quasar | 1787fd4fd81dca24ca10625e93d43168eea906184da17183ba53a306856c0f28

Analysis

max time kernel
145s
max time network
140s
platform
windows7_x64
resource
win7-20240903-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20240903-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
submitted
10/01/2025, 14:05

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General

Target

QUOTATION-9044456778.pdf (83kb).com.exe
Size

3.6MB
MD5

902afcb6d3f905ff4603200341f02874
SHA1

473fad4ac13e9c8b6b80d17ae3fb658b28d1cd47
SHA256

1787fd4fd81dca24ca10625e93d43168eea906184da17183ba53a306856c0f28
SHA512

e405ec77372dbf367c873d3531fc6455c44c4d185bd1a0b60c9314ea21b1b51f72818503366efaa8d2d322c7819763986a837e06845a0f81eacb6e4c1a98ec3c
SSDEEP

49152:Bg6eXlKawrTTN8CaimN0G0LI1yfuJDqHkN0IrmRZiLTqK2W3rcKmUd5mgo:BKVtw7N1aim/0pMtNrmRZu32W+Kgj

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/2224-14-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000724000-memory.dmp	family_quasar
behavioral1/memory/2224-18-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000724000-memory.dmp	family_quasar
behavioral1/memory/2224-20-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000724000-memory.dmp	family_quasar
behavioral1/memory/2224-12-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000724000-memory.dmp	family_quasar
behavioral1/memory/2224-23-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000724000-memory.dmp	family_quasar

Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs

pid	Process
2636	Exccelworkbook.exe
2084	Exccelworkbook.exe

Loads dropped DLL 2 IoCs

pid	Process
2224	QUOTATION-9044456778.pdf (83kb).com.exe
2224	QUOTATION-9044456778.pdf (83kb).com.exe

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2116 set thread context of 2224	2116	QUOTATION-9044456778.pdf (83kb).com.exe	31
PID 2636 set thread context of 2084	2636	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	QUOTATION-9044456778.pdf (83kb).com.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
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	QUOTATION-9044456778.pdf (83kb).com.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
2728	schtasks.exe
1052	schtasks.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2224	QUOTATION-9044456778.pdf (83kb).com.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2084	Exccelworkbook.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2084	Exccelworkbook.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 30 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2116 wrote to memory of 2224	2116	QUOTATION-9044456778.pdf (83kb).com.exe	31
PID 2116 wrote to memory of 2224	2116	QUOTATION-9044456778.pdf (83kb).com.exe	31
PID 2116 wrote to memory of 2224	2116	QUOTATION-9044456778.pdf (83kb).com.exe	31
PID 2116 wrote to memory of 2224	2116	QUOTATION-9044456778.pdf (83kb).com.exe	31
PID 2116 wrote to memory of 2224	2116	QUOTATION-9044456778.pdf (83kb).com.exe	31
PID 2116 wrote to memory of 2224	2116	QUOTATION-9044456778.pdf (83kb).com.exe	31
PID 2116 wrote to memory of 2224	2116	QUOTATION-9044456778.pdf (83kb).com.exe	31
PID 2116 wrote to memory of 2224	2116	QUOTATION-9044456778.pdf (83kb).com.exe	31
PID 2116 wrote to memory of 2224	2116	QUOTATION-9044456778.pdf (83kb).com.exe	31
PID 2224 wrote to memory of 2728	2224	QUOTATION-9044456778.pdf (83kb).com.exe	32
PID 2224 wrote to memory of 2728	2224	QUOTATION-9044456778.pdf (83kb).com.exe	32
PID 2224 wrote to memory of 2728	2224	QUOTATION-9044456778.pdf (83kb).com.exe	32
PID 2224 wrote to memory of 2728	2224	QUOTATION-9044456778.pdf (83kb).com.exe	32
PID 2224 wrote to memory of 2636	2224	QUOTATION-9044456778.pdf (83kb).com.exe	34
PID 2224 wrote to memory of 2636	2224	QUOTATION-9044456778.pdf (83kb).com.exe	34
PID 2224 wrote to memory of 2636	2224	QUOTATION-9044456778.pdf (83kb).com.exe	34
PID 2224 wrote to memory of 2636	2224	QUOTATION-9044456778.pdf (83kb).com.exe	34
PID 2636 wrote to memory of 2084	2636	Exccelworkbook.exe	35
PID 2636 wrote to memory of 2084	2636	Exccelworkbook.exe	35
PID 2636 wrote to memory of 2084	2636	Exccelworkbook.exe	35
PID 2636 wrote to memory of 2084	2636	Exccelworkbook.exe	35
PID 2636 wrote to memory of 2084	2636	Exccelworkbook.exe	35
PID 2636 wrote to memory of 2084	2636	Exccelworkbook.exe	35
PID 2636 wrote to memory of 2084	2636	Exccelworkbook.exe	35
PID 2636 wrote to memory of 2084	2636	Exccelworkbook.exe	35
PID 2636 wrote to memory of 2084	2636	Exccelworkbook.exe	35
PID 2084 wrote to memory of 1052	2084	Exccelworkbook.exe	36
PID 2084 wrote to memory of 1052	2084	Exccelworkbook.exe	36
PID 2084 wrote to memory of 1052	2084	Exccelworkbook.exe	36
PID 2084 wrote to memory of 1052	2084	Exccelworkbook.exe	36

