Analysis

  • max time kernel
    148s
  • max time network
    149s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20250619-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20250619-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
  • submitted
    05/07/2025, 04:37

General

  • Target
    JaffaCakes118_1cececc0c2136ae507cbda82380546aa.exe
  • Size 1.5MB
  • Sample250705-e872esak4x
  • SHA256 f935aa86278a25e8f537a4b2663d5f3126cc112aac450643edd1cff2c3cf35ab
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

Malware Config

Extracted

Family
  • xred

C2
  • xred.mooo.com

Attributes
  • email

    [email protected]

  • payload_url

    http://freedns.afraid.org/api/?action=getdyndns&sha=a30fa98efc092684e8d1c5cff797bcc613562978

    https://docs.google.com/uc?id=0BxsMXGfPIZfSVlVsOGlEVGxuZVk&export=download

    https://www.dropbox.com/s/n1w4p8gc6jzo0sg/SUpdate.ini?dl=1

    http://xred.site50.net/syn/SUpdate.ini

    https://docs.google.com/uc?id=0BxsMXGfPIZfSVzUyaHFYVkQxeFk&export=download

    https://www.dropbox.com/s/zhp1b06imehwylq/Synaptics.rar?dl=1

    http://xred.site50.net/syn/Synaptics.rar

    https://docs.google.com/uc?id=0BxsMXGfPIZfSTmlVYkxhSDg5TzQ&export=download

    https://www.dropbox.com/s/fzj752whr3ontsm/SSLLibrary.dll?dl=1

    http://xred.site50.net/syn/SSLLibrary.dll

Extracted

Family
  • quasar

Version
  • 1.3.0.0

Botnet
  • Actualizacion Documental

C2
  • 186.84.246.201:4782

  • 127.0.0.1:4782

  • ratit.ddns.net:4782

Mutex
  • QSR_MUTEX_HbCnwpHlFsoAjuNoF7

Attributes
  • encryption_key

    GSLz2qMKs2BzaYANcPE6

  • install_name

    DatacenterUGPP.exe

  • key_salt

    bfeb1e56fbcd973bb219022430a57843003d5644d21e62b9d4f180e7e6c33941

  • log_directory

    Logs

  • reconnect_delay

    3000

  • startup_key

    DataenterQuasar

  • subdirectory

    SubDir

Signatures

  • Quasar RAT 3 IoCs

    Quasar is an open source Remote Access Tool.

  • Quasar family
  • Quasar payload 4 IoCs
  • Xred

    Xred is backdoor written in Delphi.

  • Xred family
  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 10 IoCs

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

  • Executes dropped EXE 16 IoCs
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Looks up external IP address via web service 2 IoCs

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

  • Drops file in System32 directory 4 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 3 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • Program crash 3 IoCs
  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 30 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 3 IoCs

    Adversaries may check for Internet connectivity on compromised systems.

  • Checks processor information in registry 2 TTPs 3 IoCs

    Processor information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.

  • Enumerates system info in registry 2 TTPs 3 IoCs
  • Modifies registry class 6 IoCs
  • Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 3 IoCs
  • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 5 IoCs

