Analysis
- max time kernel
460s - max time network
462s - platform
windows11-21h2_x64 - resource
win11-20241007-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win11-20241007-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-21h2-x64system - submitted
15/10/2024, 00:08
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
Client-built.exe
Resource
win10-20240611-en
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
Client-built.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20241007-en
Errors
General
- Target Client-built.exe
- Size 3.1MB
- Sample241015-aev3jsxcnr
- SHA256 cf1f9aa93af680a196f52f46de82e37adf6bc7be50018d3ca3b38d6ff16df2d4
- MD5 58b8b37869465016462b7b14b86d2bb8
- SHA1 b5d31e9f8691153b7716c8b5e40211556a7c5710
- SHA512 9dc86b3c7a924f86108a0e013ce5859cbc9c60fc61e601378d5f4bca8d593919ccabca336b14205fd696e7b7801eff1f330a342684e488fbf43a951f8ee06b56
- SSDEEP 49152:AvcI22SsaNYfdPBldt698dBcjHVGR16dbR3toGd3THHB72eh2NT:AvR22SsaNYfdPBldt6+dBcjHVGR16J
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP
Malware Config
Extracted
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quasar
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1.4.1
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Traige
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Alessandrolol66-30592.portmap.host:30592
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45bdc82f-bdfb-446e-af9c-d0a46e53752d
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encryption_key
B11D992865826F9FDFE1488DBCF3B1031C9ED9CB
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install_name
Client.exe
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log_directory
Logs
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reconnect_delay
3000
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startup_key
Windows.Sys
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subdirectory
SubDir
Extracted
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quasar
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1.4.1
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Office04
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HomoThugger-36407.portmap.host:36407
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42d6f4c0-e8fc-473a-b92d-ded3fb29334a
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encryption_key
3CDA48FEB25557C87485A9F37CDC861398BEA3C7
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install_name
Client.exe
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log_directory
Logs
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reconnect_delay
3000
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startup_key
Quasar Client Startup
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subdirectory
SubDir
Signatures
- Quasar payload 4 IoCs
resource yara_rule behavioral3/memory/2160-1-0x0000000000C40000-0x0000000000F64000-memory.dmp family_quasar behavioral3/files/0x001c00000002aa75-6.dat family_quasar behavioral3/files/0x001c00000002aa87-22.dat family_quasar behavioral3/memory/4412-29-0x00000000000A0000-0x00000000003C4000-memory.dmp family_quasar - Executes dropped EXE 3 IoCs
pid Process 2452 Client.exe 4412 fRodFduszWtB.exe 32 tMwK0LQ9bjEA.exe - Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).
- Modifies data under HKEY_USERS 15 IoCs
description ioc Process Set value (int) \REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\DWM\ColorizationColor = "3288365268" LogonUI.exe Set value (int) \REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Accent\AccentColorMenu = "4292114432" LogonUI.exe Set value (int) \REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\DWM\ColorizationColorBalance = "89" LogonUI.exe Set value (int) \REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Themes\History\AutoColor = "0" LogonUI.exe Key created \REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\DWM LogonUI.exe Set value (int) \REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\DWM\ColorizationGlassAttribute = "1" LogonUI.exe Set value (int) \REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Accent\StartColorMenu = "4290799360" LogonUI.exe Set value (int) \REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\DWM\AccentColor = "4292114432" LogonUI.exe Set value (int) \REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\DWM\ColorizationAfterglow = "3288365268" LogonUI.exe Set value (int) \REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\DWM\ColorizationAfterglowBalance = "10" LogonUI.exe Set value (int) \REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\DWM\ColorizationBlurBalance = "1" LogonUI.exe Key created \REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Accent LogonUI.exe Set value (data) \REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Accent\AccentPalette = 99ebff004cc2ff000091f8000078d4000067c000003e9200001a6800f7630c00 LogonUI.exe Key created \REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Themes\History LogonUI.exe Set value (int) \REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\DWM\EnableWindowColorization = "186" LogonUI.exe - Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
Schtasks is often used by malware for persistence or to perform post-infection execution.
