| File name: | Quasar Golden Edition.exe |
| Full analysis: | https://app.any.run/tasks/8f64026b-f350-414d-8df8-18069c488205 |
| Verdict: | Malicious activity |
| Threats: | Quasar is a very popular RAT in the world thanks to its code being available in open-source. This malware can be used to control the victim’s computer remotely. |
| Analysis date: | April 03, 2020, 15:20:37 |
| OS: | Windows 7 Professional Service Pack 1 (build: 7601, 32 bit) |
| Tags: | |
| Indicators: | |
| MIME: | application/x-dosexec |
| File info: | PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows, Nullsoft Installer self-extracting archive |
| MD5: | 29E2BEB02AF53865F8693B96350AE498 |
| SHA1: | D1D885AE36CD6AE5F22A6F60629096E5B8A28764 |
| SHA256: | C947A3FFD428F8051601ED385E303E9CD4132A31F160FFD6410C0E4718DFDBE9 |
| SSDEEP: | 49152:0p+yeO3O95Gp2Kr2iO91fDI7Dp2MCcOaHtm8K8GFxu2OIadJ:0pTA02E2iSpI7lClL8KW |
MALICIOUS
Application was dropped or rewritten from another process
- Client-built.exe (PID: 3112)
- Client-built.exe (PID: 2284)
- Client-built.exe (PID: 3432)
- Client-built.exe (PID: 3388)
- Client-built.exe (PID: 2944)
- WinLogon.exe (PID: 3052)
- Client-built.exe (PID: 3268)
- Client-built.exe (PID: 3912)
- Client-built.exe (PID: 1900)
Loads the Task Scheduler COM API
- schtasks.exe (PID: 2576)
Uses Task Scheduler to autorun other applications
- Client-built.exe (PID: 3432)
QUASAR was detected
- Client-built.exe (PID: 3432)
- Client-built.exe (PID: 3388)
SUSPICIOUS
Executable content was dropped or overwritten
- Quasar Golden Edition.exe (PID: 2808)
- Client-built.exe (PID: 3432)
Application launched itself
- Quasar Golden Edition.exe (PID: 1492)
- Quasar Golden Edition.exe (PID: 2808)
- Quasar Golden Edition.exe (PID: 3888)
- Quasar Golden Edition.exe (PID: 2776)
- Quasar Golden Edition.exe (PID: 3664)
- Quasar Golden Edition.exe (PID: 2388)
- Quasar Golden Edition.exe (PID: 2800)
Creates files in the Windows directory
- Client-built.exe (PID: 3432)
Starts itself from another location
- Client-built.exe (PID: 3432)
Checks for external IP
- Client-built.exe (PID: 3432)
- Client-built.exe (PID: 3388)
Removes files from Windows directory
- Client-built.exe (PID: 3388)
INFO
No info indicators.
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TRiD
| .exe | | | Win32 Executable MS Visual C++ (generic) (67.4) |
|---|---|---|
| .dll | | | Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (14.2) |
| .exe | | | Win32 Executable (generic) (9.7) |
| .exe | | | Generic Win/DOS Executable (4.3) |
| .exe | | | DOS Executable Generic (4.3) |
EXIF
EXE
| MachineType: | Intel 386 or later, and compatibles |
|---|---|
| TimeStamp: | 2015:12:27 06:38:46+01:00 |
| PEType: | PE32 |
| LinkerVersion: | 6 |
| CodeSize: | 24064 |
| InitializedDataSize: | 3784192 |
| UninitializedDataSize: | 1024 |
| EntryPoint: | 0x3252 |
| OSVersion: | 4 |
| ImageVersion: | 6 |
| SubsystemVersion: | 4 |
| Subsystem: | Windows GUI |
Summary
| Architecture: | IMAGE_FILE_MACHINE_I386 |
|---|---|
| Subsystem: | IMAGE_SUBSYSTEM_WINDOWS_GUI |
| Compilation Date: | 27-Dec-2015 05:38:46 |
| Detected languages: |
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DOS Header
| Magic number: | MZ |
|---|---|
| Bytes on last page of file: | 0x0090 |
| Pages in file: | 0x0003 |
| Relocations: | 0x0000 |
| Size of header: | 0x0004 |
| Min extra paragraphs: | 0x0000 |
| Max extra paragraphs: | 0xFFFF |
| Initial SS value: | 0x0000 |
| Initial SP value: | 0x00B8 |
| Checksum: | 0x0000 |
| Initial IP value: | 0x0000 |
| Initial CS value: | 0x0000 |
| Overlay number: | 0x0000 |
| OEM identifier: | 0x0000 |
| OEM information: | 0x0000 |
| Address of NE header: | 0x000000D8 |
PE Headers
| Signature: | PE |
|---|---|
| Machine: | IMAGE_FILE_MACHINE_I386 |
| Number of sections: | 5 |
| Time date stamp: | 27-Dec-2015 05:38:46 |
| Pointer to Symbol Table: | 0x00000000 |
| Number of symbols: | 0 |
| Size of Optional Header: | 0x00E0 |
| Characteristics: |
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Sections
Name | Virtual Address | Virtual Size | Raw Size | Charateristics | Entropy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
.text | 0x00001000 | 0x00005D95 | 0x00005E00 | IMAGE_SCN_CNT_CODE, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_EXECUTE, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ | 6.51774 |
.rdata | 0x00007000 | 0x0000115E | 0x00001200 | IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ | 5.14255 |
.data | 0x00009000 | 0x003998B8 | 0x00000600 | IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_WRITE | 4.23428 |
.ndata | 0x003A3000 | 0x00008000 | 0x00000000 | IMAGE_SCN_CNT_UNINITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_WRITE | 0 |
.rsrc | 0x003AB000 | 0x00002668 | 0x00002800 | IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ | 5.061 |
Resources
