azorult | 0d2e6a07b622d817482a0239b69a67a300922bb58e8d96551f6400ce362f2e43

General

Target

SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe
Size

2.0MB
MD5

129a0510883f6ae00a92d2e01d2a44be
SHA1

af439e5a6adb421f516dbb12846510445b10998b
SHA256

0d2e6a07b622d817482a0239b69a67a300922bb58e8d96551f6400ce362f2e43
SHA512

aefef5f1257dd792d57616b9a8bb9774c8a4eb7b4777acec417e0971355bf0377c485d6a0d077f82cf7cc9f97cca3993e4dd7114bc9d2bb12a30d2e0f5573ae3
SSDEEP

24576:su6J33O0c+JY5UZ+XC0kGso6FaI1IXgM6YmenKKSUlmDaGJTA4Pqa6jUvOkQwKY9:2u0c++OCvkGs9Fap5aLKLkDl+dUvO9YX

Score

10^/10

azorult quasar ebayprofiles discovery infostealer spyware trojan

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

Quasar payload 4 IoCs

Processes:

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/memory/3040-32-0x0000000000C50000-0x0000000000CAE000-memory.dmp	family_quasar
behavioral1/memory/1952-63-0x0000000001010000-0x000000000106E000-memory.dmp	family_quasar
behavioral1/memory/3040-32-0x0000000000C50000-0x0000000000CAE000-memory.dmp	family_quasar
behavioral1/memory/1952-63-0x0000000001010000-0x000000000106E000-memory.dmp	family_quasar

Executes dropped EXE 4 IoCs

Processes:

vnc.exewindef.exe

pid process

2968 vnc.exe
3040 windef.exe
2968 vnc.exe
3040 windef.exe

pid	process
2968	vnc.exe
3040	windef.exe
2968	vnc.exe
3040	windef.exe

Loads dropped DLL 16 IoCs

Processes:

SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe

pid	process
2104	SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe
2104	SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe
2104	SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe
2104	SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe
2104	SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe
2104	SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe
2104	SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe
2104	SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe
2104	SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe
2104	SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe
2104	SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe
2104	SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe
2104	SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe
2104	SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe
2104	SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe
2104	SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe

Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 23 IoCs

Attempts to read the root path of hard drives other than the default C: drive.

Query Registry

T1012

Peripheral Device Discovery

T1120

System Information Discovery

T1082

Processes:

SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe

description	ioc	process
File opened (read-only)	\??\v:	SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\z:	SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\e:	SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\g:	SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\i:	SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\o:	SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\j:	SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\l:	SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\m:	SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\s:	SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\p:	SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\q:	SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\t:	SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\u:	SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\b:	SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\h:	SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\k:	SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\n:	SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\x:	SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\y:	SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\a:	SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\r:	SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\w:	SystemPropertiesPerformance.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

5 ip-api.com

flow	ioc
5	ip-api.com

Maps connected drives based on registry 3 TTPs 2 IoCs

Disk information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.

Query Registry

T1012

Peripheral Device Discovery

T1120

System Information Discovery

T1082

Processes:

svchost.exe

description	ioc	process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\Disk\Enum	svchost.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\Disk\Enum\0	svchost.exe

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 4 IoCs

Processes:

SystemPropertiesPerformance.exevnc.exe

description	pid	process	target process
PID 2104 set thread context of 2456	2104	SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe	SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe
PID 2968 set thread context of 1280	2968	vnc.exe	svchost.exe
PID 2104 set thread context of 2456	2104	SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe	SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe
PID 2968 set thread context of 1280	2968	vnc.exe	svchost.exe

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

System Information Discovery
T1082

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.

discovery

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

Processes:

windef.exeSystemPropertiesPerformance.exeschtasks.exeSystemPropertiesPerformance.exevnc.exe

description	ioc	process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	windef.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	schtasks.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	vnc.exe

Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 3 IoCs
Schtasks is often used by malware for persistence or to perform post-infection execution.
persistence execution

Scheduled Task
T1053.005

Processes:

schtasks.exeschtasks.exeschtasks.exe

pid process

2728 schtasks.exe
1776 schtasks.exe
2524 schtasks.exe

pid	process
2728	schtasks.exe
1776	schtasks.exe
2524	schtasks.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 4 IoCs