pid Process 2044 schtasks.exe - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 8 IoCs
description pid Process Token: SeDebugPrivilege 2160 Client-built.exe Token: SeDebugPrivilege 2452 Client.exe Token: SeDebugPrivilege 4412 fRodFduszWtB.exe Token: SeDebugPrivilege 32 tMwK0LQ9bjEA.exe Token: SeShutdownPrivilege 2452 Client.exe Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege 2452 Client.exe Token: SeShutdownPrivilege 3976 shutdown.exe Token: SeRemoteShutdownPrivilege 3976 shutdown.exe - Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 3 IoCs
pid Process 4412 fRodFduszWtB.exe 4412 fRodFduszWtB.exe 4412 fRodFduszWtB.exe - Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage 3 IoCs
pid Process 4412 fRodFduszWtB.exe 4412 fRodFduszWtB.exe 4412 fRodFduszWtB.exe - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs
pid Process 4996 LogonUI.exe - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 10 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 2160 wrote to memory of 2452 2160 Client-built.exe 77 PID 2160 wrote to memory of 2452 2160 Client-built.exe 77 PID 2452 wrote to memory of 4412 2452 Client.exe 79 PID 2452 wrote to memory of 4412 2452 Client.exe 79 PID 4412 wrote to memory of 2044 4412 fRodFduszWtB.exe 80 PID 4412 wrote to memory of 2044 4412 fRodFduszWtB.exe 80 PID 2452 wrote to memory of 32 2452 Client.exe 82 PID 2452 wrote to memory of 32 2452 Client.exe 82 PID 2452 wrote to memory of 3976 2452 Client.exe 85 PID 2452 wrote to memory of 3976 2452 Client.exe 85 - Uses Task Scheduler COM API 1 TTPs
The Task Scheduler COM API can be used to schedule applications to run on boot or at set times.
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Client-built.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Client-built.exe"1⤵
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2160 -
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\Client.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\Client.exe"2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2452 -
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\fRodFduszWtB.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\fRodFduszWtB.exe"3⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
- Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4412 -
C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\schtasks.exe"schtasks" /create /tn "Quasar Client Startup" /sc ONLOGON /tr "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\Client.exe" /rl HIGHEST /f4⤵
- Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
PID:2044
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tMwK0LQ9bjEA.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tMwK0LQ9bjEA.exe"3⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:32
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C:\Windows\System32\shutdown.exe"C:\Windows\System32\shutdown.exe" /s /t 03⤵
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:3976
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C:\Windows\system32\LogonUI.exe"LogonUI.exe" /flags:0x4 /state0:0xa3a0c855 /state1:0x41c64e6d1⤵
- Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
PID:4996
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15
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Downloads
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\fRodFduszWtB.exe
- Size 3.1MB
- SHA256 aa3170ce6b4bbd9960ac0ccd60f7d0b39cc0d28254bfe73545b540cbd8444b21
- MD5 e35d832888fda0fd705386a4b94ecc49
- SHA1 86380c3eea496c7947c25c547748cfeed51c4de9
- SHA512 60d6aec705948474fa007dad26fdba9b92dcb1098aefb4eed2898af7b048729e4a3ee5af7e7b9ca9e555b97b54f6d97007dfc1531d0abb9e5da01b5911c5fd63
- SSDEEP 49152:Av4lL26AaNeWgPhlmVqvMQ7XSKNEREuY4oGdPwTHHB72eh2NT:AvQL26AaNeWgPhlmVqkQ7XSKmREuT
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\Client.exe
- Size 3.1MB
- SHA256 cf1f9aa93af680a196f52f46de82e37adf6bc7be50018d3ca3b38d6ff16df2d4
- MD5 58b8b37869465016462b7b14b86d2bb8
- SHA1 b5d31e9f8691153b7716c8b5e40211556a7c5710
- SHA512 9dc86b3c7a924f86108a0e013ce5859cbc9c60fc61e601378d5f4bca8d593919ccabca336b14205fd696e7b7801eff1f330a342684e488fbf43a951f8ee06b56
- SSDEEP 49152:AvcI22SsaNYfdPBldt698dBcjHVGR16dbR3toGd3THHB72eh2NT:AvR22SsaNYfdPBldt6+dBcjHVGR16J
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP