Analysis

  • max time kernel
    103s
  • max time network
    105s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20241007-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20241007-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
  • submitted
    27/10/2024, 16:06

General

  • Target
    389c77b4d588a7264038f89766fff7cb90e204b1168a05350a61c86c6e70e87aN.exe
  • Size 816KB
  • Sample241027-tkc9gaxjan
  • SHA256 389c77b4d588a7264038f89766fff7cb90e204b1168a05350a61c86c6e70e87a
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

Malware Config

Extracted

Family
  • quasar

Version
  • 1.3.0.0

Botnet
  • Office04

C2
  • ronymahmoud.casacam.net:4782

  • sk.servemp3.com:4782

Mutex
  • QSR_MUTEX_ewyaHKCedalfiUvTpL

Attributes
  • encryption_key

    6LTEKnkEacVI1BGQJRaJ

  • install_name

    Client.exe

  • log_directory

    Logs

  • reconnect_delay

    3000

  • startup_key

    Quasar Client Startup

  • subdirectory

    SubDir

Signatures

  • Quasar RAT

    Quasar is an open source Remote Access Tool.

  • Quasar family
  • Quasar payload 1 IoCs
  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Run Powershell to modify Windows Defender settings to add exclusions for file extensions, paths, and processes.

  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.

  • Looks up external IP address via web service 1 IoCs

    Uses a legitimate IP lookup service to find the infected system's external IP.

  • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

    Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

  • 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.

  • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Schtasks is often used by malware for persistence or to perform post-infection execution.

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 24 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 4 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 17 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\389c77b4d588a7264038f89766fff7cb90e204b1168a05350a61c86c6e70e87aN.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\389c77b4d588a7264038f89766fff7cb90e204b1168a05350a61c86c6e70e87aN.exe"
    1⤵
    • Checks computer location settings
    • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1764
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\389c77b4d588a7264038f89766fff7cb90e204b1168a05350a61c86c6e70e87aN.exe"
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:4864
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\jGqahBGIEd.exe"
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:4520
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe" /Create /TN "Updates\jGqahBGIEd" /XML "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpAFD3.tmp"
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:1644
    • C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\RegSvcs.exe
      "C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\RegSvcs.exe"
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:1720

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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        Downloads

        powershell.exe.log

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0_32\UsageLogs\powershell.exe.log
        • Size 2KB
        • SHA256 6f8fd1b8d9788ad54eaeee329232187e24b7b43393a01aeba2d6e9675231fb69
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
        • Size 18KB
        • SHA256 49b5ff4d18e28a088df0f27ea3f95fbe6afd9960956e32818d89a45882ce405c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

        __PSScriptPolicyTest_0njg4wug.knw.ps1

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_0njg4wug.knw.ps1
        • Size 60B
        • SHA256 96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        tmpAFD3.tmp

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpAFD3.tmp
        • Size 1KB
        • SHA256 a7831c97ef7662d843f61fffe01bba5366cb133a524336b084caffe254ece3b9
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        memory/1720-41-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000045E000-memory.dmp

        memory/1720-49-0x0000000005400000-0x0000000005412000-memory.dmp

        memory/1720-75-0x00000000060F0000-0x000000000612C000-memory.dmp

        memory/1764-5-0x00000000052D0000-0x00000000052DA000-memory.dmp

        memory/1764-8-0x0000000074F3E000-0x0000000074F3F000-memory.dmp

        memory/1764-9-0x0000000074F30000-0x00000000756E0000-memory.dmp

        memory/1764-10-0x0000000006810000-0x00000000068B0000-memory.dmp

        memory/1764-11-0x00000000094B0000-0x000000000954C000-memory.dmp

        memory/1764-7-0x0000000006AD0000-0x0000000006E24000-memory.dmp

        memory/1764-6-0x00000000054C0000-0x00000000054D0000-memory.dmp

        memory/1764-0-0x0000000074F3E000-0x0000000074F3F000-memory.dmp

        memory/1764-4-0x0000000074F30000-0x00000000756E0000-memory.dmp

        memory/1764-3-0x0000000005210000-0x00000000052A2000-memory.dmp

        memory/1764-46-0x0000000074F30000-0x00000000756E0000-memory.dmp

        memory/1764-2-0x00000000058A0000-0x0000000005E44000-memory.dmp

        memory/1764-1-0x0000000000770000-0x0000000000842000-memory.dmp

        memory/4520-76-0x00000000077D0000-0x00000000077DA000-memory.dmp

        memory/4520-61-0x00000000073C0000-0x00000000073DE000-memory.dmp

        memory/4520-89-0x0000000074F30000-0x00000000756E0000-memory.dmp

        memory/4520-82-0x0000000007AA0000-0x0000000007ABA000-memory.dmp

        memory/4520-21-0x0000000074F30000-0x00000000756E0000-memory.dmp

        memory/4520-81-0x00000000079A0000-0x00000000079B4000-memory.dmp

        memory/4520-80-0x0000000007990000-0x000000000799E000-memory.dmp

        memory/4520-20-0x0000000074F30000-0x00000000756E0000-memory.dmp

        memory/4520-50-0x00000000073E0000-0x0000000007412000-memory.dmp

        memory/4520-51-0x00000000757E0000-0x000000007582C000-memory.dmp

        memory/4520-79-0x0000000007960000-0x0000000007971000-memory.dmp

        memory/4864-74-0x00000000078E0000-0x00000000078FA000-memory.dmp

        memory/4864-48-0x0000000006620000-0x000000000666C000-memory.dmp

        memory/4864-29-0x0000000005F00000-0x0000000005F66000-memory.dmp

        memory/4864-73-0x0000000007F20000-0x000000000859A000-memory.dmp

        memory/4864-19-0x0000000074F30000-0x00000000756E0000-memory.dmp

        memory/4864-18-0x0000000005690000-0x0000000005CB8000-memory.dmp

        memory/4864-77-0x0000000007B60000-0x0000000007BF6000-memory.dmp

        memory/4864-62-0x00000000757E0000-0x000000007582C000-memory.dmp

        memory/4864-78-0x0000000007AE0000-0x0000000007AF1000-memory.dmp

        memory/4864-72-0x00000000075A0000-0x0000000007643000-memory.dmp

        memory/4864-47-0x0000000005330000-0x000000000534E000-memory.dmp

        memory/4864-23-0x0000000005E30000-0x0000000005E52000-memory.dmp

        memory/4864-83-0x0000000007C00000-0x0000000007C08000-memory.dmp

        memory/4864-17-0x0000000074F30000-0x00000000756E0000-memory.dmp

        memory/4864-16-0x0000000005020000-0x0000000005056000-memory.dmp

        memory/4864-90-0x0000000074F30000-0x00000000756E0000-memory.dmp

        memory/4864-30-0x0000000005F70000-0x0000000005FD6000-memory.dmp