Analysis

  • max time kernel
    5s
  • max time network
    150s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20241007-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20241007-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
  • submitted
    01/12/2024, 19:15

General

  • Target
    950c8b041fc05111e24c18c25ff7d8d0a79034ce0e22857be44ae8ee12625d89.exe
  • Size 2.0MB
  • Sample241201-xygetsypdw
  • SHA256 950c8b041fc05111e24c18c25ff7d8d0a79034ce0e22857be44ae8ee12625d89
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

Malware Config

Extracted

Family
  • azorult

C2
  • http://0x21.in:8000/_az/

Extracted

Family
  • quasar

Version
  • 1.3.0.0

Botnet
  • EbayProfiles

C2
  • 5.8.88.191:443

  • sockartek.icu:443

Mutex
  • QSR_MUTEX_0kBRNrRz5TDLEQouI0

Attributes
  • encryption_key

    MWhG6wsClMX8aJM2CVXT

  • install_name

    winsock.exe

  • log_directory

    Logs

  • reconnect_delay

    3000

  • startup_key

    win defender run

  • subdirectory

    SubDir

Signatures

  • Azorult

    An information stealer that was first discovered in 2016, targeting browsing history and passwords.

  • Azorult family
  • Quasar RAT

    Quasar is an open source Remote Access Tool.

  • Quasar family
  • Quasar payload 3 IoCs
  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

  • Executes dropped EXE 3 IoCs
  • Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 23 IoCs

    Attempts to read the root path of hard drives other than the default C: drive.

  • Looks up external IP address via web service 1 IoCs

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

  • AutoIT Executable 1 IoCs

    AutoIT scripts compiled to PE executables.

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

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

  • Program crash 3 IoCs
  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 8 IoCs

    Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.

  • System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Adversaries may check for Internet connectivity on compromised systems.

  • Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 5 IoCs

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

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 4 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 26 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\950c8b041fc05111e24c18c25ff7d8d0a79034ce0e22857be44ae8ee12625d89.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\950c8b041fc05111e24c18c25ff7d8d0a79034ce0e22857be44ae8ee12625d89.exe"
    1⤵
    • Checks computer location settings
    • Enumerates connected drives
    • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3100
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\vnc.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\vnc.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4364
      • C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k
        3⤵
          PID:1084
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
          C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 4364 -s 548
          3⤵
          • Program crash
          PID:4164
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\windef.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\windef.exe"
        2⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:1744
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
          "schtasks" /create /tn "win defender run" /sc ONLOGON /tr "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\windef.exe" /rl HIGHEST /f
          3⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
          PID:3812
        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\winsock.exe
          "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\winsock.exe"
          3⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:1428
          • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
            "schtasks" /create /tn "win defender run" /sc ONLOGON /tr "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\winsock.exe" /rl HIGHEST /f
            4⤵
            • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
            • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
            PID:3720
          • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
            C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c ""C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\oCyPRzyFHu3W.bat" "
            4⤵
              PID:1400
              • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\chcp.com
                chcp 65001
                5⤵
                  PID:4396
                • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE
                  ping -n 10 localhost
                  5⤵
                  • System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
                  • Runs ping.exe
                  PID:2368
                • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\winsock.exe
                  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\winsock.exe"
                  5⤵
                    PID:3864
                    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
                      "schtasks" /create /tn "win defender run" /sc ONLOGON /tr "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\winsock.exe" /rl HIGHEST /f
                      6⤵
                      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
                      PID:1484
                • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
                  C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 1428 -s 2248
                  4⤵
                  • Program crash
                  PID:4412
            • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\950c8b041fc05111e24c18c25ff7d8d0a79034ce0e22857be44ae8ee12625d89.exe
              "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\950c8b041fc05111e24c18c25ff7d8d0a79034ce0e22857be44ae8ee12625d89.exe"
              2⤵
              • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
              PID:3064
            • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
              "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe" /create /tn RtkAudioService64 /tr "C:\Users\Admin\btpanui\SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe" /sc minute /mo 1 /F
              2⤵
              • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
              • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
              PID:1484
          • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
            C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 408 -p 4364 -ip 4364
            1⤵
              PID:4856
            • C:\Users\Admin\btpanui\SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe
              C:\Users\Admin\btpanui\SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe
              1⤵
                PID:3020
                • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\vnc.exe
                  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\vnc.exe"
                  2⤵
                    PID:2688
                    • C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
                      C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k
                      3⤵
                        PID:4960
                      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
                        C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 2688 -s 520
                        3⤵
                        • Program crash
                        PID:3564
                    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\windef.exe
                      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\windef.exe"
                      2⤵
                        PID:1684
                      • C:\Users\Admin\btpanui\SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe
                        "C:\Users\Admin\btpanui\SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe"
                        2⤵
                          PID:4508
                        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
                          "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe" /create /tn RtkAudioService64 /tr "C:\Users\Admin\btpanui\SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe" /sc minute /mo 1 /F
                          2⤵
                          • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
                          PID:2864
                      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
                        C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 468 -p 2688 -ip 2688
                        1⤵
                          PID:4040
                        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
                          C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 516 -p 1428 -ip 1428
                          1⤵
                            PID:1476
                          • C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\ClickToRun\OfficeClickToRun.exe
                            "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\ClickToRun\OfficeClickToRun.exe" /service
                            1⤵
                              PID:3972
                            • C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\ClickToRun\OfficeClickToRun.exe
                              "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\ClickToRun\OfficeClickToRun.exe" /service
                              1⤵
                                PID:412
                              • C:\Windows\system32\sihost.exe
                                sihost.exe
                                1⤵
                                  PID:1588

