Analysis

  • max time kernel
    6s
  • max time network
    99s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20240802-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20240802-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
  • submitted
    12/09/2024, 14:35

General

  • Target
    964221e2d1782fa804dc6e965ee4f920N.exe
  • Size 2.0MB
  • Sample240912-rx2fqaygpk
  • SHA256 b3c2f56de0655f102fe52ba1aec7369f7a79bf37f563c5f1efe41211d26b2d09
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

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 4 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 2 IoCs

    Adversaries may check for Internet connectivity on compromised systems.

  • Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 2 IoCs
  • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 5 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\964221e2d1782fa804dc6e965ee4f920N.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\964221e2d1782fa804dc6e965ee4f920N.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:820
    • 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:1040
      • C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k
        3⤵
          PID:2336
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
          C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 1040 -s 556
          3⤵
          • Program crash
          PID:3708
      • 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:1212
        • 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:1496
        • 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:2480
          • 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:4052
          • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
            C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c ""C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Vi1Um3GAWubd.bat" "
            4⤵
              PID:1924
              • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\chcp.com
                chcp 65001
                5⤵
                  PID:376
                • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE
                  ping -n 10 localhost
                  5⤵
                  • System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
                  • Runs ping.exe
                  PID:3600
                • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\winsock.exe
                  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\winsock.exe"
                  5⤵
                    PID:1152
                    • 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
                      6⤵
                      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
                      PID:3496
                    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
                      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c ""C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\6q80xlBEl6Sn.bat" "
                      6⤵
                        PID:3756
                        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\chcp.com
                          chcp 65001
                          7⤵
                            PID:1960
                          • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE
                            ping -n 10 localhost
                            7⤵
                            • System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
                            • Runs ping.exe
                            PID:4032
                        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
                          C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 1152 -s 1956
                          6⤵
                          • Program crash
                          PID:3436
                    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
                      C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 2480 -s 1984
                      4⤵
                      • Program crash
                      PID:1624
                • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\964221e2d1782fa804dc6e965ee4f920N.exe
                  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\964221e2d1782fa804dc6e965ee4f920N.exe"
                  2⤵
                  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                  PID:2112
                • 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:4776
              • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
                C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 408 -p 1040 -ip 1040
                1⤵
                  PID:1388
                • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
                  C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 184 -p 2480 -ip 2480
                  1⤵
                    PID:2748
                  • C:\Users\Admin\btpanui\SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe
                    C:\Users\Admin\btpanui\SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe
                    1⤵
                      PID:3972
                      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\vnc.exe
                        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\vnc.exe"
                        2⤵
                          PID:3708
                          • C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
                            C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k
                            3⤵
                              PID:2412
                            • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
                              C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 3708 -s 520
                              3⤵
                              • Program crash
                              PID:4984
                          • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\windef.exe
                            "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\windef.exe"
                            2⤵
                              PID:4328
                            • C:\Users\Admin\btpanui\SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe
                              "C:\Users\Admin\btpanui\SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe"
                              2⤵
                                PID:4420
                              • 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:4004
                            • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
                              C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 428 -p 3708 -ip 3708
                              1⤵
                                PID:2556
                              • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
                                C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 428 -p 1152 -ip 1152
                                1⤵
                                  PID:3124
                                • C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\ClickToRun\OfficeClickToRun.exe
                                  "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\ClickToRun\OfficeClickToRun.exe" /service
                                  1⤵
                                    PID:4264
                                  • C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\ClickToRun\OfficeClickToRun.exe
                                    "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\ClickToRun\OfficeClickToRun.exe" /service
                                    1⤵
                                      PID:4176

                                    Network

                                          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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                                          Downloads

                                          windef.exe.log

                                          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0_32\UsageLogs\windef.exe.log
                                          • Size 1KB
                                          • SHA256 f49dbd55029bfbc15134f7c6a4f967d6c39142c63f2e8f1f8c78fab108a2c928
                                          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                                          6q80xlBEl6Sn.bat

                                          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\6q80xlBEl6Sn.bat
                                          • Size 208B
                                          • SHA256 1d60020179ad7cf1396cabdb501a4ab1402099bfee787de7b25524908b9b89dc
                                          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                                          Vi1Um3GAWubd.bat

                                          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Vi1Um3GAWubd.bat
                                          • Size 208B
                                          • SHA256 09b97b3861b103f77742bea992adeb0f5e68b7ff907b7c5b638c5bb2f540e32e
                                          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                                          vnc.exe

                                          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\vnc.exe
                                          • Size 405KB
                                          • SHA256 4e8a99cd33c9e5c747a3ce8f1a3e17824846f4a8f7cb0631aebd0815db2ce3a4
                                          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

                                          windef.exe

                                          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\windef.exe
                                          • Size 349KB
                                          • SHA256 7050608d53f80269df951d00883ed79815c060ce7678a76b5c3f6a2a985beea9
                                          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

                                          09-12-2024

                                          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Logs\09-12-2024
                                          • Size 224B
                                          • SHA256 8ef4f26c6a8ea45369d1f8c8ef267e0248ae29ee1cde61872b19bd1df80c2122
                                          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                                          SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe

                                          • Path C:\Users\Admin\btpanui\SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe
                                          • Size 2.0MB
                                          • SHA256 f2b6ecc5666bd3cf2b1b3ed046702b3ead969871b0ad1b6e74b46e223016f952
                                          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

                                          memory/820-20-0x0000000002160000-0x0000000002161000-memory.dmp

                                          memory/1212-36-0x0000000005810000-0x0000000005822000-memory.dmp

                                          memory/1212-35-0x00000000051F0000-0x0000000005256000-memory.dmp

                                          memory/1212-34-0x0000000005280000-0x0000000005312000-memory.dmp

                                          memory/1212-37-0x0000000006400000-0x000000000643C000-memory.dmp

                                          memory/1212-33-0x0000000005830000-0x0000000005DD4000-memory.dmp

                                          memory/1212-30-0x0000000000760000-0x00000000007BE000-memory.dmp

                                          memory/1212-19-0x0000000072A2E000-0x0000000072A2F000-memory.dmp

                                          memory/2112-29-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-memory.dmp

                                          memory/2112-21-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-memory.dmp

                                          memory/2480-45-0x0000000006250000-0x000000000625A000-memory.dmp

                                          memory/4420-74-0x0000000000E50000-0x0000000000E70000-memory.dmp

                                          memory/4420-80-0x0000000000E50000-0x0000000000E70000-memory.dmp