quasar | 2234c3a3350dbeba11b7564dc52d5aa1252777f9ffe8dcf4027dcb54fc4542aa

Analysis

max time kernel
95s
max time network
149s
platform
windows10-2004_x64
resource
win10v2004-20241007-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20241007-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
submitted
09-01-2025 02:09

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General

Target

2234c3a3350dbeba11b7564dc52d5aa1252777f9ffe8dcf4027dcb54fc4542aa.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 1 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/2028-13-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000724000-memory.dmp	family_quasar

Executes dropped EXE 3 IoCs

pid	Process
736	Exccelworkbook.exe
3068	Exccelworkbook.exe
2484	Exccelworkbook.exe

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 3596 set thread context of 2028	3596	2234c3a3350dbeba11b7564dc52d5aa1252777f9ffe8dcf4027dcb54fc4542aa.exe	90
PID 736 set thread context of 2484	736	Exccelworkbook.exe	98

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	2234c3a3350dbeba11b7564dc52d5aa1252777f9ffe8dcf4027dcb54fc4542aa.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	2234c3a3350dbeba11b7564dc52d5aa1252777f9ffe8dcf4027dcb54fc4542aa.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	schtasks.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	Exccelworkbook.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	Exccelworkbook.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	schtasks.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
3840	schtasks.exe
2180	schtasks.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 10 IoCs

pid	Process
3596	2234c3a3350dbeba11b7564dc52d5aa1252777f9ffe8dcf4027dcb54fc4542aa.exe
3596	2234c3a3350dbeba11b7564dc52d5aa1252777f9ffe8dcf4027dcb54fc4542aa.exe
3596	2234c3a3350dbeba11b7564dc52d5aa1252777f9ffe8dcf4027dcb54fc4542aa.exe
3596	2234c3a3350dbeba11b7564dc52d5aa1252777f9ffe8dcf4027dcb54fc4542aa.exe
3596	2234c3a3350dbeba11b7564dc52d5aa1252777f9ffe8dcf4027dcb54fc4542aa.exe
3596	2234c3a3350dbeba11b7564dc52d5aa1252777f9ffe8dcf4027dcb54fc4542aa.exe
3596	2234c3a3350dbeba11b7564dc52d5aa1252777f9ffe8dcf4027dcb54fc4542aa.exe
3596	2234c3a3350dbeba11b7564dc52d5aa1252777f9ffe8dcf4027dcb54fc4542aa.exe
736	Exccelworkbook.exe
736	Exccelworkbook.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 4 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	3596	2234c3a3350dbeba11b7564dc52d5aa1252777f9ffe8dcf4027dcb54fc4542aa.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2028	2234c3a3350dbeba11b7564dc52d5aa1252777f9ffe8dcf4027dcb54fc4542aa.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	736	Exccelworkbook.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2484	Exccelworkbook.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2484	Exccelworkbook.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 40 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 3596 wrote to memory of 1124	3596	2234c3a3350dbeba11b7564dc52d5aa1252777f9ffe8dcf4027dcb54fc4542aa.exe	86
PID 3596 wrote to memory of 1124	3596	2234c3a3350dbeba11b7564dc52d5aa1252777f9ffe8dcf4027dcb54fc4542aa.exe	86
PID 3596 wrote to memory of 1124	3596	2234c3a3350dbeba11b7564dc52d5aa1252777f9ffe8dcf4027dcb54fc4542aa.exe	86
PID 3596 wrote to memory of 3996	3596	2234c3a3350dbeba11b7564dc52d5aa1252777f9ffe8dcf4027dcb54fc4542aa.exe	87
PID 3596 wrote to memory of 3996	3596	2234c3a3350dbeba11b7564dc52d5aa1252777f9ffe8dcf4027dcb54fc4542aa.exe	87
PID 3596 wrote to memory of 3996	3596	2234c3a3350dbeba11b7564dc52d5aa1252777f9ffe8dcf4027dcb54fc4542aa.exe	87
PID 3596 wrote to memory of 2696	3596	2234c3a3350dbeba11b7564dc52d5aa1252777f9ffe8dcf4027dcb54fc4542aa.exe	88
PID 3596 wrote to memory of 2696	3596	2234c3a3350dbeba11b7564dc52d5aa1252777f9ffe8dcf4027dcb54fc4542aa.exe	88
PID 3596 wrote to memory of 2696	3596	2234c3a3350dbeba11b7564dc52d5aa1252777f9ffe8dcf4027dcb54fc4542aa.exe	88
PID 3596 wrote to memory of 1436	3596	2234c3a3350dbeba11b7564dc52d5aa1252777f9ffe8dcf4027dcb54fc4542aa.exe	89
PID 3596 wrote to memory of 1436	3596	2234c3a3350dbeba11b7564dc52d5aa1252777f9ffe8dcf4027dcb54fc4542aa.exe	89
PID 3596 wrote to memory of 1436	3596	2234c3a3350dbeba11b7564dc52d5aa1252777f9ffe8dcf4027dcb54fc4542aa.exe	89
PID 3596 wrote to memory of 2028	3596	2234c3a3350dbeba11b7564dc52d5aa1252777f9ffe8dcf4027dcb54fc4542aa.exe	90
PID 3596 wrote to memory of 2028	3596	2234c3a3350dbeba11b7564dc52d5aa1252777f9ffe8dcf4027dcb54fc4542aa.exe	90
PID 3596 wrote to memory of 2028	3596	2234c3a3350dbeba11b7564dc52d5aa1252777f9ffe8dcf4027dcb54fc4542aa.exe	90
PID 3596 wrote to memory of 2028	3596	2234c3a3350dbeba11b7564dc52d5aa1252777f9ffe8dcf4027dcb54fc4542aa.exe	90
PID 3596 wrote to memory of 2028	3596	2234c3a3350dbeba11b7564dc52d5aa1252777f9ffe8dcf4027dcb54fc4542aa.exe	90
PID 3596 wrote to memory of 2028	3596	2234c3a3350dbeba11b7564dc52d5aa1252777f9ffe8dcf4027dcb54fc4542aa.exe	90
PID 3596 wrote to memory of 2028	3596	2234c3a3350dbeba11b7564dc52d5aa1252777f9ffe8dcf4027dcb54fc4542aa.exe	90
PID 3596 wrote to memory of 2028	3596	2234c3a3350dbeba11b7564dc52d5aa1252777f9ffe8dcf4027dcb54fc4542aa.exe	90
PID 2028 wrote to memory of 3840	2028	2234c3a3350dbeba11b7564dc52d5aa1252777f9ffe8dcf4027dcb54fc4542aa.exe	92
PID 2028 wrote to memory of 3840	2028	2234c3a3350dbeba11b7564dc52d5aa1252777f9ffe8dcf4027dcb54fc4542aa.exe	92
PID 2028 wrote to memory of 3840	2028	2234c3a3350dbeba11b7564dc52d5aa1252777f9ffe8dcf4027dcb54fc4542aa.exe	92
PID 2028 wrote to memory of 736	2028	2234c3a3350dbeba11b7564dc52d5aa1252777f9ffe8dcf4027dcb54fc4542aa.exe	94
PID 2028 wrote to memory of 736	2028	2234c3a3350dbeba11b7564dc52d5aa1252777f9ffe8dcf4027dcb54fc4542aa.exe	94
PID 2028 wrote to memory of 736	2028	2234c3a3350dbeba11b7564dc52d5aa1252777f9ffe8dcf4027dcb54fc4542aa.exe	94
PID 736 wrote to memory of 3068	736	Exccelworkbook.exe	97
PID 736 wrote to memory of 3068	736	Exccelworkbook.exe	97
PID 736 wrote to memory of 3068	736	Exccelworkbook.exe	97
PID 736 wrote to memory of 2484	736	Exccelworkbook.exe	98
PID 736 wrote to memory of 2484	736	Exccelworkbook.exe	98
PID 736 wrote to memory of 2484	736	Exccelworkbook.exe	98
PID 736 wrote to memory of 2484	736	Exccelworkbook.exe	98
PID 736 wrote to memory of 2484	736	Exccelworkbook.exe	98
PID 736 wrote to memory of 2484	736	Exccelworkbook.exe	98
PID 736 wrote to memory of 2484	736	Exccelworkbook.exe	98
PID 736 wrote to memory of 2484	736	Exccelworkbook.exe	98
PID 2484 wrote to memory of 2180	2484	Exccelworkbook.exe	99
PID 2484 wrote to memory of 2180	2484	Exccelworkbook.exe	99
PID 2484 wrote to memory of 2180	2484	Exccelworkbook.exe	99

