Analysis

  • max time kernel
    5s
  • max time network
    147s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20241007-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20241007-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
  • submitted
    24/01/2025, 22:25

General

  • Target
    3a4a38ed839a1f73825b8456fc1efa73a65a7af25ba3513472d05cfac5ecef78.exe
  • Size 2.0MB
  • Sample250124-2b89jstjbk
  • SHA256 3a4a38ed839a1f73825b8456fc1efa73a65a7af25ba3513472d05cfac5ecef78
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

Malware Config

Extracted

Family
  • azorult

C2
  • http://0x21.in:8000/_az/

Extracted

Family
  • quasar

Version
  • 1.3.0.0

Botnet
  • EbayProfiles

C2
  • 5.8.88.191:443

  • sockartek.icu:443

Mutex
  • QSR_MUTEX_0kBRNrRz5TDLEQouI0

Attributes
  • encryption_key

    MWhG6wsClMX8aJM2CVXT

  • install_name

    winsock.exe

  • log_directory

    Logs

  • reconnect_delay

    3000

  • startup_key

    win defender run

  • subdirectory

    SubDir

Signatures

  • Azorult

    An information stealer that was first discovered in 2016, targeting browsing history and passwords.

  • Azorult family
  • Quasar RAT 3 IoCs

    Quasar is an open source Remote Access Tool.

  • Quasar family
  • Quasar payload 3 IoCs
  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

  • Executes dropped EXE 3 IoCs
  • Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 23 IoCs

    Attempts to read the root path of hard drives other than the default C: drive.

  • Looks up external IP address via web service 2 IoCs

    Uses a legitimate IP lookup service to find the infected system's external IP.

  • AutoIT Executable 1 IoCs

    AutoIT scripts compiled to PE executables.

  • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

    Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

  • Program crash 4 IoCs
  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 8 IoCs

    Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.

  • System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Adversaries may check for Internet connectivity on compromised systems.

  • Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 2 IoCs
  • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 6 IoCs

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

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 4 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 26 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\3a4a38ed839a1f73825b8456fc1efa73a65a7af25ba3513472d05cfac5ecef78.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\3a4a38ed839a1f73825b8456fc1efa73a65a7af25ba3513472d05cfac5ecef78.exe"
    1⤵
    • Quasar RAT
    • Checks computer location settings
    • Enumerates connected drives
    • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3928
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\vnc.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\vnc.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4844
      • C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k
        3⤵
          PID:4508
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
          C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 4844 -s 548
          3⤵
          • Program crash
          PID:208
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\windef.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\windef.exe"
        2⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:4800
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
          "schtasks" /create /tn "win defender run" /sc ONLOGON /tr "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\windef.exe" /rl HIGHEST /f
          3⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
          PID:1964
        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\winsock.exe
          "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\winsock.exe"
          3⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:2044
          • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
            "schtasks" /create /tn "win defender run" /sc ONLOGON /tr "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\winsock.exe" /rl HIGHEST /f
            4⤵
            • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
            • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
            PID:3420
          • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
            C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c ""C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\6xpVBV37oPQQ.bat" "
            4⤵
              PID:64
              • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\chcp.com
                chcp 65001
                5⤵
                  PID:1260
                • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE
                  ping -n 10 localhost
                  5⤵
                  • System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
                  • Runs ping.exe
                  PID:3060
                • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\winsock.exe
                  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\winsock.exe"
                  5⤵
                    PID:4060
                    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
                      "schtasks" /create /tn "win defender run" /sc ONLOGON /tr "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\winsock.exe" /rl HIGHEST /f
                      6⤵
                      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
                      PID:1228
                    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
                      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c ""C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\VYM0Dlr9pDJx.bat" "
                      6⤵
                        PID:4728
                        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\chcp.com
                          chcp 65001
                          7⤵
                            PID:3564
                          • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE
                            ping -n 10 localhost
                            7⤵
                            • System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
                            • Runs ping.exe
                            PID:3524
                          • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\winsock.exe
                            "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\winsock.exe"
                            7⤵
                              PID:3244
                              • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
                                "schtasks" /create /tn "win defender run" /sc ONLOGON /tr "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\winsock.exe" /rl HIGHEST /f
                                8⤵
                                • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
                                PID:4012
                          • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
                            C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 4060 -s 2256
                            6⤵
                            • Program crash
                            PID:4792
                      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
                        C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 2044 -s 2016
                        4⤵
                        • Program crash
                        PID:1664
                  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\3a4a38ed839a1f73825b8456fc1efa73a65a7af25ba3513472d05cfac5ecef78.exe
                    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\3a4a38ed839a1f73825b8456fc1efa73a65a7af25ba3513472d05cfac5ecef78.exe"
                    2⤵
                    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                    PID:2092
                  • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
                    "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe" /create /tn RtkAudioService64 /tr "C:\Users\Admin\btpanui\SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe" /sc minute /mo 1 /F
                    2⤵
                    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
                    PID:924
                • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
                  C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 404 -p 4844 -ip 4844
                  1⤵
                    PID:2368
                  • C:\Users\Admin\btpanui\SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe
                    C:\Users\Admin\btpanui\SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe
                    1⤵
                      PID:3364
                      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\vnc.exe
                        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\vnc.exe"
                        2⤵
                          PID:1352
                          • C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
                            C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k
                            3⤵
                              PID:3220
                            • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
                              C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 1352 -s 520
                              3⤵
                              • Program crash
                              PID:4000
                          • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\windef.exe
                            "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\windef.exe"
                            2⤵
                              PID:4004
                            • C:\Users\Admin\btpanui\SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe
                              "C:\Users\Admin\btpanui\SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe"
                              2⤵
                                PID:5108
                              • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
                                "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe" /create /tn RtkAudioService64 /tr "C:\Users\Admin\btpanui\SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe" /sc minute /mo 1 /F
                                2⤵
                                • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
                                PID:4584
                            • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
                              C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 464 -p 1352 -ip 1352
                              1⤵
                                PID:3872
                              • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
                                C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 472 -p 2044 -ip 2044
                                1⤵
                                  PID:900
                                • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
                                  C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 520 -p 4060 -ip 4060
                                  1⤵
                                    PID:4804
                                  • C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\ClickToRun\OfficeClickToRun.exe
                                    "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\ClickToRun\OfficeClickToRun.exe" /service
                                    1⤵
                                      PID:1748
                                    • C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\ClickToRun\OfficeClickToRun.exe
                                      "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\ClickToRun\OfficeClickToRun.exe" /service
                                      1⤵
                                        PID:1680

