quasar | 58f7dda2165a44ddad0d441ba356a0626d1ad619d766a58008320ec5936cdb94

General

Target

Client-built.exe
Size

3.1MB
MD5

2df7f55c626ea8077ef2cc5ffd32dc38
SHA1

93131a8d6128ea827f1f31ada4391f94bbc1dd06
SHA256

58f7dda2165a44ddad0d441ba356a0626d1ad619d766a58008320ec5936cdb94
SHA512

362bfea6ae2127df5da06904407286c0ed49846ec230ae149a46a4cdcdb101987963a406427283d409957427bdc57a77c3ac90f567b3d00ad561f025f10912cc
SSDEEP

49152:ZvZI22SsaNYfdPBldt698dBcjHVi/2BxmgoGd5UTHHB72eh2NT:Zva22SsaNYfdPBldt6+dBcjHU/O

Score

10^/10

quasar office04 discovery spyware trojan

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

quasar

Version

1.4.1

Botnet

Office04

C2

85.209.133.15:111

Mutex

95ddd19c-037b-4e62-8c64-298b31d663b8

Attributes

encryption_key
43DE31297B50FED5B1E6867AE89B621C68EF71E2
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.
trojan spyware quasar
Quasar family
quasar

Quasar payload 1 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral4/memory/2500-1-0x0000000000590000-0x00000000008B4000-memory.dmp	family_quasar

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
4416	xSV01a5aPZ4e.exe

Drops file in Windows directory 1 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Windows\rescache\_merged\425634766\2478186536.pri	LogonUI.exe

Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

System Information Discovery
T1082

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.

discovery

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	xSV01a5aPZ4e.exe

Modifies data under HKEY_USERS 15 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Themes\History	LogonUI.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Themes\History\AutoColor = "0"	LogonUI.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Accent\StartColorMenu = "4290799360"	LogonUI.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Accent\AccentColorMenu = "4292114432"	LogonUI.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\DWM	LogonUI.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\DWM\ColorizationAfterglowBalance = "10"	LogonUI.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\DWM\EnableWindowColorization = "65"	LogonUI.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Accent	LogonUI.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Accent\AccentPalette = 99ebff004cc2ff000091f8000078d4000067c000003e9200001a6800f7630c00	LogonUI.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\DWM\AccentColor = "4292114432"	LogonUI.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\DWM\ColorizationColor = "3288365268"	LogonUI.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\DWM\ColorizationAfterglow = "3288365268"	LogonUI.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\DWM\ColorizationColorBalance = "89"	LogonUI.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\DWM\ColorizationBlurBalance = "1"	LogonUI.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\DWM\ColorizationGlassAttribute = "1"	LogonUI.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 8 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2500	Client-built.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4416	xSV01a5aPZ4e.exe
Token: 33	3752	AUDIODG.EXE
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	3752	AUDIODG.EXE
Token: SeShutdownPrivilege	1820	shutdown.exe
Token: SeRemoteShutdownPrivilege	1820	shutdown.exe
Token: SeShutdownPrivilege	3096	LogonUI.exe
Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege	3096	LogonUI.exe

Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 4 IoCs

pid	Process
2500	Client-built.exe
2500	Client-built.exe
2500	Client-built.exe
2500	Client-built.exe

Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage 4 IoCs

pid	Process
2500	Client-built.exe
2500	Client-built.exe
2500	Client-built.exe
2500	Client-built.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs

pid	Process
3096	LogonUI.exe
3096	LogonUI.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 5 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2500 wrote to memory of 4416	2500	Client-built.exe	79
PID 2500 wrote to memory of 4416	2500	Client-built.exe	79
PID 2500 wrote to memory of 4416	2500	Client-built.exe	79
PID 2500 wrote to memory of 1820	2500	Client-built.exe	81
PID 2500 wrote to memory of 1820	2500	Client-built.exe	81

