Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    153s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20240508-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20240508-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
  • submitted
    01-07-2024 01:57

General

  • Target

    ba81b05c43bae8ee850ebff1ca399808b4828e5455ad2b2f9e64dd7962c33862.exe

  • Size

    3.1MB

  • MD5

    1633db1ce0d5eae8b246019541b00372

  • SHA1

    00b8f4ede2ca86fd53b3012e4a317318a20dd39b

  • SHA256

    ba81b05c43bae8ee850ebff1ca399808b4828e5455ad2b2f9e64dd7962c33862

  • SHA512

    3843b4ad7b2a6d7dd8220f4dd30952a3f6d9918c1391234d3fc2abfcd2adcfd33a6d161a9ad562df661149dedaf5b0589484eb053fdb35c3f41983066e22751a

  • SSDEEP

    49152:rvzlL26AaNeWgPhlmVqvMQ7XSKY9BSPnaMYLowdseTHHB72eh2NT:rvpL26AaNeWgPhlmVqkQ7XSK+oPY

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

quasar

Version

1.4.1

Botnet

Office04

C2

192.168.1.111:4782

Mutex

1f5e43b0-2e6e-4529-bedf-628650591bdf

Attributes
  • encryption_key

    0FF1E4E83CF341CB74C4BB8B5D7980A41A9AF65B

  • install_name

    DescryptMain.exe

  • log_directory

    Logs

  • reconnect_delay

    3000

  • startup_key

    Quasar Client Startup

  • subdirectory

    SubDir

Signatures

  • Quasar RAT

    Quasar is an open source Remote Access Tool.

  • Quasar payload 2 IoCs
  • Detects Windows executables referencing non-Windows User-Agents 2 IoCs
  • Detects binaries (Windows and macOS) referencing many web browsers. Observed in information stealers. 2 IoCs
  • Detects executables containing common artifacts observed in infostealers 2 IoCs
  • Executes dropped 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 use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 6 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\ba81b05c43bae8ee850ebff1ca399808b4828e5455ad2b2f9e64dd7962c33862.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ba81b05c43bae8ee850ebff1ca399808b4828e5455ad2b2f9e64dd7962c33862.exe"
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:5024
    • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\schtasks.exe
      "schtasks" /create /tn "Quasar Client Startup" /sc ONLOGON /tr "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\DescryptMain.exe" /rl HIGHEST /f
      2⤵
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:1144
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\DescryptMain.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\DescryptMain.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:1092
      • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\schtasks.exe
        "schtasks" /create /tn "Quasar Client Startup" /sc ONLOGON /tr "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\DescryptMain.exe" /rl HIGHEST /f
        3⤵
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:4140

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Matrix ATT&CK v13

Execution

Scheduled Task/Job

1
T1053

Scheduled Task

1
T1053.005

Persistence

Scheduled Task/Job

1
T1053

Scheduled Task

1
T1053.005

Privilege Escalation

Scheduled Task/Job

1
T1053

Scheduled Task

1
T1053.005

Discovery

Query Registry

1
T1012

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Downloads

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\DescryptMain.exe
    Filesize

    3.1MB

    MD5

    1633db1ce0d5eae8b246019541b00372

    SHA1

    00b8f4ede2ca86fd53b3012e4a317318a20dd39b

    SHA256

    ba81b05c43bae8ee850ebff1ca399808b4828e5455ad2b2f9e64dd7962c33862

    SHA512

    3843b4ad7b2a6d7dd8220f4dd30952a3f6d9918c1391234d3fc2abfcd2adcfd33a6d161a9ad562df661149dedaf5b0589484eb053fdb35c3f41983066e22751a

  • memory/1092-10-0x00007FFBF0D80000-0x00007FFBF1841000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    10.8MB

  • memory/1092-11-0x00007FFBF0D80000-0x00007FFBF1841000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    10.8MB

  • memory/1092-12-0x000000001BAB0000-0x000000001BB00000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    320KB

  • memory/1092-13-0x000000001C310000-0x000000001C3C2000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    712KB

  • memory/1092-14-0x00007FFBF0D80000-0x00007FFBF1841000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    10.8MB

  • memory/5024-1-0x00000000000B0000-0x00000000003D4000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    3.1MB

  • memory/5024-0-0x00007FFBF0D83000-0x00007FFBF0D85000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    8KB

  • memory/5024-2-0x00007FFBF0D80000-0x00007FFBF1841000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    10.8MB

  • memory/5024-9-0x00007FFBF0D80000-0x00007FFBF1841000-memory.dmp
    Filesize

    10.8MB