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File name:

14.zip

Full analysis: https://app.any.run/tasks/3b2d288a-56f9-4ab5-a03b-44840b946148
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: July 17, 2019, 09:34:13
OS: Windows 7 Professional Service Pack 1 (build: 7601, 32 bit)
Tags:
evasion
trojan
rat
quasar
Indicators:
MIME: application/zip
File info: Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract
MD5:

C72823007DAEF4F39CFE02D49CAE4802

SHA1:

8B5465114AE074D2B9DD260272BA9A8B2B9A0D17

SHA256:

E98B2BB010C379EBC9E33E83DC094FC83546643FEC117E66475A731A075E51BA

SSDEEP:

24576:tTyjaX73W7wM10/lSw+i7bY5PXdGIcl7vsGyQh9s7UDJZ+RF1PC2Vk:tTwGrWMNSw+inYhtGb7vsG3sgaRTk

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  • MALICIOUS

    • Application was dropped or rewritten from another process

      • NordVPN Account checker by C0rpz and Nadir.exe (PID: 1772)
      • Checker.exe (PID: 2084)
      • windefender.exe (PID: 3252)
    • Loads dropped or rewritten executable

      • SearchProtocolHost.exe (PID: 840)
    • QUASAR was detected

      • windefender.exe (PID: 3252)
    • Changes the autorun value in the registry

      • Checker.exe (PID: 2084)
      • windefender.exe (PID: 3252)
  • SUSPICIOUS

    • Executable content was dropped or overwritten

      • WinRAR.exe (PID: 3540)
      • NordVPN Account checker by C0rpz and Nadir.exe (PID: 1772)
      • Checker.exe (PID: 2084)
    • Creates files in the user directory

      • NordVPN Account checker by C0rpz and Nadir.exe (PID: 1772)
      • Checker.exe (PID: 2084)
    • Starts CMD.EXE for commands execution

      • NordVPN Account checker by C0rpz and Nadir.exe (PID: 1772)
    • Starts CHOICE.EXE (used to create a delay)

      • cmd.exe (PID: 3116)
    • Starts itself from another location

      • Checker.exe (PID: 2084)
    • Checks for external IP

      • windefender.exe (PID: 3252)
      • Checker.exe (PID: 2084)
  • INFO

    • Manual execution by user

      • NordVPN Account checker by C0rpz and Nadir.exe (PID: 1772)
Find more information about signature artifacts and mapping to MITRE ATT&CK™ MATRIX at the full report
No Malware configuration.

TRiD

.zip | ZIP compressed archive (100)

EXIF

ZIP

ZipRequiredVersion: 788
ZipBitFlag: -
ZipCompression: None
ZipModifyDate: 2019:07:16 20:56:07
ZipCRC: 0x00000000
ZipCompressedSize: -
ZipUncompressedSize: -
ZipFileName: nVPN checker by C0rpz and nadir/
No data.
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Total processes
46
Monitored processes
7
Malicious processes
4
Suspicious processes
0

Behavior graph

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start drop and start drop and start winrar.exe nordvpn account checker by c0rpz and nadir.exe searchprotocolhost.exe no specs checker.exe cmd.exe no specs choice.exe no specs #QUASAR windefender.exe

Process information

PID
CMD
Path
Indicators
Parent process
3540"C:\Program Files\WinRAR\WinRAR.exe" "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\14.zip"C:\Program Files\WinRAR\WinRAR.exe
explorer.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Alexander Roshal
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
WinRAR archiver
Version:
5.60.0
1772"C:\Users\admin\Desktop\nVPN checker by C0rpz and nadir\NordVPN Account checker by C0rpz and Nadir.exe" C:\Users\admin\Desktop\nVPN checker by C0rpz and nadir\NordVPN Account checker by C0rpz and Nadir.exe
explorer.exe
User:
admin
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Lime-Dropper-1
Exit code:
0
Version:
1.0.0.0
840"C:\Windows\system32\SearchProtocolHost.exe" Global\UsGthrFltPipeMssGthrPipe8_ Global\UsGthrCtrlFltPipeMssGthrPipe8 1 -2147483646 "Software\Microsoft\Windows Search" "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT; MS Search 4.0 Robot)" "C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Search\Data\Temp\usgthrsvc" "DownLevelDaemon" C:\Windows\System32\SearchProtocolHost.exeSearchIndexer.exe
User:
SYSTEM
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
SYSTEM
Description:
Microsoft Windows Search Protocol Host
Exit code:
0
Version:
7.00.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)
2084"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Checker.exe" C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Checker.exe
NordVPN Account checker by C0rpz and Nadir.exe
User:
admin
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Exit code:
0
Version:
1.3.0.0
3116"C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C choice /C Y /N /D Y /T 1 & Del "C:\Users\admin\Desktop\nVPN checker by C0rpz and nadir\NordVPN Account checker by C0rpz and Nadir.exe"C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exeNordVPN Account checker by C0rpz and Nadir.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Windows Command Processor
Exit code:
0
Version:
6.1.7601.17514 (win7sp1_rtm.101119-1850)
3840choice /C Y /N /D Y /T 1 C:\Windows\system32\choice.execmd.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Offers the user a choice
Exit code:
1
Version:
6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)
3252"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\windefender.exe"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\windefender.exe
Checker.exe
User:
admin
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Version:
1.3.0.0
Total events
1 305
Read events
1 245
Write events
0
Delete events
0