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\QUOTATION-9044456778.pdf (83kb).com.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\QUOTATION-9044456778.pdf (83kb).com.exe"
1⤵
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2116
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\QUOTATION-9044456778.pdf (83kb).com.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\QUOTATION-9044456778.pdf (83kb).com.exe"
  2⤵
  - Loads dropped DLL
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:2224
- - 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:2728
- - 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:2636
  - - 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:2084
    - - 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:1052

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

Filesize
3.6MB

MD5
902afcb6d3f905ff4603200341f02874

SHA1
473fad4ac13e9c8b6b80d17ae3fb658b28d1cd47

SHA256
1787fd4fd81dca24ca10625e93d43168eea906184da17183ba53a306856c0f28

SHA512
e405ec77372dbf367c873d3531fc6455c44c4d185bd1a0b60c9314ea21b1b51f72818503366efaa8d2d322c7819763986a837e06845a0f81eacb6e4c1a98ec3c

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memory/2084-47-0x000000007EFDE000-0x000000007EFDF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2116-26-0x0000000074770000-0x0000000074E5E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
6.9MB

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memory/2116-1-0x0000000000880000-0x0000000000C24000-memory.dmp

Filesize
3.6MB

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memory/2116-2-0x0000000074770000-0x0000000074E5E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
6.9MB

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memory/2116-3-0x00000000052F0000-0x000000000568A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
3.6MB

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memory/2116-4-0x0000000000500000-0x000000000051C000-memory.dmp

Filesize
112KB

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memory/2116-5-0x000000007477E000-0x000000007477F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2116-6-0x0000000074770000-0x0000000074E5E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
6.9MB

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memory/2116-7-0x0000000009850000-0x0000000009BB8000-memory.dmp

Filesize
3.4MB

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memory/2116-0-0x000000007477E000-0x000000007477F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2224-16-0x000000007EFDE000-0x000000007EFDF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2224-20-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000724000-memory.dmp

Filesize
3.1MB

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memory/2224-12-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000724000-memory.dmp

Filesize
3.1MB

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memory/2224-10-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000724000-memory.dmp

Filesize
3.1MB

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memory/2224-25-0x0000000074770000-0x0000000074E5E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
6.9MB

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memory/2224-24-0x0000000074770000-0x0000000074E5E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
6.9MB

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memory/2224-23-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000724000-memory.dmp

Filesize
3.1MB

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memory/2224-18-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000724000-memory.dmp

Filesize
3.1MB

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memory/2224-14-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000724000-memory.dmp

Filesize
3.1MB

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memory/2224-37-0x0000000074770000-0x0000000074E5E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
6.9MB

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memory/2224-8-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000724000-memory.dmp

Filesize
3.1MB

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memory/2636-38-0x0000000000BF0000-0x0000000000F94000-memory.dmp

Filesize
3.6MB

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MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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