                                Network

                                      MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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                                      Downloads

                                      windef.exe.log

                                      • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0_32\UsageLogs\windef.exe.log
                                      • Size 1KB
                                      • SHA256 f49dbd55029bfbc15134f7c6a4f967d6c39142c63f2e8f1f8c78fab108a2c928
                                      • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                                      oCyPRzyFHu3W.bat

                                      • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\oCyPRzyFHu3W.bat
                                      • Size 208B
                                      • SHA256 ebe77834afbe74ac8d0e02f0b50c7139220b5f157bcf794e50aed6205000ff89
                                      • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                                      vnc.exe

                                      • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\vnc.exe
                                      • Size 405KB
                                      • SHA256 4e8a99cd33c9e5c747a3ce8f1a3e17824846f4a8f7cb0631aebd0815db2ce3a4
                                      • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

                                      windef.exe

                                      • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\windef.exe
                                      • Size 349KB
                                      • SHA256 7050608d53f80269df951d00883ed79815c060ce7678a76b5c3f6a2a985beea9
                                      • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

                                      12-01-2024

                                      • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Logs\12-01-2024
                                      • Size 224B
                                      • SHA256 32a74ce761a4ea68213cc49283e61aafdf1324b01acf67e253ba03eb439cd161
                                      • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                                      SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe

                                      • Path C:\Users\Admin\btpanui\SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe
                                      • Size 2.0MB
                                      • SHA256 8b3fef54e7ad2612cddaab561c245619b8f63061e6508230fc8142730a50a1af
                                      • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

                                      memory/1428-44-0x0000000006BD0000-0x0000000006BDA000-memory.dmp

                                      memory/1744-34-0x00000000052D0000-0x0000000005336000-memory.dmp

                                      memory/1744-33-0x00000000053E0000-0x0000000005472000-memory.dmp

                                      memory/1744-35-0x0000000005940000-0x0000000005952000-memory.dmp

                                      memory/1744-36-0x0000000006540000-0x000000000657C000-memory.dmp

                                      memory/1744-32-0x0000000005990000-0x0000000005F34000-memory.dmp

                                      memory/1744-31-0x00000000009C0000-0x0000000000A1E000-memory.dmp

                                      memory/3064-28-0x00000000004E0000-0x0000000000500000-memory.dmp

                                      memory/3064-20-0x00000000004E0000-0x0000000000500000-memory.dmp

                                      memory/3100-18-0x0000000000D40000-0x0000000000D41000-memory.dmp

                                      memory/4508-72-0x00000000003A0000-0x00000000003C0000-memory.dmp

                                      memory/4508-66-0x00000000003A0000-0x00000000003C0000-memory.dmp