Overview
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10Static
static
10catlavan-recode.exe
windows10-2004-x64
10catlavan-recode.exe
windows10-ltsc_2021-x64
10catlavan-recode.exe
windows11-21h2-x64
10catlavan-recode.exe
windows11-ltsc_2024-x64
10catlavan-recode.exe
debian-12-armhf
catlavan-recode.exe
debian-12-mipsel
catlavan-recode.exe
debian-9-armhf
catlavan-recode.exe
debian-9-mips
Analysis
- max time kernel
148s - max time network
152s - 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, 04:38
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
catlavan-recode.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260513-en
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
catlavan-recode.exe
Resource
win10ltsc2021-20260513-en
Behavioral task
behavioral3
Sample
catlavan-recode.exe
Resource
win11-20260513-en
Behavioral task
behavioral4
Sample
catlavan-recode.exe
Resource
win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
Behavioral task
behavioral5
Sample
catlavan-recode.exe
Resource
debian12-armhf-20260513-en
Behavioral task
behavioral6
Sample
catlavan-recode.exe
Resource
debian12-mipsel-20260513-en
Behavioral task
behavioral7
Sample
catlavan-recode.exe
Resource
debian9-armhf-20260513-en
Behavioral task
behavioral8
Sample
catlavan-recode.exe
Resource
debian9-mipsbe-20260513-en
General
- Target catlavan-recode.exe
- Size 1.2MB
- Sample260805-e9sywsybpg
- SHA256 60ecb7c972bb35a8a2769e43f493e277d54076b0ec5b41662950118e1c62f216
- MD5 2398d869bcc72e15d17c36bba4802f5b
- SHA1 cb5fc467217d56780e04b00de5d60ab62dc5c767
- SHA512 c3a81ad1062dd190880bf633f9899040acbf4d5fe03dcf2d9434b72e5032ae41fe2de971edb50ac0e3ecab12ca481a98108eae1afab185120a645f7d44ac16f8
- SSDEEP 24576:3F/pgxJzck+uGW/yFoBkkAQsOqBSVILH0:3F/pgTYjqqanTsXUILH
- TLSH T1F445BE5173A48A1AE1BE2BB59472C9394BB7BC125935DB4F08D4BC6B7EB37808D10393
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Malware Config
Extracted
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quasar
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encryption_key
33A7029011B6BD4B067B8907EB238F25EFF233BF
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key_salt
5a23f8394640cb9e40658446a04c0bbae82dc93d0470e1b2a406a90fd2520382
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reconnect_delay
3000
Signatures
- Quasar payload 2 IoCs
resource yara_rule behavioral4/memory/4980-1-0x000002550B390000-0x000002550B4C6000-memory.dmp family_quasar behavioral4/files/0x000600000001b871-15.dat family_quasar - Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
pid Process 3336 SystemHelper.exe 1028 SystemHelper.exe - Drops file in System32 directory 5 IoCs
description ioc Process File opened for modification C:\Windows\system32\SubDir\SystemHelper.exe catlavan-recode.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\system32\SubDir catlavan-recode.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\system32\SubDir\SystemHelper.exe SystemHelper.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\system32\SubDir SystemHelper.exe File created C:\Windows\system32\SubDir\SystemHelper.exe catlavan-recode.exe - Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 2 IoCs
Schtasks is often used by malware for persistence or to perform post-infection execution.
pid Process 4124 schtasks.exe 1656 schtasks.exe - Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener 1 IoCs
pid Process 3336 SystemHelper.exe - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 3 IoCs
description pid Process Token: SeDebugPrivilege 4980 catlavan-recode.exe Token: SeDebugPrivilege 3336 SystemHelper.exe Token: SeDebugPrivilege 1028 SystemHelper.exe - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 4980 wrote to memory of 4124 4980 catlavan-recode.exe 89 PID 4980 wrote to memory of 3336 4980 catlavan-recode.exe 91 PID 3336 wrote to memory of 1656 3336 SystemHelper.exe 93 - 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\catlavan-recode.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\catlavan-recode.exe"1⤵
- Drops file in System32 directory
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4980 -
C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\schtasks.exe"schtasks" /create /tn "SystemHelper" /sc ONLOGON /tr "C:\Windows\system32\SubDir\SystemHelper.exe" /rl HIGHEST /f2⤵
- Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
PID:4124
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C:\Windows\system32\SubDir\SystemHelper.exe"C:\Windows\system32\SubDir\SystemHelper.exe"2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Drops file in System32 directory
- Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3336 -
C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\schtasks.exe"schtasks" /create /tn "SystemHelper" /sc ONLOGON /tr "C:\Windows\system32\SubDir\SystemHelper.exe" /rl HIGHEST /f3⤵
- Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
PID:1656
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C:\Windows\system32\SubDir\SystemHelper.exeC:\Windows\system32\SubDir\SystemHelper.exe1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:1028
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
- Path C:\Windows\System32\SubDir\SystemHelper.exe
- Size 1.2MB
- SHA256 60ecb7c972bb35a8a2769e43f493e277d54076b0ec5b41662950118e1c62f216
- MD5 2398d869bcc72e15d17c36bba4802f5b
- SHA1 cb5fc467217d56780e04b00de5d60ab62dc5c767
- SHA512 c3a81ad1062dd190880bf633f9899040acbf4d5fe03dcf2d9434b72e5032ae41fe2de971edb50ac0e3ecab12ca481a98108eae1afab185120a645f7d44ac16f8
- SSDEEP 24576:3F/pgxJzck+uGW/yFoBkkAQsOqBSVILH0:3F/pgTYjqqanTsXUILH
- TLSH T1F445BE5173A48A1AE1BE2BB59472C9394BB7BC125935DB4F08D4BC6B7EB37808D10393
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH