Analysis

  • user interaction
    yes
  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    150s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    05/08/2026, 00:03

General

  • Target
    Pulsar-Client.exe
  • Size 956KB
  • Sample260805-ab78pstcpe
  • SHA256 8ae2800a6e1766f9582ceb8027da3195dddbfe2308187a254c8e58deeabf0f60
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Extracted

Family
  • quasar

Attributes
  • encryption_key

    E66FCA7C0773714DF2003E407DCBA5090BD781CE

  • key_salt

    5a23f8394640cb9e40658446a04c0bbae82dc93d0470e1b2a406a90fd2520382

  • reconnect_delay

    3000

Signatures

  • Family: Quasar RAT

    Quasar is an open source Remote Access Tool.

  • Quasar payload 2 IoCs
  • Executes dropped EXE 4 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

  • 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
    PID:5804
    • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\schtasks.exe
      "schtasks" /create /tn "RobloxPlayerBeta" /sc ONLOGON /tr "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\RobloxPlayerBeta.exe" /rl HIGHEST /f
      2⤵
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:612
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\RobloxPlayerBeta.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\RobloxPlayerBeta.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      PID:4568
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\RobloxPlayerBeta.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\RobloxPlayerBeta.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:1092
      • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\schtasks.exe
        "schtasks" /create /tn "RobloxPlayerBeta" /sc ONLOGON /tr "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\RobloxPlayerBeta.exe" /rl HIGHEST /f
        3⤵
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:4832
  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\RobloxPlayerBeta.exe
    C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\RobloxPlayerBeta.exe
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    PID:4488
  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\RobloxPlayerBeta.exe
    C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\RobloxPlayerBeta.exe
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    PID:760

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        RobloxPlayerBeta.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\RobloxPlayerBeta.exe
        • Size 956KB
        • SHA256 8ae2800a6e1766f9582ceb8027da3195dddbfe2308187a254c8e58deeabf0f60
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        memory/1092-25-0x00007FFC682F0000-0x00007FFC68C94000-memory.dmp

        memory/1092-24-0x00007FFC682F0000-0x00007FFC68C94000-memory.dmp

        memory/1092-34-0x000001AC685E0000-0x000001AC6861E000-memory.dmp

        memory/1092-33-0x00007FFC682F0000-0x00007FFC68C94000-memory.dmp

        memory/1092-30-0x00007FFC682F0000-0x00007FFC68C94000-memory.dmp

        memory/1092-26-0x00007FFC682F0000-0x00007FFC68C94000-memory.dmp

        memory/1092-29-0x00007FFC682F0000-0x00007FFC68C94000-memory.dmp

        memory/1092-28-0x00007FFC682F0000-0x00007FFC68C94000-memory.dmp

        memory/1092-27-0x00007FFC682F0000-0x00007FFC68C94000-memory.dmp

        memory/1092-17-0x000001AC4EAE0000-0x000001AC4EB14000-memory.dmp

        memory/1092-23-0x00007FFC682F0000-0x00007FFC68C94000-memory.dmp

        memory/1092-22-0x00007FFC682F0000-0x00007FFC68C94000-memory.dmp

        memory/1092-21-0x00007FFC682F0000-0x00007FFC68C94000-memory.dmp

        memory/1092-16-0x00007FFC682F0000-0x00007FFC68C94000-memory.dmp

        memory/1092-19-0x00007FFC682F0000-0x00007FFC68C94000-memory.dmp

        memory/1092-18-0x00007FFC682F0000-0x00007FFC68C94000-memory.dmp

        memory/1092-20-0x00007FFC682F0000-0x00007FFC68C94000-memory.dmp

        memory/5804-7-0x00007FFC682F0000-0x00007FFC68C94000-memory.dmp

        memory/5804-4-0x00007FFC682F0000-0x00007FFC68C94000-memory.dmp

        memory/5804-1-0x000002678E850000-0x000002678E944000-memory.dmp

        memory/5804-12-0x00007FFC682F0000-0x00007FFC68C94000-memory.dmp

        memory/5804-11-0x00007FFC682F0000-0x00007FFC68C94000-memory.dmp

        memory/5804-2-0x00007FFC682F0000-0x00007FFC68C94000-memory.dmp

        memory/5804-8-0x00007FFC682F0000-0x00007FFC68C94000-memory.dmp

        memory/5804-9-0x00007FFC682F0000-0x00007FFC68C94000-memory.dmp

        memory/5804-15-0x00007FFC682F0000-0x00007FFC68C94000-memory.dmp

        memory/5804-0-0x00007FFC6847F000-0x00007FFC68480000-memory.dmp

        memory/5804-6-0x000002678EDC0000-0x000002678EDF4000-memory.dmp

        memory/5804-5-0x00007FFC682F0000-0x00007FFC68C94000-memory.dmp

        memory/5804-10-0x00007FFC682F0000-0x00007FFC68C94000-memory.dmp

        memory/5804-3-0x00007FFC682F0000-0x00007FFC68C94000-memory.dmp