Analysis

  • max time kernel
    138s
  • max time network
    151s
  • platform
    windows7_x64
  • resource
    win7-20240729-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20240729-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
  • submitted
    03-12-2024 09:53

General

  • Target

    5182c93d80ab847541599124d388613c23bfb193b7879f5395b421bba5c568f6.exe

  • Size

    3.7MB

  • MD5

    cd765738ca380479232b3742bec4681a

  • SHA1

    72183452d01eabefa4a1dc4e4702df04aca6da4e

  • SHA256

    5182c93d80ab847541599124d388613c23bfb193b7879f5395b421bba5c568f6

  • SHA512

    047266f5d2f30661857c501c705a18128082551498351eee28600bfb051e276535e00abfa0dd30acbcdb01e9238958f06ca934abb094ee03666cae51475ed6f5

  • SSDEEP

    49152:sBe/wR+kPCndafDZ7MTpxKQ4vWcucxZIp6/Y6HhxVetUw5WxGea2rkoVAAVsK5Iw:/namVxrcxys/XhxsuwEUeFzyRM

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

quasar

Version

1.4.1

Botnet

CODE

C2

twart.myfirewall.org:9792

rency.ydns.eu:5287

wqo9.firewall-gateway.de:8841

Mutex

02351e291-5d041-4fa37-932c7-869aeiQec514992

Attributes
  • encryption_key

    3145298725BA5E0DD56E87FFE3F8898EA81E6EDA

  • install_name

    workbook.exe

  • log_directory

    Logs

  • reconnect_delay

    6000

  • startup_key

    workbook

  • subdirectory

    SubDir

Signatures

  • Quasar RAT

    Quasar is an open source Remote Access Tool.

  • Quasar family
  • Quasar payload 7 IoCs
  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 6 IoCs

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

  • Executes dropped EXE 4 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 3 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 21 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 6 IoCs

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

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 8 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 10 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 64 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\5182c93d80ab847541599124d388613c23bfb193b7879f5395b421bba5c568f6.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\5182c93d80ab847541599124d388613c23bfb193b7879f5395b421bba5c568f6.exe"
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2704
    • 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\5182c93d80ab847541599124d388613c23bfb193b7879f5395b421bba5c568f6.exe"
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:2752
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\IoOrGePEOIrHFn.exe"
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:3036
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe" /Create /TN "Updates\IoOrGePEOIrHFn" /XML "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp6835.tmp"
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:808
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\5182c93d80ab847541599124d388613c23bfb193b7879f5395b421bba5c568f6.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\5182c93d80ab847541599124d388613c23bfb193b7879f5395b421bba5c568f6.exe"
      2⤵
        PID:1496
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\5182c93d80ab847541599124d388613c23bfb193b7879f5395b421bba5c568f6.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\5182c93d80ab847541599124d388613c23bfb193b7879f5395b421bba5c568f6.exe"
        2⤵
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:1488
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
          "schtasks" /create /tn "workbook" /sc ONLOGON /tr "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\workbook.exe" /rl HIGHEST /f
          3⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
          PID:2216
        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\workbook.exe
          "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\workbook.exe"
          3⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:2288
          • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
            "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\workbook.exe"
            4⤵
            • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
            • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
            • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
            • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
            PID:1920
          • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
            "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\IoOrGePEOIrHFn.exe"
            4⤵
            • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
            • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
            • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
            • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
            PID:1644
          • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
            "C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe" /Create /TN "Updates\IoOrGePEOIrHFn" /XML "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpAF52.tmp"
            4⤵
            • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
            • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
            PID:1376
          • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\workbook.exe
            "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\workbook.exe"
            4⤵
            • Executes dropped EXE
            • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
            • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
            • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
            • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
            PID:2356
            • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
              "schtasks" /create /tn "workbook" /sc ONLOGON /tr "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\workbook.exe" /rl HIGHEST /f
              5⤵
              • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
              • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
              PID:1936
            • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
              cmd /c ""C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nF0xQnnO5FBF.bat" "
              5⤵
              • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
              • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
              PID:1960
              • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\chcp.com
                chcp 65001
                6⤵
                • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                PID:1492
              • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE
                ping -n 10 localhost
                6⤵
                • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                • System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
                • Runs ping.exe
                PID:1744
              • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\workbook.exe
                "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\workbook.exe"
                6⤵
                • Executes dropped EXE
                • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
                • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                PID:1672
                • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
                  "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\workbook.exe"
                  7⤵
                  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
                  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
                  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
                  PID:1060
                • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
                  "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\IoOrGePEOIrHFn.exe"
                  7⤵
                  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
                  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
                  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
                  PID:2456
                • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
                  "C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe" /Create /TN "Updates\IoOrGePEOIrHFn" /XML "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp4866.tmp"
                  7⤵
                  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                  • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
                  PID:1880
                • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\workbook.exe
                  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\workbook.exe"
                  7⤵
                  • Executes dropped EXE
                  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
                  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
                  PID:1544
                  • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
                    "schtasks" /create /tn "workbook" /sc ONLOGON /tr "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\workbook.exe" /rl HIGHEST /f
                    8⤵
                    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
                    PID:2624

