quasar | e2e708e09031d7fa512f31ca4d6b10d0e48df7aff2a5b889477e792c6847a90c

Analysis

max time kernel
432s
max time network
1154s
platform
windows11-21h2_x64
resource
win11-20240802-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win11-20240802-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-21h2-x64system
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13-09-2024 18:56

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General

Target

AuroraALPHABUILD.0-6 - Copy (4).exe
Size

231.7MB
MD5

3cda647a8948f3ac4df14abf6f1d62c1
SHA1

f4da28914a3938e7de76546bcf911f539672459a
SHA256

c905d2c1b9df641f12daab74948cef579aa92b6f07c36f97ed70146b615411c1
SHA512

77c0cd078ab2d2765237c3cc68a4872a81db653f1ad6a42122b786b27c7d48842577a65e88ad61e549e13b5be0df51e25b5f026089a19833e9da71f8c30c0cdd
SSDEEP

6144:0MNHXf500MU8zfjEm0beDmcCl/QOqNgJyCqv7cc:Rd505jwmZmcgSNgJyrv7cc

Score

10^/10

quasar gimp1 discovery spyware trojan

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

quasar

Version

1.3.0.0

Botnet

gimp1

193.42.33.210:4444

gimpdns.ddns.net:4444

Mutex

QSR_MUTEX_XwuUSTCgYhmnf6vJ1L

Attributes

encryption_key
lRzFKjYQKUKzh6RyUYYQ
install_name
svchost.exe
log_directory
Logs
reconnect_delay
3000
startup_key
svchost
subdirectory
SubDir

Signatures

Quasar RAT
Quasar is an open source Remote Access Tool.
trojan spyware quasar

Quasar payload 1 IoCs

Processes:

resource	yara_rule
behavioral12/memory/1216-1-0x0000000000390000-0x00000000003EE000-memory.dmp	family_quasar

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

Processes:

svchost.exe

pid process

216 svchost.exe
Looks up external IP address via web service 1 IoCs
Uses a legitimate IP lookup service to find the infected system's external IP.

Processes:

flow ioc

1 ip-api.com
Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

System Information Discovery
T1082

pid	process
216	svchost.exe

flow	ioc
1	ip-api.com

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.

discovery

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

Processes:

PING.EXEAuroraALPHABUILD.0-6 - Copy (4).exeschtasks.exesvchost.exeschtasks.exeschtasks.execmd.exechcp.com

description	ioc	process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	PING.EXE
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	AuroraALPHABUILD.0-6 - Copy (4).exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	schtasks.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	svchost.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	schtasks.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	schtasks.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	cmd.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	chcp.com

System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
Adversaries may check for Internet connectivity on compromised systems.
discovery

Internet Connection Discovery
T1016.001

Processes:

PING.EXE

pid process

2944 PING.EXE
Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Remote System Discovery
T1018

Processes:

PING.EXE

pid process

2944 PING.EXE
Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 2 IoCs
Schtasks is often used by malware for persistence or to perform post-infection execution.
persistence execution

Scheduled Task
T1053.005

Processes:

schtasks.exeschtasks.exe

pid process

952 schtasks.exe
4840 schtasks.exe
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs

Processes:

AuroraALPHABUILD.0-6 - Copy (4).exesvchost.exe

description pid process

Token: SeDebugPrivilege 1216 AuroraALPHABUILD.0-6 - Copy (4).exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege 216 svchost.exe
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs

Processes:

svchost.exe

pid process

216 svchost.exe

pid	process
2944	PING.EXE

pid	process
2944	PING.EXE

pid	process
952	schtasks.exe
4840	schtasks.exe

description	pid	process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1216	AuroraALPHABUILD.0-6 - Copy (4).exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	216	svchost.exe

pid	process
216	svchost.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 21 IoCs

Processes:

