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
Static task
static1
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
final_stealth.hta
Resource
win10v2004-20260513-en
12 signatures
150 seconds
General
- Target final_stealth.hta
- Size 2.5MB
- Sample260718-jz9acagw21
- SHA256 acc8abc1b890d27ee7bf83d42a6a986dd6668c277388bdc29c0f9bf39f91fb79
- MD5 8ec368d5f2612622b7b0cf8abb2b40b9
- SHA1 2a9d65b4ddd090703459bdc57835d12e789fca2f
- SHA512 e4f506b7fbba620357ec4e5088838d4cc6a5af28a53c55d5046403bf2c452956f2642a7c452563432aac83f0408981ffbec3ab1554fa4f7cfb181bc364fcdc4c
- SSDEEP 24576:6sDzT1Bep/WK8KdNRLCl0IwhWPJzKCcQQLjqWcT18IpXrb6hIBu1hmjQz4d6Uysc:G
- TLSH T135C5B9BDC837AF622916F31DCD86A89104A27F434DA3E5CD90BD66B71423B74ACF1894
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Malware Config
Extracted
Family
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quasar
Attributes
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encryption_key
4E5365F610851F7D6CC3DE82D8496DD095DBEA0F
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key_salt
5a23f8394640cb9e40658446a04c0bbae82dc93d0470e1b2a406a90fd2520382
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reconnect_delay
3000
Signatures
- Quasar payload 2 IoCs
resource yara_rule behavioral2/files/0x000e00000001c506-1.dat family_quasar behavioral2/memory/5712-4-0x000001D719DF0000-0x000001D719EE4000-memory.dmp family_quasar - Deletes itself 1 IoCs
pid Process 4596 mshta.exe - Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
pid Process 5712 update_host.exe - 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.
pid Process 3704 cmd.exe - 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.
description ioc Process Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language mshta.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language cmd.exe - Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener 1 IoCs
pid Process 5712 update_host.exe - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs
description pid Process Token: SeDebugPrivilege 5712 update_host.exe - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 2 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 4596 wrote to memory of 3704 4596 mshta.exe 89 PID 3704 wrote to memory of 5712 3704 cmd.exe 91
Processes
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\mshta.exeC:\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.exeC:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\update_host.exe3⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:5712
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Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\update_host.exe
- Size 954KB
- SHA256 a80b08da703c39051bd529c5857e6f473243882f26d4c7aca241cf435577f6ff
- MD5 fea77ab66215358dcdbf60554b61cac4
- SHA1 b6f25662fe119dc6470f684dfb27e8b67c9fd7bd
- SHA512 c98b5fa9fd960ffebfad4c66ad7fe7518604b3c3bcb88b49c5348e4be303fff63ada602a18894d52e9633fc87d7be8ed809a2ff9d31ddcc250683a219a615615
- SSDEEP 24576:0F/p5xJzck+uGW/yFoBkkAQ2b4LtSN8/bcNdJUf:0F/p5TYjqqanTrLc7JU
- TLSH T1C125C09173F4850BE1FF1B75A4B548094B77B9529A36DB8F0CC8A06E1EB37808E507A7
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH