Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    123s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260629-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260629-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    01/07/2026, 17:30

General

  • Target
    final.exe
  • Size 15.0MB
  • Sample260701-v3arqsbt4p
  • SHA256 681946f1b2d2041ca3f85d2acb1f02488665055835d4f48453829c617376eeaa
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Extracted

Family
  • quasar

Version
  • 1.6.6

Botnet
  • Office04

C2
  • maria-interruption.with.playit.plus:1788

Mutex
  • af2c6f00-df3c-48d8-a841-fe604bd57ba9

Attributes
  • encryption_key

    7799F230382DEC15CFC54F1D560B5A8B875621D2

  • install_name

    System Update 3.3.exe

  • key_salt

    5a23f8394640cb9e40658446a04c0bbae82dc93d0470e1b2a406a90fd2520382

  • reconnect_delay

    3000

  • startup_key

    System Update 3.3

  • subdirectory

    System Update 3.3

Signatures

  • Family: Quasar RAT

    Quasar is an open source Remote Access Tool.

  • Quasar payload 2 IoCs
  • Executes dropped EXE 3 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 18 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

  • Delays execution with timeout.exe 1 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 4 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 12 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

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\final.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\final.exe"
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1536
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\final.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\final.exe"
      2⤵
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:6092
      • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c "ver"
        3⤵
          PID:5624
        • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
          C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp16a0x_fn.exe"
          3⤵
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:5356
          • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp16a0x_fn.exe
            C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp16a0x_fn.exe
            4⤵
            • Executes dropped EXE
            • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
            • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
            PID:6240
            • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\schtasks.exe
              "schtasks" /create /tn "System Update 3.3" /sc ONLOGON /tr "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\System Update 3.3\System Update 3.3.exe" /rl HIGHEST /f
              5⤵
              • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
              PID:4644
            • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\System Update 3.3\System Update 3.3.exe
              "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\System Update 3.3\System Update 3.3.exe"
              5⤵
              • Executes dropped EXE
              • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
              • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
              • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
              PID:7088
              • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\schtasks.exe
                "schtasks" /create /tn "System Update 3.3" /sc ONLOGON /tr "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\System Update 3.3\System Update 3.3.exe" /rl HIGHEST /f
                6⤵
                • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
                PID:3612
              • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\llxLXsDnLnRu.exe
                "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\llxLXsDnLnRu.exe"
                6⤵
                • Executes dropped EXE
                • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                PID:5384
              • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\schtasks.exe
                "schtasks" /delete /tn "System Update 3.3" /f
                6⤵
                  PID:2564
                • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
                  C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c ""C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\aFMRi8Z8SHcu.bat" "
                  6⤵
                  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                  PID:6784
                  • C:\Windows\system32\chcp.com
                    chcp 65001
                    7⤵
                      PID:3020
                    • C:\Windows\system32\timeout.exe
                      timeout /T 5 /NOBREAK
                      7⤵
                      • Delays execution with timeout.exe
                      PID:3100
        • C:\Windows\system32\AUDIODG.EXE
          C:\Windows\system32\AUDIODG.EXE 0x0000000000000498 0x00000000000004F0
          1⤵
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          PID:6780

        Network

              MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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              Downloads

              _raw_aes.pyd

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI15362\Crypto\Cipher\_raw_aes.pyd
              • Size 34KB
              • SHA256 520b343e44b5633bbc4fdcecc705a7f2eb6e55d082a1f3e4723ada9d7e5ea97d
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              _raw_aesni.pyd

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI15362\Crypto\Cipher\_raw_aesni.pyd
              • Size 15KB
              • SHA256 3818873f50418cbecde58150e9bffff7372d2c2067fc0b96ffac9482dfddd603
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              _raw_cbc.pyd

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI15362\Crypto\Cipher\_raw_cbc.pyd
              • Size 11KB
              • SHA256 a5c300a4bda97236f9f8ffa57f9db0e5c0a0f1d8a5699389aa03dbf1aebd77fc
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              _cpuid_c.pyd

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI15362\Crypto\Util\_cpuid_c.pyd
              • Size 10KB
              • SHA256 2af984819d9b1f95132520901b355eb85aa24d5efc6fc5ae9e77252ed03b7f4b
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              VCRUNTIME140.dll