                                      Network

                                            MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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                                            Downloads

                                            windef.exe.log

                                            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0_32\UsageLogs\windef.exe.log
                                            • Size 1KB
                                            • SHA256 f49dbd55029bfbc15134f7c6a4f967d6c39142c63f2e8f1f8c78fab108a2c928
                                            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                                            VYM0Dlr9pDJx.bat

                                            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\VYM0Dlr9pDJx.bat
                                            • Size 208B
                                            • SHA256 13f88122a4617502abac53d829e141eddbaee601c949ebc8e1fce6abc4a64c17
                                            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                                            vnc.exe

                                            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\vnc.exe
                                            • Size 405KB
                                            • SHA256 4e8a99cd33c9e5c747a3ce8f1a3e17824846f4a8f7cb0631aebd0815db2ce3a4
                                            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

                                            windef.exe

                                            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\windef.exe
                                            • Size 349KB
                                            • SHA256 7050608d53f80269df951d00883ed79815c060ce7678a76b5c3f6a2a985beea9
                                            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

                                            01-24-2025

                                            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Logs\01-24-2025
                                            • Size 224B
                                            • SHA256 c22bec035bed5d738458cc4ff8b0654e349d35a12bff3bae6e5bed9ebe019922
                                            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                                            01-24-2025

                                            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Logs\01-24-2025
                                            • Size 224B
                                            • SHA256 987942f5f629fc825c0564bb95eec2428b0e1f49c0c17b2469fdc29ac94c027f
                                            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                                            SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe

                                            • Path C:\Users\Admin\btpanui\SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe
                                            • Size 2.0MB
                                            • SHA256 ced30ba2a6c54d9cc3c35a0d101181795c4609d916943542b8678cd6a20a3176
                                            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

                                            memory/2044-44-0x00000000067F0000-0x00000000067FA000-memory.dmp

                                            memory/2092-19-0x00000000002F0000-0x0000000000310000-memory.dmp

                                            memory/2092-27-0x00000000002F0000-0x0000000000310000-memory.dmp

                                            memory/3244-87-0x00007FFFF3EB0000-0x00007FFFF3F33000-memory.dmp

                                            memory/3928-18-0x0000000003D10000-0x0000000003D11000-memory.dmp

                                            memory/4800-36-0x0000000006AC0000-0x0000000006AFC000-memory.dmp

                                            memory/4800-35-0x0000000006580000-0x0000000006592000-memory.dmp

                                            memory/4800-34-0x0000000005870000-0x00000000058D6000-memory.dmp

                                            memory/4800-33-0x0000000005900000-0x0000000005992000-memory.dmp

                                            memory/4800-32-0x0000000005EB0000-0x0000000006454000-memory.dmp

                                            memory/4800-31-0x0000000000F30000-0x0000000000F8E000-memory.dmp

                                            memory/5108-66-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-memory.dmp

                                            memory/5108-72-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-memory.dmp