd9cffd028f0a217ef5bbe522f8afb11f91939f5751fe1b27e644940ccc7718eed3d3b6fbbc9f5f33d33f763a3a65e0ab73685711ef0a547bd1f3d5bb9f50a99

  • SSDEEP

    24576:su6J33O0c+JY5UZ+XC0kGso6FaI1IXgM6YmenKKSUlmDaGJTA4Pqa6jUvOkQwKYE:2u0c++OCvkGs9Fap5aLKLkDl+dUvO9Yq

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 6 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\8593dddd537ff3f23be4ea3b63a2e420N.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\8593dddd537ff3f23be4ea3b63a2e420N.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:3332
    • 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:808
      • C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k
        3⤵
          PID:2272
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
          C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 808 -s 552
          3⤵
          • Program crash
          PID:2760
      • 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:4820
        • 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:2248
        • 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:2276
          • 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:4868
          • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
            C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c ""C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\sPsiXcWQfHV5.bat" "
            4⤵
              PID:3560
              • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\chcp.com
                chcp 65001
                5⤵
                  PID:4672
                • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE
                  ping -n 10 localhost
                  5⤵
                  • System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
                  • Runs ping.exe
                  PID:1252
                • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\winsock.exe
                  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\winsock.exe"
                  5⤵
                    PID:1400
                • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
                  C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 2276 -s 2224
                  4⤵
                  • Program crash
                  PID:2904
            • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\8593dddd537ff3f23be4ea3b63a2e420N.exe
              "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\8593dddd537ff3f23be4ea3b63a2e420N.exe"
              2⤵
              • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
              PID:2192
            • 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:1348
          • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
            C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 408 -p 808 -ip 808
            1⤵
              PID:4392
            • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
              C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 424 -p 2276 -ip 2276
              1⤵
                PID:3892
              • C:\Users\Admin\btpanui\SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe
                C:\Users\Admin\btpanui\SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe
                1⤵
                  PID:4568
                  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\vnc.exe
                    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\vnc.exe"
                    2⤵
                      PID:4808
                      • C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
                        C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k
                        3⤵
                          PID:3924
                        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
                          C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 4808 -s 520
                          3⤵
                          • Program crash
                          PID:3384
                      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\windef.exe
                        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\windef.exe"
                        2⤵
                          PID:4736
                          • 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:4004
                          • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\winsock.exe
                            "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\winsock.exe"
                            3⤵
                              PID:2932
                              • 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:884
                          • C:\Users\Admin\btpanui\SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe
                            "C:\Users\Admin\btpanui\SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe"
                            2⤵
                              PID:2760
                            • 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:3932
                          • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
                            C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 472 -p 4808 -ip 4808
                            1⤵
                              PID:2844
                            • C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\ClickToRun\OfficeClickToRun.exe
                              "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\ClickToRun\OfficeClickToRun.exe" /service
                              1⤵
                                PID:1972
                              • C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\ClickToRun\OfficeClickToRun.exe
                                "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\ClickToRun\OfficeClickToRun.exe" /service
                                1⤵
                                  PID:3908

                                Network

                                MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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                                Downloads

                                • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0_32\UsageLogs\windef.exe.log

                                  Filesize

                                  1KB

                                  MD5

                                  10eab9c2684febb5327b6976f2047587

                                  SHA1

                                  a12ed54146a7f5c4c580416aecb899549712449e

                                  SHA256

                                  f49dbd55029bfbc15134f7c6a4f967d6c39142c63f2e8f1f8c78fab108a2c928

                                  SHA512

                                  7e5fd90fffae723bd0c662a90e0730b507805f072771ee673d1d8c262dbf60c8a03ba5fe088f699a97c2e886380de158b2ccd59ee62e3d012dd6dd14ea9d0e50

                                • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\sPsiXcWQfHV5.bat

                                  Filesize

                                  208B

                                  MD5

                                  1b41e7874072b21d701a94fb50afe075

                                  SHA1

                                  3b7e424c3c83c26d84d6c6761dd131cca86b7041

                                  SHA256

                                  069db83e1b78f94b148ad1972e7a1528026b612688a171fd2aead6818afdd8b4

                                  SHA512

                                  7b1f2ecaccb7dbdce470e4e9942dbcaf31ee8c2f58428163d965c3a648cd6d1ae2c51192d9900c6e553713d6ce95243c27b4c515f5fe0497b2680214388da0cd

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

                                  Filesize

                                  405KB

                                  MD5

                                  b8ba87ee4c3fc085a2fed0d839aadce1

                                  SHA1

                                  b3a2e3256406330e8b1779199bb2b9865122d766

                                  SHA256

                                  4e8a99cd33c9e5c747a3ce8f1a3e17824846f4a8f7cb0631aebd0815db2ce3a4

                                  SHA512

                                  7a775a12cd5bcd182d64be0d31f800b456ca6d1b531189cea9c72e1940871cfe92ccd005938f67bfa4784ae44c54b3a7ea29a5bb59766e98c78bf53b680f2ab2

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

                                  Filesize

                                  349KB

                                  MD5

                                  b4a202e03d4135484d0e730173abcc72

                                  SHA1

                                  01b30014545ea526c15a60931d676f9392ea0c70

                                  SHA256

                                  7050608d53f80269df951d00883ed79815c060ce7678a76b5c3f6a2a985beea9

                                  SHA512

                                  632a035a3b722ea29b02aad1f0da3df5bdc38abc7e6617223790955c6c0830f1070b528680416d5c63ea5e846074cdad87f06c21c35a77b1ccc4edc089d8b1fb

                                • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Logs\09-05-2024

                                  Filesize

                                  224B

                                  MD5

                                  e98822089d61e20e66b4182e1e90de8a

                                  SHA1

                                  3cca0e9b9e1a47e048415102d8433aa190957551

                                  SHA256

                                  bf4a5812b39ce4bd629b39b4e0a964fbfee2d1636e62056ae6d24b42440fa083

                                  SHA512

                                  2ace6313afad6ced3df78532b893705e1851221ff775903a4353d00725ac03caa1fda03747b9faae4ab09c43232b101f4d4d715bcf020426709704983fefe6af

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

                                  Filesize

                                  2.0MB

                                  MD5

                                  bd19b12a23d4d95f6967c36741673507

                                  SHA1

                                  cc2e1b14239ed184f418409a6134ef27a5158c0f

                                  SHA256

                                  03591041c47a60780a195717b849273f7c89e19da8d2ba833cac9f2c7392d31d

                                  SHA512

                                  d88f66f3796756cb94383199875d12a87306f0a53b78b331b31390f867603ed764baa75e258c7e9136ef4992a4988a0ba607dd6fa935ab1cd8870e485fcc4d3a

                                • memory/2192-28-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-memory.dmp

                                  Filesize

                                  128KB

                                • memory/2192-21-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-memory.dmp

                                  Filesize

                                  128KB

                                • memory/2276-44-0x0000000006440000-0x000000000644A000-memory.dmp

                                  Filesize

                                  40KB

                                • memory/3332-19-0x0000000003680000-0x0000000003681000-memory.dmp

                                  Filesize

                                  4KB

                                • memory/4820-33-0x0000000005690000-0x0000000005722000-memory.dmp

                                  Filesize

                                  584KB

                                • memory/4820-34-0x0000000005730000-0x0000000005796000-memory.dmp

                                  Filesize

                                  408KB

                                • memory/4820-35-0x0000000005CF0000-0x0000000005D02000-memory.dmp

                                  Filesize

                                  72KB

                                • memory/4820-36-0x00000000068F0000-0x000000000692C000-memory.dmp

                                  Filesize

                                  240KB

                                • memory/4820-32-0x0000000005D80000-0x0000000006324000-memory.dmp

                                  Filesize

                                  5.6MB

                                • memory/4820-31-0x0000000000D70000-0x0000000000DCE000-memory.dmp

                                  Filesize

                                  376KB