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI15362\VCRUNTIME140.dll
              • Size 116KB
              • SHA256 4d292623516f65c80482081e62d5dadb759dc16e851de5db24c3cbb57b87db83
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              VCRUNTIME140_1.dll

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI15362\VCRUNTIME140_1.dll
              • Size 48KB
              • SHA256 a113f192195f245f17389e6ecbed8005990bcb2476ddad33f7c4c6c86327afe5
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              _asyncio.pyd

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI15362\_asyncio.pyd
              • Size 63KB
              • SHA256 746bc8fa88282afe19dc60e426cc0a75bea3bd137cca06a0b57a30bd31459403
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              _bz2.pyd

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI15362\_bz2.pyd
              • Size 82KB
              • SHA256 00b8ca9a338d2b47285c9e56d6d893db2a999b47216756f18439997fb80a56e3
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              _cffi_backend.cp311-win_amd64.pyd

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI15362\_cffi_backend.cp311-win_amd64.pyd
              • Size 174KB
              • SHA256 8100f667a3f64eeb37b9326d0c53a931e0ea3cea4ade5dbdc638c368355c0948
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              _ctypes.pyd

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI15362\_ctypes.pyd
              • Size 121KB
              • SHA256 c148292328f0aab7863af82f54f613961e7cb95b7215f7a81cafaf45bd4c42b7
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              _decimal.pyd

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI15362\_decimal.pyd
              • Size 249KB
              • SHA256 980a63f2b39cf16910f44384398e25f24482346a482addb00de42555b17d4278
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              _hashlib.pyd

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI15362\_hashlib.pyd
              • Size 63KB
              • SHA256 87dd0c858620287454fd6d31d52b6a48eddbb2a08e09e8b2d9fdb0b92200d766
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              _lzma.pyd

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI15362\_lzma.pyd
              • Size 155KB
              • SHA256 f5e01b516c2c23035f7703e23569dec26c5616c05a929b2580ae474a5c6722c5
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              _multiprocessing.pyd

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI15362\_multiprocessing.pyd
              • Size 33KB
              • SHA256 975c1947798e3c39898c86675ca1eb68249f77361f41f172f9800275227213b9
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              _overlapped.pyd

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI15362\_overlapped.pyd
              • Size 50KB
              • SHA256 ca106e4dfdeafeabf9e98956d3d8d0cb73e109f1a96f1a7e35bc47dbd7c7e164
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              _queue.pyd

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI15362\_queue.pyd
              • Size 31KB
              • SHA256 3f8e7e6aa13b417acc78b63434fb1144e6319a010a9fc376c54d6e69b638fe4c
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              _socket.pyd

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI15362\_socket.pyd
              • Size 77KB
              • SHA256 a19e3c7c03ef1b5625790b1c9c42594909311ab6df540fbf43c6aa93300ab166
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              _ssl.pyd

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI15362\_ssl.pyd
              • Size 174KB
              • SHA256 ba5388d6a6557d431e086734a3323621dc447f63ba299b0a815e5837cf869678
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              base_library.zip

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI15362\base_library.zip
              • Size 1.4MB
              • SHA256 8e4e840b651bc2b57ee4000b860f31d629ebe315f238c3e07266ae5e084ee7e5
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              libcrypto-3.dll

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI15362\libcrypto-3.dll
              • Size 5.0MB
              • SHA256 05fe080eab7fc535c51e10c1bd76a2f3e6217f9c91a25034774588881c3f99de
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              libffi-8.dll

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI15362\libffi-8.dll
              • Size 38KB
              • SHA256 eff52743773eb550fcc6ce3efc37c85724502233b6b002a35496d828bd7b280a
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              libssl-3.dll

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI15362\libssl-3.dll
              • Size 768KB
              • SHA256 2e9fbcd8f7fdc13a5179533239811456554f2b3aa2fb10e1b17be0df81c79006
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              pyexpat.pyd

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI15362\pyexpat.pyd
              • Size 194KB
              • SHA256 c7c7564f7f874fb660a46384980a2cf28bc3e245ca83628a197ccf861eab5560
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              python311.dll

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI15362\python311.dll
              • Size 5.5MB
              • SHA256 0817a2a657a24c0d5fbb60df56960f42fc66b3039d522ec952dab83e2d869364
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              select.pyd

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI15362\select.pyd
              • Size 29KB
              • SHA256 bae0974390945520eb99ab32486c6a964691f8f4a028ac408d98fa8fb0db7d90
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              Lorem ipsum.txt