AuroraALPHABUILD.0-6 - Copy (4).exesvchost.execmd.exe

description	pid	process	target process
PID 1216 wrote to memory of 952	1216	AuroraALPHABUILD.0-6 - Copy (4).exe	schtasks.exe
PID 1216 wrote to memory of 952	1216	AuroraALPHABUILD.0-6 - Copy (4).exe	schtasks.exe
PID 1216 wrote to memory of 952	1216	AuroraALPHABUILD.0-6 - Copy (4).exe	schtasks.exe
PID 1216 wrote to memory of 216	1216	AuroraALPHABUILD.0-6 - Copy (4).exe	svchost.exe
PID 1216 wrote to memory of 216	1216	AuroraALPHABUILD.0-6 - Copy (4).exe	svchost.exe
PID 1216 wrote to memory of 216	1216	AuroraALPHABUILD.0-6 - Copy (4).exe	svchost.exe
PID 216 wrote to memory of 4840	216	svchost.exe	schtasks.exe
PID 216 wrote to memory of 4840	216	svchost.exe	schtasks.exe
PID 216 wrote to memory of 4840	216	svchost.exe	schtasks.exe
PID 216 wrote to memory of 1652	216	svchost.exe	schtasks.exe
PID 216 wrote to memory of 1652	216	svchost.exe	schtasks.exe
PID 216 wrote to memory of 1652	216	svchost.exe	schtasks.exe
PID 216 wrote to memory of 4716	216	svchost.exe	cmd.exe
PID 216 wrote to memory of 4716	216	svchost.exe	cmd.exe
PID 216 wrote to memory of 4716	216	svchost.exe	cmd.exe
PID 4716 wrote to memory of 2312	4716	cmd.exe	chcp.com
PID 4716 wrote to memory of 2312	4716	cmd.exe	chcp.com
PID 4716 wrote to memory of 2312	4716	cmd.exe	chcp.com
PID 4716 wrote to memory of 2944	4716	cmd.exe	PING.EXE
PID 4716 wrote to memory of 2944	4716	cmd.exe	PING.EXE
PID 4716 wrote to memory of 2944	4716	cmd.exe	PING.EXE

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AuroraALPHABUILD.0-6 - Copy (4).exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AuroraALPHABUILD.0-6 - Copy (4).exe"
1⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1216

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
"schtasks" /create /tn "svchost" /sc ONLOGON /tr "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AuroraALPHABUILD.0-6 - Copy (4).exe" /rl HIGHEST /f
2⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
PID:952

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\svchost.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\svchost.exe"
2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:216

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
"schtasks" /create /tn "svchost" /sc ONLOGON /tr "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\svchost.exe" /rl HIGHEST /f
3⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
PID:4840

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
"schtasks" /delete /tn "svchost" /f
3⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:1652

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c ""C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Kv3iXlLNw1gF.bat" "
3⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4716

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\chcp.com
chcp 65001
4⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:2312

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:2944

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Scheduled Task/Job

T1053

Scheduled Task

T1053.005

Persistence

Scheduled Task/Job

T1053

Scheduled Task

T1053.005

Privilege Escalation

Scheduled Task/Job

T1053

Scheduled Task

T1053.005

Defense Evasion

Credential Access

Discovery

Remote System Discovery

T1018

System Information Discovery

T1082

System Location Discovery

T1614

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

System Network Configuration Discovery

T1016

Internet Connection Discovery

T1016.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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Downloads

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Kv3iXlLNw1gF.bat

Filesize
263B

MD5
343118d5f01b7ae7c977285732ad221e

SHA1
d606fbf3c04939f6e202be375ef2733325a87e04

SHA256
8547eade236bc0d220f3f3ec38a35bbab9257514f080d3287834d40f38a4b1f8

SHA512
d83083f9810e24472fc7e9a3f6062c513522f27b28c970208bf5202845575057977f92bd5adf7d8cb302ec16988d546881ebcc8669e4fab843b07224f9ef6418

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Logs\09-13-~1

Filesize
224B

MD5
9c0ff54af6f1aa87d44692f8ed9a32e1

SHA1
efc7370c04e11f2d334d21bd503526a45107209d

SHA256
3f3c7c195d5850162dfa2082cfed12087a867363f7613af86f810cd0ed314ca7

SHA512
e7991cbe9597c299d17b3d3c13fe0c9164060884c3c536b1cbefe75df31fe112be349bce39c9f00397c0f0a55d80f1697e09562bc207b33fa2448a3979ed7615

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memory/216-14-0x00000000750B0000-0x0000000075861000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.7MB

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memory/216-24-0x00000000750B0000-0x0000000075861000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.7MB

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memory/216-18-0x00000000750B0000-0x0000000075861000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.7MB

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memory/216-17-0x0000000006890000-0x000000000689A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
40KB

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memory/1216-6-0x0000000005BE0000-0x0000000005BF2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
72KB

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memory/1216-7-0x0000000006110000-0x000000000614C000-memory.dmp

Filesize
240KB

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memory/1216-0-0x00000000750BE000-0x00000000750BF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/1216-15-0x00000000750B0000-0x0000000075861000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.7MB

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memory/1216-5-0x0000000004F60000-0x0000000004FC6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
408KB

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memory/1216-4-0x00000000750B0000-0x0000000075861000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.7MB

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memory/1216-3-0x0000000004EC0000-0x0000000004F52000-memory.dmp

Filesize
584KB

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memory/1216-2-0x0000000005390000-0x0000000005936000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.6MB

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memory/1216-1-0x0000000000390000-0x00000000003EE000-memory.dmp

Filesize
376KB

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