quasar | 17a4a1dd4588641ec5eb6ce7986b3c35ff57a13b6693f0f886339d29c746947d

Analysis

max time kernel
148s
max time network
143s
platform
windows7_x64
resource
win7-20241010-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20241010-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
submitted
09-01-2025 02:05

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General

Target

QUOTATION - RFQ2496_PO 08775622879.pdf(87kb).exe
Size

3.6MB
MD5

9b3c35a49dd56d6282a2a89832046ffc
SHA1

0cb9124335747f5dd253744a828d5e30ca7d06f3
SHA256

2234c3a3350dbeba11b7564dc52d5aa1252777f9ffe8dcf4027dcb54fc4542aa
SHA512

33b45162d1c4e1f6ab103b92921e5fe1754eb3ec1b062298b5b976bc887ef2d559102a2ce8c758c5f7e12e33973c46326a126599226250f941251553be4f2854
SSDEEP

98304:Xd36tNUGXT/1LirUtZDS7uJTtTD+ukiR+erm7fr2:X8tNFNLgQA7E9DtkoK7fK

Score

10^/10

quasar code discovery spyware trojan

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

quasar

Version

1.4.1

Botnet

CODE

twart.myfirewall.org:9792

rency.ydns.eu:5287

wqo9.firewall-gateway.de:8841

code1.ydns.eu:5287

wqo9.firewall-gateway.de:9792

Mutex

025351e291-5d1041-4fa37-932c7-869aeiQec514992

Attributes

encryption_key
3145298725BA5E0DD56E87FFE3F8898EA81E6EDA
install_name
Exccelworkbook.exe
log_directory
Logs
reconnect_delay
6000
startup_key
pdfdocument
subdirectory
SubDir

Signatures

Quasar RAT
Quasar is an open source Remote Access Tool.
trojan spyware quasar
Quasar family
quasar

Quasar payload 5 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/memory/2128-17-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000724000-memory.dmp	family_quasar
behavioral1/memory/2128-21-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000724000-memory.dmp	family_quasar
behavioral1/memory/2128-19-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000724000-memory.dmp	family_quasar
behavioral1/memory/2128-14-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000724000-memory.dmp	family_quasar
behavioral1/memory/2128-11-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000724000-memory.dmp	family_quasar

Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs

pid	Process
2764	Exccelworkbook.exe
2744	Exccelworkbook.exe

Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2128	QUOTATION - RFQ2496_PO 08775622879.pdf(87kb).exe

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2372 set thread context of 2128	2372	QUOTATION - RFQ2496_PO 08775622879.pdf(87kb).exe	30
PID 2764 set thread context of 2744	2764	Exccelworkbook.exe	35

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 6 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	Exccelworkbook.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	schtasks.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	QUOTATION - RFQ2496_PO 08775622879.pdf(87kb).exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	QUOTATION - RFQ2496_PO 08775622879.pdf(87kb).exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	schtasks.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	Exccelworkbook.exe

Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

persistence execution

Scheduled Task

T1053.005

pid	Process
1288	schtasks.exe
2012	schtasks.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2128	QUOTATION - RFQ2496_PO 08775622879.pdf(87kb).exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2744	Exccelworkbook.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2744	Exccelworkbook.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 30 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2372 wrote to memory of 2128	2372	QUOTATION - RFQ2496_PO 08775622879.pdf(87kb).exe	30
PID 2372 wrote to memory of 2128	2372	QUOTATION - RFQ2496_PO 08775622879.pdf(87kb).exe	30
PID 2372 wrote to memory of 2128	2372	QUOTATION - RFQ2496_PO 08775622879.pdf(87kb).exe	30
PID 2372 wrote to memory of 2128	2372	QUOTATION - RFQ2496_PO 08775622879.pdf(87kb).exe	30
PID 2372 wrote to memory of 2128	2372	QUOTATION - RFQ2496_PO 08775622879.pdf(87kb).exe	30
PID 2372 wrote to memory of 2128	2372	QUOTATION - RFQ2496_PO 08775622879.pdf(87kb).exe	30
PID 2372 wrote to memory of 2128	2372	QUOTATION - RFQ2496_PO 08775622879.pdf(87kb).exe	30
PID 2372 wrote to memory of 2128	2372	QUOTATION - RFQ2496_PO 08775622879.pdf(87kb).exe	30
PID 2372 wrote to memory of 2128	2372	QUOTATION - RFQ2496_PO 08775622879.pdf(87kb).exe	30
PID 2128 wrote to memory of 1288	2128	QUOTATION - RFQ2496_PO 08775622879.pdf(87kb).exe	31
PID 2128 wrote to memory of 1288	2128	QUOTATION - RFQ2496_PO 08775622879.pdf(87kb).exe	31
PID 2128 wrote to memory of 1288	2128	QUOTATION - RFQ2496_PO 08775622879.pdf(87kb).exe	31
PID 2128 wrote to memory of 1288	2128	QUOTATION - RFQ2496_PO 08775622879.pdf(87kb).exe	31
PID 2128 wrote to memory of 2764	2128	QUOTATION - RFQ2496_PO 08775622879.pdf(87kb).exe	33
PID 2128 wrote to memory of 2764	2128	QUOTATION - RFQ2496_PO 08775622879.pdf(87kb).exe	33
PID 2128 wrote to memory of 2764	2128	QUOTATION - RFQ2496_PO 08775622879.pdf(87kb).exe	33
PID 2128 wrote to memory of 2764	2128	QUOTATION - RFQ2496_PO 08775622879.pdf(87kb).exe	33
PID 2764 wrote to memory of 2744	2764	Exccelworkbook.exe	35
PID 2764 wrote to memory of 2744	2764	Exccelworkbook.exe	35
PID 2764 wrote to memory of 2744	2764	Exccelworkbook.exe	35
PID 2764 wrote to memory of 2744	2764	Exccelworkbook.exe	35
PID 2764 wrote to memory of 2744	2764	Exccelworkbook.exe	35
PID 2764 wrote to memory of 2744	2764	Exccelworkbook.exe	35
PID 2764 wrote to memory of 2744	2764	Exccelworkbook.exe	35
PID 2764 wrote to memory of 2744	2764	Exccelworkbook.exe	35
PID 2764 wrote to memory of 2744	2764	Exccelworkbook.exe	35
PID 2744 wrote to memory of 2012	2744	Exccelworkbook.exe	36
PID 2744 wrote to memory of 2012	2744	Exccelworkbook.exe	36
PID 2744 wrote to memory of 2012	2744	Exccelworkbook.exe	36
PID 2744 wrote to memory of 2012	2744	Exccelworkbook.exe	36

