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
behavioral2/memory/824-1-0x0000000000850000-0x0000000000B74000-memory.dmp	family_quasar

Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

description	ioc	Process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2878641211-696417878-3864914810-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	Client-built.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
1012	4PTSQ6cMKlwb.exe

Drops desktop.ini file(s) 1 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File opened for modification	C:\$RECYCLE.BIN\S-1-5-18\desktop.ini	LogonUI.exe

Drops file in Windows directory 1 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Windows\rescache\_merged\2229298842\2434375926.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	4PTSQ6cMKlwb.exe

Modifies data under HKEY_USERS 25 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
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\DWM\ColorizationAfterglow = "3288365271"	LogonUI.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Shell Extensions\Cached	LogonUI.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Shell Extensions\Cached\{40DD6E20-7C17-11CE-A804-00AA003CA9F6} {000214FC-0000-0000-C000-000000000046} 0xFFFF = 010000000000000053eb493f2356db01	LogonUI.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\TelemetrySalt = "5"	LogonUI.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\BitBucket\Volume\{77a2731a-0000-0000-0000-d01200000000}\NukeOnDelete = "0"	LogonUI.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Accent\AccentColorMenu = "4292311040"	LogonUI.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\DWM	LogonUI.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\DWM\AccentColor = "4292311040"	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\ColorizationGlassAttribute = "1"	LogonUI.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\BitBucket\Volume	LogonUI.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Accent	LogonUI.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\DWM\ColorizationColorBalance = "89"	LogonUI.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Classes\Local Settings\MuiCache\26\52C64B7E\@%SystemRoot%\system32\shell32.dll,-50176 = "File Operation"	LogonUI.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer	LogonUI.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\BitBucket	LogonUI.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\BitBucket\Volume\{77a2731a-0000-0000-0000-d01200000000}\MaxCapacity = "14116"	LogonUI.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\BitBucket\Volume\{77a2731a-0000-0000-0000-d01200000000}	LogonUI.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Accent\AccentPalette = a6d8ff0076b9ed00429ce3000078d700005a9e000042750000264200f7630c00	LogonUI.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Themes\History	LogonUI.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Accent\StartColorMenu = "4288567808"	LogonUI.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\DWM\ColorizationColor = "3288365271"	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\EnableWindowColorization = "206"	LogonUI.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 8 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	824	Client-built.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1012	4PTSQ6cMKlwb.exe
Token: 33	4440	AUDIODG.EXE
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	4440	AUDIODG.EXE
Token: SeShutdownPrivilege	2432	shutdown.exe
Token: SeRemoteShutdownPrivilege	2432	shutdown.exe
Token: SeShutdownPrivilege	3760	LogonUI.exe
Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege	3760	LogonUI.exe

Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 4 IoCs

pid	Process
824	Client-built.exe
824	Client-built.exe
824	Client-built.exe
824	Client-built.exe

Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage 4 IoCs

pid	Process
824	Client-built.exe
824	Client-built.exe
824	Client-built.exe
824	Client-built.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs

pid	Process
3760	LogonUI.exe
3760	LogonUI.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 5 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 824 wrote to memory of 1012	824	Client-built.exe	97
PID 824 wrote to memory of 1012	824	Client-built.exe	97
PID 824 wrote to memory of 1012	824	Client-built.exe	97
PID 824 wrote to memory of 2432	824	Client-built.exe	101
PID 824 wrote to memory of 2432	824	Client-built.exe	101

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Client-built.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Client-built.exe"
1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
- Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:824
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\4PTSQ6cMKlwb.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\4PTSQ6cMKlwb.exe"
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  PID:1012
- C:\Windows\System32\shutdown.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\shutdown.exe" /s /t 0
  2⤵
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  PID:2432

C:\Windows\system32\AUDIODG.EXE
C:\Windows\system32\AUDIODG.EXE 0x240 0x32c
1⤵
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:4440

C:\Windows\system32\LogonUI.exe
"LogonUI.exe" /flags:0x4 /state0:0xa38d1855 /state1:0x41c64e6d
1⤵
- Drops desktop.ini file(s)
- Drops file in Windows directory
- Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
PID:3760

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Privilege Escalation

Defense Evasion

Credential Access

Discovery

Query Registry

1

T1012

System Information Discovery

2

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-1-5-21-2878641211-696417878-3864914810-1000\ReadOnly\LockScreen_O\LockScreen___1280_0720_notdimmed.jpg

Filesize
469KB

MD5
61d84edafcdf46148bc20db932ad3f34

SHA1
9285d6a184fcc3de1f4c70058253cf60036c0d72

SHA256
2f2931524c422a05818b7cddd65716368b87ef26a1ab1963c7fd9198e1986aee

SHA512
d75f04ef3ef6f722cc31ed8678778d2c8e9c79f2f443958bf68ca90a62b949d62557a6e1e75a7722127f996b20e625302ed8f6ce2c576f8e7b7c83867e27a334

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\4PTSQ6cMKlwb.exe

Filesize
854KB

MD5
5fdbb633c00c6ae9a7f850236e0eb4c4

SHA1
3779b3e58e64b7045abd0ab8764918285b2e24d4

SHA256
ec2fc127825e04f42d45c436cf7ee484aac78bdb94b4ea4d077d6b7c88379037

SHA512
710ea49f9a1aea061c5c887d6025da86be6ce0cbd40a42c71c8f1c78438ffdbbbe34ed4b8853f1e3468e3ae3e629ef147b271dbceac0b83542ece08dfcd12e61

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memory/824-33-0x00007FFD651D0000-0x00007FFD65C91000-memory.dmp

Filesize
10.8MB

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memory/824-1-0x0000000000850000-0x0000000000B74000-memory.dmp

Filesize
3.1MB

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memory/824-2-0x00007FFD651D0000-0x00007FFD65C91000-memory.dmp

Filesize
10.8MB

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memory/824-3-0x000000001C070000-0x000000001C0C0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
320KB

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memory/824-4-0x000000001C180000-0x000000001C232000-memory.dmp

Filesize
712KB

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memory/824-7-0x000000001C0C0000-0x000000001C0D2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
72KB

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memory/824-8-0x000000001C120000-0x000000001C15C000-memory.dmp

Filesize
240KB

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memory/824-9-0x00007FFD651D3000-0x00007FFD651D5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
8KB

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memory/824-10-0x00007FFD651D0000-0x00007FFD65C91000-memory.dmp

Filesize
10.8MB

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memory/824-0-0x00007FFD651D3000-0x00007FFD651D5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
8KB

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memory/1012-22-0x000000007468E000-0x000000007468F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/1012-25-0x0000000005590000-0x0000000005622000-memory.dmp

Filesize
584KB

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memory/1012-26-0x0000000005550000-0x000000000555A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
40KB

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memory/1012-27-0x0000000074680000-0x0000000074E30000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.7MB

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memory/1012-28-0x000000007468E000-0x000000007468F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/1012-29-0x0000000074680000-0x0000000074E30000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.7MB

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memory/1012-24-0x0000000005B40000-0x00000000060E4000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.6MB

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memory/1012-23-0x0000000000A90000-0x0000000000B6C000-memory.dmp

Filesize
880KB

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