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2234c3a3350dbeba11b7564dc52d5aa1252777f9ffe8dcf4027dcb54fc4542aa.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2234c3a3350dbeba11b7564dc52d5aa1252777f9ffe8dcf4027dcb54fc4542aa.exe"
1⤵
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3596
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2234c3a3350dbeba11b7564dc52d5aa1252777f9ffe8dcf4027dcb54fc4542aa.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2234c3a3350dbeba11b7564dc52d5aa1252777f9ffe8dcf4027dcb54fc4542aa.exe"
  2⤵
  PID:1124
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2234c3a3350dbeba11b7564dc52d5aa1252777f9ffe8dcf4027dcb54fc4542aa.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2234c3a3350dbeba11b7564dc52d5aa1252777f9ffe8dcf4027dcb54fc4542aa.exe"
  2⤵
  PID:3996
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2234c3a3350dbeba11b7564dc52d5aa1252777f9ffe8dcf4027dcb54fc4542aa.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2234c3a3350dbeba11b7564dc52d5aa1252777f9ffe8dcf4027dcb54fc4542aa.exe"
  2⤵
  PID:2696
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2234c3a3350dbeba11b7564dc52d5aa1252777f9ffe8dcf4027dcb54fc4542aa.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2234c3a3350dbeba11b7564dc52d5aa1252777f9ffe8dcf4027dcb54fc4542aa.exe"
  2⤵
  PID:1436
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2234c3a3350dbeba11b7564dc52d5aa1252777f9ffe8dcf4027dcb54fc4542aa.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2234c3a3350dbeba11b7564dc52d5aa1252777f9ffe8dcf4027dcb54fc4542aa.exe"
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:2028
- - 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:3840
- - 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 behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:736
  - - C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\Exccelworkbook.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\Exccelworkbook.exe"
      4⤵
      Executes dropped EXE
      PID:3068
  - - 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:2484
    - - 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:2180

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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Downloads

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0_32\UsageLogs\2234c3a3350dbeba11b7564dc52d5aa1252777f9ffe8dcf4027dcb54fc4542aa.exe.log

Filesize
1KB

MD5
8ec831f3e3a3f77e4a7b9cd32b48384c

SHA1
d83f09fd87c5bd86e045873c231c14836e76a05c

SHA256
7667e538030e3f8ce2886e47a01af24cb0ea70528b1e821c5d8832c5076cb982

SHA512
26bffa2406b66368bd412bf25869a792631455645992cdcade2dbc13a2e56fb546414a6a9223b94c96c38d89187add6678d4779a88b38b0c9e36be8527b213c3

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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/2028-13-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000724000-memory.dmp

Filesize
3.1MB

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memory/2028-24-0x0000000074970000-0x0000000075120000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.7MB

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memory/2028-17-0x0000000074970000-0x0000000075120000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.7MB

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memory/2028-15-0x0000000074970000-0x0000000075120000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.7MB

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memory/2484-36-0x0000000008580000-0x00000000085E6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
408KB

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memory/2484-35-0x00000000084D0000-0x000000000850C000-memory.dmp

Filesize
240KB

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memory/2484-34-0x0000000008470000-0x0000000008482000-memory.dmp

Filesize
72KB

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memory/2484-31-0x0000000006E80000-0x0000000006F32000-memory.dmp

Filesize
712KB

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memory/2484-30-0x0000000006C10000-0x0000000006C60000-memory.dmp

Filesize
320KB

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memory/2484-29-0x0000000007090000-0x00000000076A8000-memory.dmp

Filesize
6.1MB

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memory/3596-6-0x0000000005140000-0x00000000051DC000-memory.dmp

Filesize
624KB

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memory/3596-7-0x00000000054D0000-0x00000000054E8000-memory.dmp

Filesize
96KB

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memory/3596-11-0x0000000007CB0000-0x0000000007CC6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
88KB

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memory/3596-16-0x0000000074970000-0x0000000075120000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.7MB

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memory/3596-10-0x0000000007CA0000-0x0000000007CAE000-memory.dmp

Filesize
56KB

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memory/3596-9-0x0000000074970000-0x0000000075120000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.7MB

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memory/3596-8-0x000000007497E000-0x000000007497F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/3596-12-0x000000000B720000-0x000000000BA88000-memory.dmp

Filesize
3.4MB

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memory/3596-0-0x000000007497E000-0x000000007497F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/3596-5-0x0000000004F70000-0x0000000004F7A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
40KB

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memory/3596-4-0x0000000074970000-0x0000000075120000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.7MB

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memory/3596-3-0x0000000004EA0000-0x0000000004F32000-memory.dmp

Filesize
584KB

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memory/3596-2-0x0000000005510000-0x0000000005AB4000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.6MB

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memory/3596-1-0x0000000000120000-0x00000000004C0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
3.6MB

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