Analysis

  • max time kernel
    147s
  • max time network
    152s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20241007-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20241007-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
  • submitted
    02/11/2024, 17:06

General

  • Target
    B658C5D7ED9CD9D40992885120E78450.exe
  • Size 3.3MB
  • Sample241102-vmdtfszhql
  • SHA256 36c5e613a6f16466cfbea6b74f926cb9d357bf78e1e229d9f47f38e7b78a7291
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

Malware Config

Extracted

Family
  • quasar

Version
  • 1.4.1

Botnet
  • Office04

C2
  • 83.168.110.87:4782

Mutex
  • e7550a93-a385-490f-a2f8-5d9e1b5fd98b

Attributes
  • encryption_key

    19FB99CC4D38C38330C88E623B7FD5B15277B769

  • install_name

    Client.exe

  • log_directory

    Logs

  • reconnect_delay

    3000

  • startup_key

    puttystart

  • subdirectory

    SubDir

Signatures

  • Quasar RAT

    Quasar is an open source Remote Access Tool.

  • Quasar family
  • Quasar payload 2 IoCs
  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 1 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 2 IoCs

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

  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 8 IoCs
  • 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

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\B658C5D7ED9CD9D40992885120E78450.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\B658C5D7ED9CD9D40992885120E78450.exe"
    1⤵
    • Checks computer location settings
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3596
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Client-built.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Client-built.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2836
      • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\schtasks.exe
        "schtasks" /create /tn "puttystart" /sc ONLOGON /tr "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\Client.exe" /rl HIGHEST /f
        3⤵
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:1400
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\Client.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\Client.exe"
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
        • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
        • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:1828
        • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\schtasks.exe
          "schtasks" /create /tn "puttystart" /sc ONLOGON /tr "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\Client.exe" /rl HIGHEST /f
          4⤵
          • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
          PID:3236

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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        Downloads

        Client-built.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Client-built.exe
        • Size 3.1MB
        • SHA256 7ce80a4a4932516cf8163f73c85537e621b0a1e1a0c0fda41da1f71b1867dfc6
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

        memory/1828-26-0x000000001C870000-0x000000001C8C0000-memory.dmp

        memory/1828-27-0x000000001C980000-0x000000001CA32000-memory.dmp

        memory/1828-30-0x000000001C900000-0x000000001C912000-memory.dmp

        memory/1828-31-0x000000001D480000-0x000000001D4BC000-memory.dmp

        memory/2836-14-0x00007FF988C13000-0x00007FF988C15000-memory.dmp

        memory/2836-16-0x00000000003B0000-0x00000000006D4000-memory.dmp

        memory/2836-18-0x00007FF988C10000-0x00007FF9896D1000-memory.dmp

        memory/2836-25-0x00007FF988C10000-0x00007FF9896D1000-memory.dmp

        memory/3596-3-0x00000000749C0000-0x0000000075170000-memory.dmp

        memory/3596-1-0x0000000000C80000-0x0000000000FD0000-memory.dmp

        memory/3596-17-0x00000000749C0000-0x0000000075170000-memory.dmp

        memory/3596-0-0x00000000749CE000-0x00000000749CF000-memory.dmp