Modification events

No data
Executable files
5
Suspicious files
0
Text files
0
Unknown types
0

Dropped files

PID
Process
Filename
Type
2084Checker.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\windefender.exeexecutable
MD5:5015F0193E9625C6A7D72E682C96B698
SHA256:E383E74D909BB6B29BFD139BFBBCF1422879751E02CB5299416793522B5D078F
1772NordVPN Account checker by C0rpz and Nadir.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Checker.exeexecutable
MD5:5015F0193E9625C6A7D72E682C96B698
SHA256:E383E74D909BB6B29BFD139BFBBCF1422879751E02CB5299416793522B5D078F
3540WinRAR.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Rar$DRa3540.8193\nVPN checker by C0rpz and nadir\NordVPN Account checker by C0rpz and Nadir.exeexecutable
MD5:DB0590AB324516D7E51A13E75E3C60C0
SHA256:C38A706071CAB1D53EC84D88E280351B14113D52EF97396B5F934B314E1E1E09
3540WinRAR.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Rar$DRa3540.8193\nVPN checker by C0rpz and nadir\Leaf.xNet.dllexecutable
MD5:B5CB88DE9FE40B6645496F9543CE8E26
SHA256:A91293829D0A4A0F2F34787FC1BA13B9D3AA4F640D0FCA652B24A88F464BC343
3540WinRAR.exeC:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Rar$DRa3540.8193\nVPN checker by C0rpz and nadir\Colorful.Console.dllexecutable
MD5:5F3D2CFBC21591B8FEEF1EFA3E59A4D0
SHA256:F31D4FD7E729FC6CF4ECAB972B6B1EE897918A325B1CA572030966F831E768FB
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HTTP(S) requests
4
TCP/UDP connections
6
DNS requests
6
Threats
0

HTTP requests

PID
Process
Method
HTTP Code
IP
URL
CN
Type
Size
Reputation
2084
Checker.exe
GET
301
104.26.14.73:80
http://freegeoip.net/xml/
US
shared
2084
Checker.exe
GET
403
104.26.14.73:80
http://freegeoip.net/shutdown
US
text
1.51 Kb
shared
2084
Checker.exe
GET
200
50.16.229.140:80
http://api.ipify.org/
US
text
15 b
shared
3252
windefender.exe
GET
200
185.194.141.58:80
http://ip-api.com/json/
DE
text
256 b
shared
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Connections

PID
Process
IP
Domain
ASN
CN
Reputation
2084
Checker.exe
185.194.141.58:80
ip-api.com
netcup GmbH
DE
unknown
1772
NordVPN Account checker by C0rpz and Nadir.exe
162.159.129.233:443
cdn.discordapp.com
Cloudflare Inc
shared
2084
Checker.exe
104.26.14.73:80
freegeoip.net
Cloudflare Inc
US
shared
3252
windefender.exe
185.194.141.58:80
ip-api.com
netcup GmbH
DE
unknown
3252
windefender.exe
134.209.92.44:4782
US
malicious
2084
Checker.exe
50.16.229.140:80
api.ipify.org
Amazon.com, Inc.
US
malicious

DNS requests

Domain
IP
Reputation
cdn.discordapp.com
  • 162.159.129.233
  • 162.159.130.233
  • 162.159.134.233
  • 162.159.133.233
  • 162.159.135.233
shared
ip-api.com
  • 185.194.141.58
shared
freegeoip.net
  • 104.26.14.73
  • 104.26.15.73
shared
api.ipify.org
  • 50.16.229.140
  • 54.243.198.12
  • 107.22.215.20
  • 54.204.36.156
  • 50.19.247.198
  • 54.235.124.112
  • 23.23.243.154
  • 54.243.147.226
shared
dns.msftncsi.com
  • 131.107.255.255
shared

Threats

PID
Process
Class
Message
2084
Checker.exe
Potential Corporate Privacy Violation
ET POLICY External IP Lookup api.ipify.org
2084
Checker.exe
A Network Trojan was detected
MALWARE [PTsecurity] Possible W32/Quasar 1.3 RAT Connectivity Check
3252
windefender.exe
Potential Corporate Privacy Violation
ET POLICY External IP Lookup ip-api.com
3252
windefender.exe
Potential Corporate Privacy Violation
AV POLICY Internal Host Retrieving External IP Address (ip-api. com)
3252
windefender.exe
A Network Trojan was detected
MALWARE [PTsecurity] Quasar 1.3 RAT IP Lookup ip-api.com (HTTP headeer)
3252
windefender.exe
A Network Trojan was detected
MALWARE [PTsecurity] Quasar RAT
5 ETPRO signatures available at the full report
No debug info