    Network

    MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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    Downloads

    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nF0xQnnO5FBF.bat

      Filesize

      209B

      MD5

      1794f3a87c5be00a0e21abd8b80ef7ef

      SHA1

      95805731f1b7569c0e1dfa26cc96f5ccdecd46e8

      SHA256

      0abb6c5e3d8da2789d62515cc5b04c651bd70b559c37854590e739225a410cb1

      SHA512

      b6f36f17cfd369dc34cb96a5aa825a3535a6e936b934d39df2489dcf151946958ffa87ed2c6bc17db593b7101a3f81eb9eac98120bc0e5256d42b0f78a4cef16

    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp6835.tmp

      Filesize

      1KB

      MD5

      c6fcc2e2ba885d870522476e1c7678ba

      SHA1

      6d4ff64d7464b888de0d1696a12d1cf75b64f6a1

      SHA256

      1ba74b4b4a6c316e6ae0b3dc18314dd9b6221a9e19ff3ca294d6c6a716a7d81c

      SHA512

      30b57e79eb6e82df231ce1a60ed9822f0c497a669a4bd820303d1aa481c042d60ea0d56b9854222263fba9a6c4ce95591f371bb1195dba6fdf0f38a6c44dc28f

    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\CustomDestinations\d93f411851d7c929.customDestinations-ms

      Filesize

      7KB

      MD5

      f14a7dc85ab462aa11095ef24519c667

      SHA1

      5ffb7f805a4eee93b0a7326b52eec483294c1a8a

      SHA256

      43a477c4a666fb39c8b26e9090ac2319a460b08d29eeeaa68cf64e4de7371f37

      SHA512

      1e96e01ee952c0ccf16aa290123def0c026ec7d776540d7fc23111d01e139e6fa56cf3dbb61c30821a1cb2b0e9e79cc3703050369976b28fe3ef8a4dffce020a

    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\workbook.exe

      Filesize

      3.7MB

      MD5

      cd765738ca380479232b3742bec4681a

      SHA1

      72183452d01eabefa4a1dc4e4702df04aca6da4e

      SHA256

      5182c93d80ab847541599124d388613c23bfb193b7879f5395b421bba5c568f6

      SHA512

      047266f5d2f30661857c501c705a18128082551498351eee28600bfb051e276535e00abfa0dd30acbcdb01e9238958f06ca934abb094ee03666cae51475ed6f5

    • \??\PIPE\srvsvc

      MD5

      d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e

      SHA1

      da39a3ee5e6b4b0d3255bfef95601890afd80709

      SHA256

      e3b0c44298fc1c149afbf4c8996fb92427ae41e4649b934ca495991b7852b855

      SHA512

      cf83e1357eefb8bdf1542850d66d8007d620e4050b5715dc83f4a921d36ce9ce47d0d13c5d85f2b0ff8318d2877eec2f63b931bd47417a81a538327af927da3e

    • memory/1488-29-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000724000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      3.1MB

    • memory/1488-23-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000724000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      3.1MB

    • memory/1488-21-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000724000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      3.1MB

    • memory/1488-27-0x000000007EFDE000-0x000000007EFDF000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      4KB

    • memory/1488-19-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000724000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      3.1MB

    • memory/1488-25-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000724000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      3.1MB

    • memory/1488-30-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000724000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      3.1MB

    • memory/1488-28-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000724000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      3.1MB

    • memory/1544-102-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000724000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      3.1MB

    • memory/1544-100-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000724000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      3.1MB

    • memory/1672-76-0x00000000012D0000-0x000000000167C000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      3.7MB

    • memory/2288-39-0x00000000012D0000-0x000000000167C000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      3.7MB

    • memory/2356-61-0x000000007EFDE000-0x000000007EFDF000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      4KB

    • memory/2704-6-0x0000000007CE0000-0x0000000008048000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      3.4MB

    • memory/2704-3-0x0000000000590000-0x00000000005A8000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      96KB

    • memory/2704-2-0x0000000073ED0000-0x00000000745BE000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      6.9MB

    • memory/2704-5-0x0000000073ED0000-0x00000000745BE000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      6.9MB

    • memory/2704-1-0x0000000000E10000-0x00000000011BC000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      3.7MB

    • memory/2704-31-0x0000000073ED0000-0x00000000745BE000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      6.9MB

    • memory/2704-4-0x0000000073EDE000-0x0000000073EDF000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      4KB

    • memory/2704-0-0x0000000073EDE000-0x0000000073EDF000-memory.dmp

      Filesize

      4KB