Malware Analysis Report

2025-01-18 04:08

Sample ID 241105-epk3jstlcy
Target kreo q zi.7z
SHA256 282d6f5ddc83351dab51e6decc1293b078638f0cfd0baca4673afc8246fd32bd
Tags
quasar office04 spyware trojan
score
10/10

Table of Contents

Analysis Overview

MITRE ATT&CK

Enterprise Matrix V15

Analysis: static1

Detonation Overview

Signatures

Analysis: behavioral1

Detonation Overview

Command Line

Signatures

Processes

Network

Files

Analysis Overview

score
10/10

SHA256

282d6f5ddc83351dab51e6decc1293b078638f0cfd0baca4673afc8246fd32bd

Threat Level: Known bad

The file kreo q zi.7z was found to be: Known bad.

Malicious Activity Summary

quasar office04 spyware trojan

Quasar family

Quasar payload

Quasar RAT

Executes dropped EXE

Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task

Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx

Uses Task Scheduler COM API

Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken

MITRE ATT&CK

Analysis: static1

Detonation Overview

Reported

2024-11-05 04:06

Signatures

N/A

Analysis: behavioral1

Detonation Overview

Submitted

2024-11-05 04:06

Reported

2024-11-05 04:08

Platform

win10ltsc2021-20241023-en

Max time kernel

61s

Max time network

70s

Command Line

"C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zFM.exe" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\kreo q zi.7z"

Signatures

Quasar RAT

trojan spyware quasar

Quasar family

quasar

Quasar payload

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A N/A N/A
N/A N/A N/A N/A

Executes dropped EXE

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\kreo q zi.exe N/A
N/A N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\Client.exe N/A

Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task

persistence execution
Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\schtasks.exe N/A
N/A N/A C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\schtasks.exe N/A

Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zFM.exe N/A

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken

Description Indicator Process Target
Token: SeRestorePrivilege N/A C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zFM.exe N/A
Token: 35 N/A C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zFM.exe N/A
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege N/A C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zFM.exe N/A
Token: SeDebugPrivilege N/A C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\kreo q zi.exe N/A
Token: SeDebugPrivilege N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\Client.exe N/A

Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zFM.exe N/A
N/A N/A C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zFM.exe N/A

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\Client.exe N/A

Uses Task Scheduler COM API

persistence

Processes

C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zFM.exe

"C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zFM.exe" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\kreo q zi.7z"

C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\kreo q zi.exe

"C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\kreo q zi.exe"

C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\schtasks.exe

"schtasks" /create /tn "Quasar Client Startup" /sc ONLOGON /tr "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\Client.exe" /rl HIGHEST /f

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\Client.exe

"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\Client.exe"

C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\schtasks.exe

"schtasks" /create /tn "Quasar Client Startup" /sc ONLOGON /tr "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\Client.exe" /rl HIGHEST /f

Network

Country Destination Domain Proto
US 8.8.8.8:53 240.221.184.93.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 241.150.49.20.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 140.32.126.40.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 95.221.229.192.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 checkappexec.microsoft.com udp
GB 172.165.61.93:443 checkappexec.microsoft.com tcp
US 8.8.8.8:53 93.61.165.172.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 hola435-24858.portmap.host udp
DE 193.161.193.99:24858 hola435-24858.portmap.host tcp
US 8.8.8.8:53 99.193.161.193.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 ipwho.is udp
DE 195.201.57.90:443 ipwho.is tcp
US 8.8.8.8:53 90.57.201.195.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 197.87.175.4.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 fd.api.iris.microsoft.com udp
IE 20.223.35.26:443 fd.api.iris.microsoft.com tcp
US 8.8.8.8:53 206.23.85.13.in-addr.arpa udp

Files

C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\kreo q zi.exe

MD5 28ac02fc40c8f1c2a8989ee3c09a1372
SHA1 b182758b62a1482142c0fce4be78c786e08b7025
SHA256 0fe81f9a51cf0068408de3c3605ce2033a00bd7ec90cc9516c38f6069e06433b
SHA512 2cbf2f6af46e5fae8e67144e1ac70bc748036c7adb7f7810d7d7d9f255ccf5d163cce07f11fb6526f9ab61c39f28bdf2356cc315b19a61cd2115612882eab767

memory/1804-4-0x00007FFCFE0B3000-0x00007FFCFE0B5000-memory.dmp

memory/1804-5-0x0000000000720000-0x0000000000A44000-memory.dmp

memory/1804-6-0x00007FFCFE0B0000-0x00007FFCFEB72000-memory.dmp

memory/1804-9-0x00007FFCFE0B0000-0x00007FFCFEB72000-memory.dmp

memory/5100-10-0x000000001B820000-0x000000001B870000-memory.dmp

memory/5100-11-0x000000001CB20000-0x000000001CBD2000-memory.dmp

memory/5100-14-0x000000001B8A0000-0x000000001B8B2000-memory.dmp

memory/5100-15-0x000000001CA60000-0x000000001CA9C000-memory.dmp