Analysis

  • max time kernel
    148s
  • max time network
    149s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260710-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260710-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    18/07/2026, 08:07

General

  • Target
    final_stealth.hta
  • Size 2.5MB
  • Sample260718-jz9acagw21
  • SHA256 acc8abc1b890d27ee7bf83d42a6a986dd6668c277388bdc29c0f9bf39f91fb79
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Extracted

Family
  • quasar

Attributes
  • encryption_key

    4E5365F610851F7D6CC3DE82D8496DD095DBEA0F

  • key_salt

    5a23f8394640cb9e40658446a04c0bbae82dc93d0470e1b2a406a90fd2520382

  • reconnect_delay

    3000

Signatures

  • Family: Quasar RAT

    Quasar is an open source Remote Access Tool.

  • Quasar payload 2 IoCs
  • Deletes itself 1 IoCs
  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • Executes a command shell one-liner 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Execution of a cmd.exe one-liner (/c "close" or /k "keep") is a common script/loader stage.

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

  • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 2 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\mshta.exe
    C:\Windows\SysWOW64\mshta.exe "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\final_stealth.hta" {1E460BD7-F1C3-4B2E-88BF-4E770A288AF5}{1E460BD7-F1C3-4B2E-88BF-4E770A288AF5}
    1⤵
    • Deletes itself
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4596
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\update_host.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3704
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\update_host.exe
        C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\update_host.exe
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:5712

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        update_host.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\update_host.exe
        • Size 954KB
        • SHA256 a80b08da703c39051bd529c5857e6f473243882f26d4c7aca241cf435577f6ff
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        memory/5712-3-0x00007FF89F40F000-0x00007FF89F410000-memory.dmp

        memory/5712-4-0x000001D719DF0000-0x000001D719EE4000-memory.dmp

        memory/5712-5-0x00007FF89F280000-0x00007FF89FC24000-memory.dmp

        memory/5712-6-0x00007FF89F280000-0x00007FF89FC24000-memory.dmp

        memory/5712-7-0x000001D71BCB0000-0x000001D71BCE4000-memory.dmp

        memory/5712-8-0x00007FF89F280000-0x00007FF89FC24000-memory.dmp

        memory/5712-9-0x00007FF89F280000-0x00007FF89FC24000-memory.dmp

        memory/5712-10-0x00007FF89F280000-0x00007FF89FC24000-memory.dmp

        memory/5712-11-0x00007FF89F280000-0x00007FF89FC24000-memory.dmp

        memory/5712-12-0x00007FF89F280000-0x00007FF89FC24000-memory.dmp

        memory/5712-13-0x00007FF89F280000-0x00007FF89FC24000-memory.dmp

        memory/5712-14-0x00007FF89F280000-0x00007FF89FC24000-memory.dmp

        memory/5712-15-0x00007FF89F280000-0x00007FF89FC24000-memory.dmp

        memory/5712-17-0x000001D7344F0000-0x000001D73452C000-memory.dmp

        memory/5712-16-0x000001D734490000-0x000001D7344A2000-memory.dmp

        memory/5712-18-0x00007FF89F280000-0x00007FF89FC24000-memory.dmp

        memory/5712-19-0x00007FF89F280000-0x00007FF89FC24000-memory.dmp

        memory/5712-20-0x000001D7344D0000-0x000001D7344DA000-memory.dmp

        memory/5712-21-0x000001D734550000-0x000001D734576000-memory.dmp

        memory/5712-22-0x000001D7344E0000-0x000001D7344E8000-memory.dmp

        memory/5712-23-0x000001D734580000-0x000001D7345E2000-memory.dmp

        memory/5712-24-0x000001D734720000-0x000001D734762000-memory.dmp

        memory/5712-25-0x000001D7344C0000-0x000001D7344CA000-memory.dmp

        memory/5712-26-0x000001D734530000-0x000001D73453A000-memory.dmp

        memory/5712-27-0x000001D734760000-0x000001D73477A000-memory.dmp

        memory/5712-28-0x000001D735550000-0x000001D735572000-memory.dmp

        memory/5712-43-0x000001D734780000-0x000001D7347CA000-memory.dmp

        memory/5712-44-0x000001D735580000-0x000001D7355CC000-memory.dmp

        memory/5712-46-0x000001D7345E0000-0x000001D73460A000-memory.dmp

        memory/5712-47-0x000001D7347D0000-0x000001D7347E4000-memory.dmp

        memory/5712-45-0x000001D7355D0000-0x000001D735650000-memory.dmp

        memory/5712-48-0x000001D735650000-0x000001D73568A000-memory.dmp

        memory/5712-55-0x000001D735720000-0x000001D735734000-memory.dmp

        memory/5712-54-0x000001D735710000-0x000001D735720000-memory.dmp

        memory/5712-53-0x000001D7356E0000-0x000001D735712000-memory.dmp

        memory/5712-52-0x000001D7356B0000-0x000001D7356E4000-memory.dmp

        memory/5712-51-0x000001D7356A0000-0x000001D7356B6000-memory.dmp

        memory/5712-50-0x000001D735690000-0x000001D73569C000-memory.dmp

        memory/5712-49-0x000001D7347E0000-0x000001D7347EA000-memory.dmp

        memory/5712-56-0x00007FF89F280000-0x00007FF89FC24000-memory.dmp