Analysis
- max time kernel
149s - max time network
150s - platform
windows10-2004_x64 - resource
win10v2004-20260513-en - resource tags
- submitted
17/05/2026, 17:07
General
- Target Pulsar-Client.exe
- Size 1.1MB
- Sample260517-vm2khsbt5w
- SHA256 2c4daf0754961b279e57a771f2e3263f1f0c6045bde1a690668270cdb1c097a7
Malware Config
Extracted
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quasar
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encryption_key
D14992C2A25D72335E07FEA2853E73F5707CC71F
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key_salt
5a23f8394640cb9e40658446a04c0bbae82dc93d0470e1b2a406a90fd2520382
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reconnect_delay
3000
Signatures
- Family: Quasar RAT
Quasar is an open source Remote Access Tool.
- Quasar payload 2 IoCs
- Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
- Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 2 IoCs
Schtasks is often used by malware for persistence or to perform post-infection execution.
- Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener 1 IoCs
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 3 IoCs
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs
- Uses Task Scheduler COM API 1 TTPs
The Task Scheduler COM API can be used to schedule applications to run on boot or at set times.
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Pulsar-Client.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Pulsar-Client.exe"1⤵
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\schtasks.exe"schtasks" /create /tn "Excst" /sc ONLOGON /tr "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\Exc.exe" /rl HIGHEST /f2⤵
- Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\Exc.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\Exc.exe"2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\schtasks.exe"schtasks" /create /tn "Excst" /sc ONLOGON /tr "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\Exc.exe" /rl HIGHEST /f3⤵
- Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\Exc.exeC:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\Exc.exe1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
Exc.exe
memory/812-0-0x00000205200D0000-0x00000205201FA000-memory.dmp
memory/812-1-0x000002053A8C0000-0x000002053A8D0000-memory.dmp
memory/812-2-0x0000020521D60000-0x0000020521D94000-memory.dmp
memory/1588-11-0x0000022206500000-0x0000022206534000-memory.dmp
memory/4172-8-0x000001D7C3600000-0x000001D7C3610000-memory.dmp
memory/4172-9-0x000001D7C3570000-0x000001D7C35A4000-memory.dmp
memory/4172-13-0x000001D7DD6F0000-0x000001D7DD728000-memory.dmp
memory/4172-14-0x000001D7C3600000-0x000001D7C3610000-memory.dmp