Processes:

SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe

pid	process
2104	SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe
2104	SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe
2104	SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe
2104	SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe

Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection 2 IoCs

Processes:

vnc.exe

pid process

2968 vnc.exe
2968 vnc.exe

pid	process
2968	vnc.exe
2968	vnc.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 50 IoCs

Processes:

SystemPropertiesPerformance.exevnc.exe

description	pid	process	target process
PID 2104 wrote to memory of 2968	2104	SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe	vnc.exe
PID 2104 wrote to memory of 2968	2104	SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe	vnc.exe
PID 2104 wrote to memory of 2968	2104	SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe	vnc.exe
PID 2104 wrote to memory of 2968	2104	SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe	vnc.exe
PID 2968 wrote to memory of 1280	2968	vnc.exe	svchost.exe
PID 2968 wrote to memory of 1280	2968	vnc.exe	svchost.exe
PID 2968 wrote to memory of 1280	2968	vnc.exe	svchost.exe
PID 2968 wrote to memory of 1280	2968	vnc.exe	svchost.exe
PID 2968 wrote to memory of 1280	2968	vnc.exe	svchost.exe
PID 2104 wrote to memory of 3040	2104	SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe	windef.exe
PID 2104 wrote to memory of 3040	2104	SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe	windef.exe
PID 2104 wrote to memory of 3040	2104	SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe	windef.exe
PID 2104 wrote to memory of 3040	2104	SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe	windef.exe
PID 2104 wrote to memory of 2456	2104	SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe	SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe
PID 2104 wrote to memory of 2456	2104	SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe	SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe
PID 2104 wrote to memory of 2456	2104	SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe	SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe
PID 2104 wrote to memory of 2456	2104	SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe	SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe
PID 2104 wrote to memory of 2456	2104	SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe	SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe
PID 2104 wrote to memory of 2456	2104	SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe	SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe
PID 2104 wrote to memory of 2728	2104	SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe	schtasks.exe
PID 2104 wrote to memory of 2728	2104	SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe	schtasks.exe
PID 2104 wrote to memory of 2728	2104	SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe	schtasks.exe
PID 2104 wrote to memory of 2728	2104	SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe	schtasks.exe
PID 2968 wrote to memory of 1280	2968	vnc.exe	svchost.exe
PID 2968 wrote to memory of 1280	2968	vnc.exe	svchost.exe
PID 2104 wrote to memory of 2968	2104	SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe	vnc.exe
PID 2104 wrote to memory of 2968	2104	SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe	vnc.exe
PID 2104 wrote to memory of 2968	2104	SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe	vnc.exe
PID 2104 wrote to memory of 2968	2104	SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe	vnc.exe
PID 2968 wrote to memory of 1280	2968	vnc.exe	svchost.exe
PID 2968 wrote to memory of 1280	2968	vnc.exe	svchost.exe
PID 2968 wrote to memory of 1280	2968	vnc.exe	svchost.exe
PID 2968 wrote to memory of 1280	2968	vnc.exe	svchost.exe
PID 2968 wrote to memory of 1280	2968	vnc.exe	svchost.exe
PID 2104 wrote to memory of 3040	2104	SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe	windef.exe
PID 2104 wrote to memory of 3040	2104	SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe	windef.exe
PID 2104 wrote to memory of 3040	2104	SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe	windef.exe
PID 2104 wrote to memory of 3040	2104	SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe	windef.exe
PID 2104 wrote to memory of 2456	2104	SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe	SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe
PID 2104 wrote to memory of 2456	2104	SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe	SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe
PID 2104 wrote to memory of 2456	2104	SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe	SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe
PID 2104 wrote to memory of 2456	2104	SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe	SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe
PID 2104 wrote to memory of 2456	2104	SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe	SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe
PID 2104 wrote to memory of 2456	2104	SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe	SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe
PID 2104 wrote to memory of 2728	2104	SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe	schtasks.exe
PID 2104 wrote to memory of 2728	2104	SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe	schtasks.exe
PID 2104 wrote to memory of 2728	2104	SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe	schtasks.exe
PID 2104 wrote to memory of 2728	2104	SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe	schtasks.exe
PID 2968 wrote to memory of 1280	2968	vnc.exe	svchost.exe
PID 2968 wrote to memory of 1280	2968	vnc.exe	svchost.exe