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

  • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 5 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 9 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 64 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_1cececc0c2136ae507cbda82380546aa.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_1cececc0c2136ae507cbda82380546aa.exe"
    1⤵
    • Quasar RAT
    • Checks computer location settings
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:224
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\re.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\re.exe"
      2⤵
      • Checks computer location settings
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Adds Run key to start application
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Modifies registry class
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:1844
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_re.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_re.exe"
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:1756
        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_re.exe
          "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_re.exe"
          4⤵
          • Checks computer location settings
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Modifies registry class
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:5952
          • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_._cache_re.exe
            "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_._cache_re.exe"
            5⤵
            • Executes dropped EXE
            • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
            • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
            • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
            PID:5360
            • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
              "schtasks" /create /tn "DataenterQuasar" /sc ONLOGON /tr "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_._cache_re.exe" /rl HIGHEST /f
              6⤵
              • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
              • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
              PID:5608
            • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\DatacenterUGPP.exe
              "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\DatacenterUGPP.exe"
              6⤵
              • Checks computer location settings
              • Executes dropped EXE
              • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
              • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
              • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
              PID:1472
              • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
                "schtasks" /create /tn "DataenterQuasar" /sc ONLOGON /tr "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\DatacenterUGPP.exe" /rl HIGHEST /f
                7⤵
                • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
                PID:744
              • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
                C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c ""C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\o1dzuoEnpvw5.bat" "
                7⤵
                • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                PID:4172
                • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\chcp.com
                  chcp 65001
                  8⤵
                  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                  PID:4968
                • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE
                  ping -n 10 localhost
                  8⤵
                  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                  • System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
                  • Runs ping.exe
                  PID:3280
                • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\DatacenterUGPP.exe
                  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\DatacenterUGPP.exe"
                  8⤵
                  • Checks computer location settings
                  • Executes dropped EXE
                  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
                  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
                  PID:3560
                  • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
                    "schtasks" /create /tn "DataenterQuasar" /sc ONLOGON /tr "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\DatacenterUGPP.exe" /rl HIGHEST /f
                    9⤵
                    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
                    PID:4124
                  • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
                    C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c ""C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\jcwK5GlrRHKz.bat" "
                    9⤵
                    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                    PID:5604
                    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\chcp.com
                      chcp 65001
                      10⤵
                      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                      PID:1056
                    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE
                      ping -n 10 localhost
                      10⤵
                      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                      • System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
                      • Runs ping.exe
                      PID:5340
                    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\DatacenterUGPP.exe
                      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\DatacenterUGPP.exe"
                      10⤵
                      • Checks computer location settings
                      • Executes dropped EXE
                      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
                      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
                      PID:5964
                      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
                        "schtasks" /create /tn "DataenterQuasar" /sc ONLOGON /tr "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\DatacenterUGPP.exe" /rl HIGHEST /f
                        11⤵
                        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
                        PID:412
                      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
                        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c ""C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\EVGWGzzZZvDV.bat" "
                        11⤵
                        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                        PID:5752
                        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\chcp.com
                          chcp 65001
                          12⤵
                          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                          PID:2812
                        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE
                          ping -n 10 localhost
                          12⤵
                          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                          • System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
                          • Runs ping.exe
                          PID:6084
                        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\DatacenterUGPP.exe
                          "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\DatacenterUGPP.exe"
                          12⤵
                          • Executes dropped EXE
                          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
                          • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
                          PID:5352
                          • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
                            "schtasks" /create /tn "DataenterQuasar" /sc ONLOGON /tr "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\DatacenterUGPP.exe" /rl HIGHEST /f
                            13⤵
                            • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                            • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
                            PID:5048
                      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
                        C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 5964 -s 2212
                        11⤵
                        • Program crash
                        PID:4380
                  • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
                    C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 3560 -s 2092
                    9⤵
                    • Program crash
                    PID:1812
              • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
                C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 1472 -s 2228
                7⤵
                • Program crash
                PID:3840
      • C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe
        "C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe" InjUpdate
        3⤵
        • Checks computer location settings
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Modifies registry class
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:756
        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_Synaptics.exe
          "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_Synaptics.exe" InjUpdate
          4⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:3416
          • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_Synaptics.exe
            "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_Synaptics.exe"
            5⤵
            • Checks computer location settings
            • Executes dropped EXE
            • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
            • Modifies registry class
            • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
            PID:4172
            • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_._cache_Synaptics.exe
              "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_._cache_Synaptics.exe"
              6⤵
              • Executes dropped EXE
              • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
              PID:4424
  • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1580
    • C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe
      C:\ProgramData\Synaptics\Synaptics.exe
      2⤵
      • Checks computer location settings
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Drops file in System32 directory
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Modifies registry class
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2160
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\._cache_Synaptics.exe
        "C:\Windows\system32\._cache_Synaptics.exe"
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:4468
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\._cache_Synaptics.exe
          "C:\Windows\system32\._cache_Synaptics.exe"
          4⤵
          • Checks computer location settings
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • Drops file in System32 directory
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Modifies registry class
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:880
          • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\._cache_._cache_Synaptics.exe
            "C:\Windows\system32\._cache_._cache_Synaptics.exe"
            5⤵
            • Executes dropped EXE
            • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
            PID:4964
  • C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE
    "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE" /automation -Embedding
    1⤵
    • Checks processor information in registry
    • Enumerates system info in registry
    • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    PID:2396
  • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
    C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 424 -p 1472 -ip 1472
    1⤵
      PID:1192
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
      C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 464 -p 3560 -ip 3560
      1⤵
        PID:2520
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
        C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 412 -p 5964 -ip 5964
        1⤵
          PID:3496

        Network

              MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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              Downloads

              ._cache_._cache_Synaptics.exe.log

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0_32\UsageLogs\._cache_._cache_Synaptics.exe.log
              • Size 701B
              • SHA256 d9d92cd6e7a4507912965138b8d1eabb3f188f4dfcb61115ee99dc2c0fd43a92
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