Title | Entropy | Size | Codepage | Language | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 5.19265 | 727 | UNKNOWN | English - United States | RT_MANIFEST |
103 | 2.01924 | 20 | UNKNOWN | English - United States | RT_GROUP_ICON |
105 | 2.66174 | 256 | UNKNOWN | English - United States | RT_DIALOG |
106 | 2.88094 | 284 | UNKNOWN | English - United States | RT_DIALOG |
111 | 2.48825 | 96 | UNKNOWN | English - United States | RT_DIALOG |
Imports
ADVAPI32.dll |
COMCTL32.dll |
GDI32.dll |
KERNEL32.dll |
SHELL32.dll |
USER32.dll |
ole32.dll |
Total processes
68
Monitored processes
20
Malicious processes
6
Suspicious processes
1
Behavior graph
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Process information
PID | CMD | Path | Indicators | Parent process | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 968 | "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Quasar Golden Edition.exe" | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Quasar Golden Edition.exe | — | Quasar Golden Edition.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Integrity Level: HIGH Exit code: 3221225794 Modules
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| 1492 | "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Quasar Golden Edition.exe" | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Quasar Golden Edition.exe | — | Quasar Golden Edition.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Integrity Level: HIGH Exit code: 0 Modules
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| 1900 | "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Client-built.exe" | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Client-built.exe | — | Quasar Golden Edition.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Integrity Level: HIGH Exit code: 0 Version: 1.3.0.0 Modules
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| 2068 | "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Quasar Golden Edition.exe" | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Quasar Golden Edition.exe | — | Quasar Golden Edition.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Integrity Level: HIGH Exit code: 0 Modules
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| 2284 | "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Client-built.exe" | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Client-built.exe | — | Quasar Golden Edition.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Integrity Level: HIGH Exit code: 0 Version: 1.3.0.0 Modules
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| 2388 | "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Quasar Golden Edition.exe" | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Quasar Golden Edition.exe | — | Quasar Golden Edition.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Integrity Level: HIGH Exit code: 0 Modules
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| 2576 | "schtasks" /create /tn "Microsoft assistance" /sc ONLOGON /tr "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Client-built.exe" /rl HIGHEST /f | C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe | — | Client-built.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: HIGH Description: Manages scheduled tasks Exit code: 0 Version: 6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255) Modules
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| 2776 | "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Quasar Golden Edition.exe" | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Quasar Golden Edition.exe | — | Quasar Golden Edition.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Integrity Level: HIGH Exit code: 0 Modules
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| 2800 | "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Quasar Golden Edition.exe" | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Quasar Golden Edition.exe | — | Quasar Golden Edition.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Integrity Level: HIGH Exit code: 0 Modules
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| 2808 | "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Quasar Golden Edition.exe" | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Quasar Golden Edition.exe | explorer.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Integrity Level: HIGH Exit code: 0 Modules
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Total events
2 830
Read events
2 786
Write events
44
Delete events
0
Modification events
| (PID) Process: | (2808) Quasar Golden Edition.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap |
| Operation: | write | Name: | UNCAsIntranet |
Value: 0 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (2808) Quasar Golden Edition.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap |
| Operation: | write | Name: | AutoDetect |
Value: 1 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3664) Quasar Golden Edition.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap |
| Operation: | write | Name: | UNCAsIntranet |
Value: 0 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3664) Quasar Golden Edition.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap |
| Operation: | write | Name: | AutoDetect |
Value: 1 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (2776) Quasar Golden Edition.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap |
| Operation: | write | Name: | UNCAsIntranet |
Value: 0 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (2776) Quasar Golden Edition.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap |
| Operation: | write | Name: | AutoDetect |
Value: 1 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3888) Quasar Golden Edition.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap |
| Operation: | write | Name: | UNCAsIntranet |
Value: 0 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3888) Quasar Golden Edition.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap |
| Operation: | write | Name: | AutoDetect |
Value: 1 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3432) Client-built.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\Client-built_RASAPI32 |
| Operation: | write | Name: | EnableFileTracing |
Value: 0 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3432) Client-built.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\Client-built_RASAPI32 |
| Operation: | write | Name: | EnableConsoleTracing |
Value: 0 | |||
Executable files
2
Suspicious files
0
Text files
0
Unknown types
0
Dropped files
PID | Process | Filename | Type | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2808 | Quasar Golden Edition.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nscE587.tmp | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 3664 | Quasar Golden Edition.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nseE97F.tmp | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 2776 | Quasar Golden Edition.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nspEC7C.tmp | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 3888 | Quasar Golden Edition.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nshF16E.tmp | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 1492 | Quasar Golden Edition.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nsjF602.tmp | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 2388 | Quasar Golden Edition.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nsaFB51.tmp | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 2800 | Quasar Golden Edition.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nsd10E.tmp | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 2068 | Quasar Golden Edition.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nsf5A2.tmp | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 3432 | Client-built.exe | C:\Windows\system32\SubDir\WinLogon.exe | executable | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 2808 | Quasar Golden Edition.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Client-built.exe | executable | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
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HTTP(S) requests
2
TCP/UDP connections
2
DNS requests
1
Threats
8
HTTP requests
PID | Process | Method | HTTP Code | IP | URL | CN | Type | Size | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3432 | Client-built.exe | GET | 200 | 208.95.112.1:80 | http://ip-api.com/json/ | unknown | text | 285 b | malicious |
3388 | Client-built.exe | GET | 200 | 208.95.112.1:80 | http://ip-api.com/json/ | unknown | text | 285 b | malicious |
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Connections
PID | Process | IP | Domain | ASN | CN | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3432 | Client-built.exe | 208.95.112.1:80 | ip-api.com | IBURST | — | malicious |
3388 | Client-built.exe | 208.95.112.1:80 | ip-api.com | IBURST | — | malicious |
DNS requests
Domain | IP | Reputation |
|---|---|---|
ip-api.com |
| malicious |
Threats
PID | Process | Class | Message |
|---|---|---|---|
3432 | Client-built.exe | Potential Corporate Privacy Violation | ET POLICY External IP Lookup ip-api.com |
3432 | Client-built.exe | Potential Corporate Privacy Violation | AV POLICY Internal Host Retrieving External IP Address (ip-api. com) |
3432 | Client-built.exe | A Network Trojan was detected | REMOTE [PTsecurity] Quasar.RAT IP Lookup |
3388 | Client-built.exe | Potential Corporate Privacy Violation | ET POLICY External IP Lookup ip-api.com |
3388 | Client-built.exe | Potential Corporate Privacy Violation | AV POLICY Internal Host Retrieving External IP Address (ip-api. com) |
3388 | Client-built.exe | A Network Trojan was detected | REMOTE [PTsecurity] Quasar.RAT IP Lookup |
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