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\SystemPropertiesPerformance.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:2104
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\vnc.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\vnc.exe"
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:2968
- - C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k
    3⤵
    - Maps connected drives based on registry
    PID:1280
- 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
  PID:3040
- - 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:1776
- - C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\winsock.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\winsock.exe"
    3⤵
    PID:1952
  - - 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:2524
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe"
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:2456
- 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:2728

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Scheduled Task/Job

1

T1053

Scheduled Task

1

T1053.005

Persistence

Scheduled Task/Job

1

T1053

Scheduled Task

1

T1053.005

Privilege Escalation

Scheduled Task/Job

1

T1053

Scheduled Task

1

T1053.005

Defense Evasion

Credential Access

Discovery

Peripheral Device Discovery

Query Registry

System Information Discovery

3

T1082

System Location Discovery

1

T1614

System Language Discovery

1

T1614.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\vnc.exe

Filesize
405KB

MD5
b8ba87ee4c3fc085a2fed0d839aadce1

SHA1
b3a2e3256406330e8b1779199bb2b9865122d766

SHA256
4e8a99cd33c9e5c747a3ce8f1a3e17824846f4a8f7cb0631aebd0815db2ce3a4

SHA512
7a775a12cd5bcd182d64be0d31f800b456ca6d1b531189cea9c72e1940871cfe92ccd005938f67bfa4784ae44c54b3a7ea29a5bb59766e98c78bf53b680f2ab2

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

Filesize
349KB

MD5
b4a202e03d4135484d0e730173abcc72

SHA1
01b30014545ea526c15a60931d676f9392ea0c70

SHA256
7050608d53f80269df951d00883ed79815c060ce7678a76b5c3f6a2a985beea9

SHA512
632a035a3b722ea29b02aad1f0da3df5bdc38abc7e6617223790955c6c0830f1070b528680416d5c63ea5e846074cdad87f06c21c35a77b1ccc4edc089d8b1fb

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memory/1280-51-0x00000000003D0000-0x000000000046C000-memory.dmp

Filesize
624KB

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memory/1280-55-0x00000000003D0000-0x000000000046C000-memory.dmp

Filesize
624KB

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memory/1280-48-0x0000000000020000-0x0000000000021000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/1280-50-0x000007FFFFFD9000-0x000007FFFFFDA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/1280-51-0x00000000003D0000-0x000000000046C000-memory.dmp

Filesize
624KB

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memory/1280-50-0x000007FFFFFD9000-0x000007FFFFFDA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/1280-48-0x0000000000020000-0x0000000000021000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/1280-55-0x00000000003D0000-0x000000000046C000-memory.dmp

Filesize
624KB

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memory/1952-63-0x0000000001010000-0x000000000106E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
376KB

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memory/1952-63-0x0000000001010000-0x000000000106E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
376KB

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memory/2104-31-0x0000000000B80000-0x0000000000B81000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2104-31-0x0000000000B80000-0x0000000000B81000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2456-45-0x0000000000080000-0x00000000000A0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
128KB

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memory/2456-35-0x0000000000080000-0x00000000000A0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
128KB

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memory/2456-45-0x0000000000080000-0x00000000000A0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
128KB

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memory/2456-41-0x00000000FFFDE000-0x00000000FFFDF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2456-33-0x0000000000080000-0x00000000000A0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
128KB

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memory/2456-33-0x0000000000080000-0x00000000000A0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
128KB

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memory/2456-41-0x00000000FFFDE000-0x00000000FFFDF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2456-35-0x0000000000080000-0x00000000000A0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
128KB

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memory/3040-30-0x0000000073EFE000-0x0000000073EFF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/3040-32-0x0000000000C50000-0x0000000000CAE000-memory.dmp

Filesize
376KB

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memory/3040-32-0x0000000000C50000-0x0000000000CAE000-memory.dmp

Filesize
376KB

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memory/3040-30-0x0000000073EFE000-0x0000000073EFF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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General

Malware Config

Extracted

Extracted

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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