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\QUOTATION - RFQ2496_PO 08775622879.pdf(87kb).exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\QUOTATION - RFQ2496_PO 08775622879.pdf(87kb).exe"
1⤵
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2372
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\QUOTATION - RFQ2496_PO 08775622879.pdf(87kb).exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\QUOTATION - RFQ2496_PO 08775622879.pdf(87kb).exe"
  2⤵
  - Loads dropped DLL
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:2128
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
    "schtasks" /create /tn "pdfdocument" /sc ONLOGON /tr "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\Exccelworkbook.exe" /rl HIGHEST /f
    3⤵
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    - Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:1288
- - C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\Exccelworkbook.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\Exccelworkbook.exe"
    3⤵
    - Executes dropped EXE
    - Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2764
  - - C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\Exccelworkbook.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\Exccelworkbook.exe"
      4⤵
      Executes dropped EXE
      System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2744
    - - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        
        "schtasks" /create /tn "pdfdocument" /sc ONLOGON /tr "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\Exccelworkbook.exe" /rl HIGHEST /f
        5⤵
        System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        
        PID:2012

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Scheduled Task/Job

T1053

Scheduled Task

T1053.005

Persistence

Scheduled Task/Job

T1053

Scheduled Task

T1053.005

Privilege Escalation

Scheduled Task/Job

T1053

Scheduled Task

T1053.005

Defense Evasion

Credential Access

Discovery

System Location Discovery

T1614

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\Exccelworkbook.exe

Filesize
3.6MB

MD5
9b3c35a49dd56d6282a2a89832046ffc

SHA1
0cb9124335747f5dd253744a828d5e30ca7d06f3

SHA256
2234c3a3350dbeba11b7564dc52d5aa1252777f9ffe8dcf4027dcb54fc4542aa

SHA512
33b45162d1c4e1f6ab103b92921e5fe1754eb3ec1b062298b5b976bc887ef2d559102a2ce8c758c5f7e12e33973c46326a126599226250f941251553be4f2854

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memory/2128-19-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000724000-memory.dmp

Filesize
3.1MB

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memory/2128-33-0x0000000073F50000-0x000000007463E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
6.9MB

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memory/2128-24-0x0000000073F50000-0x000000007463E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
6.9MB

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memory/2128-10-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000724000-memory.dmp

Filesize
3.1MB

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memory/2128-11-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000724000-memory.dmp

Filesize
3.1MB

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memory/2128-14-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000724000-memory.dmp

Filesize
3.1MB

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memory/2128-15-0x000000007EFDE000-0x000000007EFDF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2128-22-0x0000000073F50000-0x000000007463E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
6.9MB

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memory/2128-9-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000724000-memory.dmp

Filesize
3.1MB

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memory/2128-17-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000724000-memory.dmp

Filesize
3.1MB

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memory/2128-21-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000724000-memory.dmp

Filesize
3.1MB

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memory/2372-7-0x0000000000600000-0x0000000000616000-memory.dmp

Filesize
88KB

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memory/2372-8-0x000000000A9E0000-0x000000000AD48000-memory.dmp

Filesize
3.4MB

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memory/2372-6-0x00000000005E0000-0x00000000005EE000-memory.dmp

Filesize
56KB

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memory/2372-0-0x0000000073F5E000-0x0000000073F5F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2372-5-0x0000000073F50000-0x000000007463E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
6.9MB

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memory/2372-4-0x0000000073F5E000-0x0000000073F5F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2372-23-0x0000000073F50000-0x000000007463E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
6.9MB

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memory/2372-3-0x00000000004C0000-0x00000000004D8000-memory.dmp

Filesize
96KB

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memory/2372-2-0x0000000073F50000-0x000000007463E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
6.9MB

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memory/2372-1-0x00000000008D0000-0x0000000000C70000-memory.dmp

Filesize
3.6MB

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memory/2744-42-0x000000007EFDE000-0x000000007EFDF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2764-32-0x0000000001010000-0x00000000013B0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
3.6MB

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Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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