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI15362\setuptools\_vendor\jaraco\text\Lorem ipsum.txt
              • Size 1KB
              • SHA256 37fedcffbf73c4eb9f058f47677cb33203a436ff9390e4d38a8e01c9dad28e0b
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

              unicodedata.pyd

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI15362\unicodedata.pyd
              • Size 1.1MB
              • SHA256 37c68617fa02a2cadced17ef724e2d450ef12a8a37215da789a4679fde1c5c02
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              aFMRi8Z8SHcu.bat

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\aFMRi8Z8SHcu.bat
              • Size 234B
              • SHA256 a055d082c66098c2ee12a29b7beb5a6e1c2878c8f59a5e18ce0bd0f00ac4ffd5
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

              llxLXsDnLnRu.exe

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\llxLXsDnLnRu.exe
              • Size 131KB
              • SHA256 1ab7375550516d7445c47fd9b551ed864f227401a14ff3f1ff0d70caca3bd997
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              tmp16a0x_fn.exe

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp16a0x_fn.exe
              • Size 2.8MB
              • SHA256 5a6369123a2a913c03042fc57c8101914c19db0faa8c0de28073d8e52bb5c0d1
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              memory/6240-133-0x00007FFD29FE0000-0x00007FFD2A984000-memory.dmp

              memory/6240-142-0x00007FFD29FE0000-0x00007FFD2A984000-memory.dmp

              memory/6240-135-0x0000025E57AF0000-0x0000025E57B0E000-memory.dmp

              memory/6240-136-0x00007FFD29FE0000-0x00007FFD2A984000-memory.dmp

              memory/6240-137-0x00007FFD29FE0000-0x00007FFD2A984000-memory.dmp

              memory/6240-138-0x00007FFD29FE0000-0x00007FFD2A984000-memory.dmp

              memory/6240-139-0x00007FFD29FE0000-0x00007FFD2A984000-memory.dmp

              memory/6240-140-0x00007FFD29FE0000-0x00007FFD2A984000-memory.dmp

              memory/6240-141-0x00007FFD29FE0000-0x00007FFD2A984000-memory.dmp

              memory/6240-132-0x0000025E573B0000-0x0000025E57680000-memory.dmp

              memory/6240-143-0x00007FFD29FE0000-0x00007FFD2A984000-memory.dmp

              memory/6240-144-0x00007FFD29FE0000-0x00007FFD2A984000-memory.dmp

              memory/6240-145-0x00007FFD29FE0000-0x00007FFD2A984000-memory.dmp

              memory/6240-146-0x00007FFD29FE0000-0x00007FFD2A984000-memory.dmp

              memory/6240-148-0x00007FFD29FE0000-0x00007FFD2A984000-memory.dmp

              memory/6240-134-0x00007FFD29FE0000-0x00007FFD2A984000-memory.dmp

              memory/6240-131-0x00007FFD2A16F000-0x00007FFD2A170000-memory.dmp

              memory/7088-149-0x0000018E8A2E0000-0x0000018E8A31A000-memory.dmp

              memory/7088-152-0x0000018EA42C0000-0x0000018EA430A000-memory.dmp

              memory/7088-153-0x0000018EA43B0000-0x0000018EA43FE000-memory.dmp

              memory/7088-154-0x0000018EA4360000-0x0000018EA4386000-memory.dmp

              memory/7088-155-0x0000018EA4400000-0x0000018EA4434000-memory.dmp

              memory/7088-156-0x0000018EA4450000-0x0000018EA449C000-memory.dmp

              memory/7088-157-0x0000018EA51C0000-0x0000018EA520A000-memory.dmp

              memory/7088-158-0x0000018EA5210000-0x0000018EA523A000-memory.dmp

              memory/7088-159-0x0000018EA5260000-0x0000018EA5272000-memory.dmp

              memory/7088-160-0x0000018EA54D0000-0x0000018EA550C000-memory.dmp

              memory/7088-161-0x0000018EA5490000-0x0000018EA549A000-memory.dmp

              memory/7088-162-0x0000018EA54B0000-0x0000018EA54B8000-memory.dmp

              memory/7088-151-0x0000018EA5280000-0x0000018EA5332000-memory.dmp

              memory/7088-150-0x0000018EA4310000-0x0000018EA4360000-memory.dmp