              ._cache_Synaptics.exe.log

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0_32\UsageLogs\._cache_Synaptics.exe.log
              • Size 410B
              • SHA256 d9c6d00fad02f7a9ef0fcddc298ffd58b17020fb12b1336d5733237cbfadb1e0
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

              ._cache_._cache_re.exe

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_._cache_re.exe
              • Size 590KB
              • SHA256 ddaa01edf0d7b7ea2a564591f07e52795cd96781d0763df395babb60086451e9
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

              ._cache_re.exe

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_re.exe
              • Size 1.6MB
              • SHA256 4f633189898fbaa700b93e4a0278f60d3e99bd3fcb1bf3800eb4f60bee468825
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

              EVGWGzzZZvDV.bat

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\EVGWGzzZZvDV.bat
              • Size 215B
              • SHA256 c73a62dd0287ff2216025cb797aa6fdc96a6d23cd2362f04f847e42819b1eb33
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

              WWhHfn7Y.xlsm

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\WWhHfn7Y.xlsm
              • Size 17KB
              • SHA256 8e574b4ae6502230c0829e2319a6c146aebd51b7008bf5bbfb731424d7952c15
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

              jcwK5GlrRHKz.bat

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\jcwK5GlrRHKz.bat
              • Size 215B
              • SHA256 dcc2743dbaa58faddf9e7d54b1f337524cb6d61cd403836594b55d2067343da2
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

              o1dzuoEnpvw5.bat

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\o1dzuoEnpvw5.bat
              • Size 215B
              • SHA256 c3a011710eb4fd41712e679566d8f17bbd13d4890768a1c0025abad6c88fdf1c
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

              re.exe

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\re.exe
              • Size 2.3MB
              • SHA256 9999cdc82033eded9c48303263f3055e766f776d17100c2fe3e922e9c560a4ea
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

              07-05-2025

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Logs\07-05-2025
              • Size 224B
              • SHA256 ef6b129134f51a9d014a8c98570882457f7db28c490002197a9dd9bc5f4ec7bc
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

              07-05-2025

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Logs\07-05-2025
              • Size 224B
              • SHA256 6bbbfc94ea0c0f3548108823e8b69e940d3f8d7ea71ea9e389e49ea13186d6f8
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

              memory/224-0-0x0000000000DE0000-0x0000000000F60000-memory.dmp

              memory/224-1-0x000000001BC70000-0x000000001BC80000-memory.dmp

              memory/756-551-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000655000-memory.dmp

              memory/756-586-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000655000-memory.dmp

              memory/1472-550-0x0000000006480000-0x000000000648A000-memory.dmp

              memory/1756-170-0x0000000004F90000-0x0000000005022000-memory.dmp

              memory/1756-171-0x0000000002990000-0x000000000299A000-memory.dmp

              memory/1756-163-0x00000000004D0000-0x0000000000668000-memory.dmp

              memory/1756-167-0x0000000005540000-0x0000000005AE4000-memory.dmp

              memory/1844-15-0x0000000000940000-0x0000000000941000-memory.dmp

              memory/1844-16-0x00000000004A0000-0x00000000004A1000-memory.dmp

              memory/1844-162-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000655000-memory.dmp

              memory/2160-388-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000655000-memory.dmp

              memory/2396-375-0x00007FFCA4FD0000-0x00007FFCA4FE0000-memory.dmp

              memory/2396-382-0x00007FFCA4FD0000-0x00007FFCA4FE0000-memory.dmp

              memory/2396-380-0x00007FFCA4FD0000-0x00007FFCA4FE0000-memory.dmp

              memory/2396-451-0x00007FFCA2E50000-0x00007FFCA2E60000-memory.dmp

              memory/2396-400-0x00007FFCA2E50000-0x00007FFCA2E60000-memory.dmp

              memory/2396-381-0x00007FFCA4FD0000-0x00007FFCA4FE0000-memory.dmp

              memory/2396-383-0x00007FFCA4FD0000-0x00007FFCA4FE0000-memory.dmp

              memory/5360-517-0x00000000051F0000-0x0000000005256000-memory.dmp

              memory/5360-534-0x0000000005260000-0x0000000005272000-memory.dmp

              memory/5360-539-0x00000000063D0000-0x000000000640C000-memory.dmp

              memory/5360-450-0x0000000000840000-0x00000000008DA000-memory.dmp

              memory/5952-302-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000556000-memory.dmp

              memory/5952-300-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000556000-memory.dmp