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Client-built.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Client-built.exe"
1⤵
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
- Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2500
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\xSV01a5aPZ4e.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\xSV01a5aPZ4e.exe"
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  PID:4416
- C:\Windows\System32\shutdown.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\shutdown.exe" /s /t 0
  2⤵
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  PID:1820

C:\Windows\system32\AUDIODG.EXE
C:\Windows\system32\AUDIODG.EXE 0x00000000000004CC 0x00000000000004C0
1⤵
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:3752

C:\Windows\system32\LogonUI.exe
"LogonUI.exe" /flags:0x4 /state0:0xa3a0e055 /state1:0x41c64e6d
1⤵
- Drops file in Windows directory
- Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
PID:3096

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Privilege Escalation

Defense Evasion

Credential Access

Discovery

System Information Discovery

1

T1082

System Location Discovery

1

T1614

System Language Discovery

1

T1614.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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Downloads

C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\SystemData\S-1-5-21-4248760313-3670024077-2384670640-1000\ReadOnly\LockScreen_Z\LockScreen___1280_0720_notdimmed.jpg

Filesize
62KB

MD5
6cb7e9f13c79d1dd975a8aa005ab0256

SHA1
eac7fc28cc13ac1e9c85f828215cd61f0c698ae3

SHA256
af2537d470fddbeda270c965b8dbdf7e9ccf480ed2f525012e2f1035112a6d67

SHA512
3a40359d8e4cc8792be78a022dc04daed5c1cc55d78fe9cf3e061ea5587baa15023ce2152238f5be5cc5124cd468f220cf9dab54344d93edd3dfcd400b24469d

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\xSV01a5aPZ4e.exe

Filesize
854KB

MD5
5fdbb633c00c6ae9a7f850236e0eb4c4

SHA1
3779b3e58e64b7045abd0ab8764918285b2e24d4

SHA256
ec2fc127825e04f42d45c436cf7ee484aac78bdb94b4ea4d077d6b7c88379037

SHA512
710ea49f9a1aea061c5c887d6025da86be6ce0cbd40a42c71c8f1c78438ffdbbbe34ed4b8853f1e3468e3ae3e629ef147b271dbceac0b83542ece08dfcd12e61

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memory/2500-32-0x00007FFA0CAD0000-0x00007FFA0D592000-memory.dmp

Filesize
10.8MB

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memory/2500-1-0x0000000000590000-0x00000000008B4000-memory.dmp

Filesize
3.1MB

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memory/2500-2-0x00007FFA0CAD0000-0x00007FFA0D592000-memory.dmp

Filesize
10.8MB

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memory/2500-3-0x000000001C310000-0x000000001C360000-memory.dmp

Filesize
320KB

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memory/2500-4-0x000000001C420000-0x000000001C4D2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
712KB

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memory/2500-7-0x000000001C380000-0x000000001C392000-memory.dmp

Filesize
72KB

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memory/2500-8-0x000000001C3E0000-0x000000001C41C000-memory.dmp

Filesize
240KB

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memory/2500-9-0x00007FFA0CAD3000-0x00007FFA0CAD5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
8KB

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memory/2500-10-0x00007FFA0CAD0000-0x00007FFA0D592000-memory.dmp

Filesize
10.8MB

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memory/2500-0-0x00007FFA0CAD3000-0x00007FFA0CAD5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
8KB

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memory/4416-22-0x000000007514E000-0x000000007514F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/4416-25-0x0000000005910000-0x00000000059A2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
584KB

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memory/4416-26-0x0000000075140000-0x00000000758F1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.7MB

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memory/4416-27-0x00000000058E0000-0x00000000058EA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
40KB

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memory/4416-28-0x000000007514E000-0x000000007514F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/4416-29-0x0000000075140000-0x00000000758F1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.7MB

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memory/4416-24-0x0000000005E20000-0x00000000063C6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.6MB

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memory/4416-23-0x0000000000E60000-0x0000000000F3C000-memory.dmp

Filesize
880KB

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