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File name:

kQe$ZQXJ.exe

Full analysis: https://app.any.run/tasks/41e8904c-a2fa-4f78-bf7a-2e826d2304e0
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: February 22, 2020, 09:26:58
OS: Windows 7 Professional Service Pack 1 (build: 7601, 32 bit)
Tags:
evasion
trojan
rat
quasar
Indicators:
MIME: application/x-dosexec
File info: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows
MD5:

C43C4015CE441988056150AB7CF0D14C

SHA1:

E0AC77E1B2A28822527D0F92DC7864494016516B

SHA256:

D34EA8E83A6A4FE7FAE88B2992D153B47FFF89F69991826506DD2F9B57D047FD

SSDEEP:

49152:LILgsl3dfyy5DjHJVU4PCL2KsO4GvcTgfZSyMZHIkqJ4pLS:LILDlZbBH73CL2K/vwgxSHoJ4p

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  • MALICIOUS

    • QUASAR was detected

      • kQe$ZQXJ.exe (PID: 1840)
  • SUSPICIOUS

    • Creates files in the program directory

      • kQe$ZQXJ.exe (PID: 1840)
    • Connects to unusual port

      • kQe$ZQXJ.exe (PID: 1840)
    • Checks for external IP

      • kQe$ZQXJ.exe (PID: 1840)
    • Creates files in the user directory

      • kQe$ZQXJ.exe (PID: 1840)
  • INFO

    No info indicators.
Find more information about signature artifacts and mapping to MITRE ATT&CK™ MATRIX at the full report
No Malware configuration.

TRiD

.exe | Win32 Executable (generic) (52.9)
.exe | Generic Win/DOS Executable (23.5)
.exe | DOS Executable Generic (23.5)

EXIF

EXE

OfficialBuild: 1
LastChange: dc00a510e4c2ae25c4d084cc3d946fc782249224-refs/branch-heads/3987@{#917}
ProductShortName: Chrome
CompanyShortName: Google
ProductVersion: 80.0.3987.116
ProductName: Google Chrome
OriginalFileName: chrome.exe
LegalCopyright: Copyright 2019 Google LLC. All rights reserved.
InternalName: chrome_exe
FileVersion: 80.0.3987.116
FileDescription: Google Chrome
CompanyName: Google LLC
CharacterSet: Unicode
LanguageCode: English (U.S.)
FileSubtype: -
ObjectFileType: Executable application
FileOS: Win32
FileFlags: (none)
FileFlagsMask: 0x0017
ProductVersionNumber: 80.0.3987.116
FileVersionNumber: 80.0.3987.116
Subsystem: Windows GUI
SubsystemVersion: 4
ImageVersion: -
OSVersion: 4
EntryPoint: 0x738000
UninitializedDataSize: -
InitializedDataSize: 3072
CodeSize: 292352
LinkerVersion: 8
PEType: PE32
TimeStamp: 2020:02:22 09:53:14+01:00
MachineType: Intel 386 or later, and compatibles

Summary

Architecture: IMAGE_FILE_MACHINE_I386
Subsystem: IMAGE_SUBSYSTEM_WINDOWS_GUI
Compilation Date: 22-Feb-2020 08:53:14
Detected languages:
  • English - United States
CompanyName: Google LLC
FileDescription: Google Chrome
FileVersion: 80.0.3987.116
InternalName: chrome_exe
LegalCopyright: Copyright 2019 Google LLC. All rights reserved.
OriginalFilename: chrome.exe
ProductName: Google Chrome
ProductVersion: 80.0.3987.116
CompanyShortName: Google
ProductShortName: Chrome
LastChange: dc00a510e4c2ae25c4d084cc3d946fc782249224-refs/branch-heads/3987@{#917}
Official Build: 1

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: 0x867A
OEM information: 0x0000
Address of NE header: 0x00000080

PE Headers

Signature: PE
Machine: IMAGE_FILE_MACHINE_I386
Number of sections: 7
Time date stamp: 22-Feb-2020 08:53:14
Pointer to Symbol Table: 0x00000000
Number of symbols: 0
Size of Optional Header: 0x00E0
Characteristics:
  • IMAGE_FILE_32BIT_MACHINE
  • IMAGE_FILE_EXECUTABLE_IMAGE

Sections

Name
Virtual Address
Virtual Size
Raw Size
Charateristics
Entropy
0x00002000
0x00048000
0x0001E000
IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_EXECUTE, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_WRITE
7.97826
.rsrc
0x0004A000
0x00000968
0x00000600
IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_WRITE
6.27441
.idata
0x0004C000
0x00002000
0x00000200
IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_WRITE
1.30872
0x0004E000
0x0043C000
0x00000200
IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_EXECUTE, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_WRITE
0.240445
ofetunih
0x0048A000
0x002AC000
0x002AAE00
IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_EXECUTE, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_WRITE
7.95503
xxsuecrj
0x00736000
0x00002000
0x00000200
IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_EXECUTE, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_WRITE
4.34233
.taggant
0x00738000
0x00004000
0x00002200
IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_EXECUTE, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_WRITE
3.7165

Resources

Title
Entropy
Size
Codepage
Language
Type
1
5.18749
1144
UNKNOWN
UNKNOWN
RT_MANIFEST

Imports

comctl32.dll
kernel32.dll
No data.
screenshotscreenshotscreenshot
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Total processes
34
Monitored processes
1
Malicious processes
1
Suspicious processes
0

Behavior graph

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start #QUASAR kqe$zqxj.exe

Process information

PID
CMD
Path
Indicators
Parent process
1840"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\kQe$ZQXJ.exe" C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\kQe$ZQXJ.exe
explorer.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Google LLC
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Google Chrome
Version:
80.0.3987.116
Total events
75
Read events
63
Write events
12
Delete events
0

Modification events

(PID) Process:(1840) kQe$ZQXJ.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\kQe$ZQXJ_RASAPI32
Operation:writeName:EnableFileTracing
Value:
0
(PID) Process:(1840) kQe$ZQXJ.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\kQe$ZQXJ_RASAPI32
Operation:writeName:EnableConsoleTracing
Value:
0
(PID) Process:(1840) kQe$ZQXJ.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\kQe$ZQXJ_RASAPI32
Operation:writeName:FileTracingMask
Value:
4294901760
(PID) Process:(1840) kQe$ZQXJ.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\kQe$ZQXJ_RASAPI32
Operation:writeName:ConsoleTracingMask
Value:
4294901760
(PID) Process:(1840) kQe$ZQXJ.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\kQe$ZQXJ_RASAPI32
Operation:writeName:MaxFileSize
Value:
1048576
(PID) Process:(1840) kQe$ZQXJ.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\kQe$ZQXJ_RASAPI32
Operation:writeName:FileDirectory
Value:
%windir%\tracing
(PID) Process:(1840) kQe$ZQXJ.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\kQe$ZQXJ_RASMANCS
Operation:writeName:EnableFileTracing
Value:
0
(PID) Process:(1840) kQe$ZQXJ.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\kQe$ZQXJ_RASMANCS
Operation:writeName:EnableConsoleTracing
Value:
0
(PID) Process:(1840) kQe$ZQXJ.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\kQe$ZQXJ_RASMANCS
Operation:writeName:FileTracingMask
Value:
4294901760
(PID) Process:(1840) kQe$ZQXJ.exeKey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\kQe$ZQXJ_RASMANCS
Operation:writeName:ConsoleTracingMask
Value:
4294901760
Executable files
0
Suspicious files
2
Text files
0
Unknown types
0

Dropped files

PID
Process
Filename
Type
1840kQe$ZQXJ.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Logs\02-22-2020binary
MD5:42E2A231A1A185FBDBACF25B38834E45
SHA256:F5E8FC413FE611560B390C08A096E714635ED0D8EF5D73B62DFAA5C38D836D86
1840kQe$ZQXJ.exeC:\ProgramData\mntempbinary
MD5:67FF9AEF4055D5B916607ACF1880E5F8
SHA256:1C68F5504515B63B9217F2EFE4B049823643095AD399A1BAB10B0AAE01406F59
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HTTP(S) requests
1
TCP/UDP connections
2
DNS requests
1
Threats
0

HTTP requests

PID
Process
Method
HTTP Code
IP
URL
CN
Type
Size
Reputation
1840
kQe$ZQXJ.exe
GET
200
208.95.112.1:80
http://ip-api.com/json/
unknown
text
346 b
shared
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Connections

PID
Process
IP
Domain
ASN
CN
Reputation
1840
kQe$ZQXJ.exe
208.95.112.1:80
ip-api.com
IBURST
malicious
1840
kQe$ZQXJ.exe
45.128.150.38:222
suspicious

DNS requests

Domain
IP
Reputation
ip-api.com
  • 208.95.112.1
shared

Threats

PID
Process
Class
Message
1840
kQe$ZQXJ.exe
Potential Corporate Privacy Violation
ET POLICY External IP Lookup ip-api.com
1840
kQe$ZQXJ.exe
Potential Corporate Privacy Violation
AV POLICY Internal Host Retrieving External IP Address (ip-api. com)
1840
kQe$ZQXJ.exe
A Network Trojan was detected
REMOTE [PTsecurity] Quasar.RAT IP Lookup
1840
kQe$ZQXJ.exe
A Network Trojan was detected
REMOTE [PTsecurity] Quasar
1 ETPRO signatures available at the full report
Process
Message
kQe$ZQXJ.exe
%s------------------------------------------------ --- WinLicense Professional --- --- (c)2012 Oreans Technologies --- ------------------------------------------------