| 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: | |
| 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 |
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)
Changes the autorun value in the registry
- Checker.exe (PID: 2084)
- windefender.exe (PID: 3252)
QUASAR was detected
- 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
- Checker.exe (PID: 2084)
- windefender.exe (PID: 3252)
INFO
Manual execution by user
- NordVPN Account checker by C0rpz and Nadir.exe (PID: 1772)
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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/ |
Total processes
46
Monitored processes
7
Malicious processes
4
Suspicious processes
0
Behavior graph
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Process information
PID | CMD | Path | Indicators | Parent process | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.exe | — | SearchIndexer.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) Modules
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| 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 Modules
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| 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 Modules
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| 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.exe | — | NordVPN 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) Modules
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| 3252 | "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\windefender.exe" | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\windefender.exe | Checker.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Integrity Level: MEDIUM Exit code: 0 Version: 1.3.0.0 Modules
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| 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 Exit code: 0 Version: 5.60.0 Modules
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| 3840 | choice /C Y /N /D Y /T 1 | C:\Windows\system32\choice.exe | — | cmd.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) Modules
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Total events
1 305
Read events
1 245
Write events
60
Delete events
0
Modification events
| (PID) Process: | (3540) WinRAR.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\WinRAR\Interface\Themes |
| Operation: | write | Name: | ShellExtBMP |
Value: | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3540) WinRAR.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\WinRAR\Interface\Themes |
| Operation: | write | Name: | ShellExtIcon |
Value: | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3540) WinRAR.exe | Key: | HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\MuiCache\70\52C64B7E |
| Operation: | write | Name: | LanguageList |
Value: en-US | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3540) WinRAR.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\WinRAR\ArcHistory |
| Operation: | write | Name: | 0 |
Value: C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\14.zip | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3540) WinRAR.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\WinRAR\FileList\FileColumnWidths |
| Operation: | write | Name: | name |
Value: 120 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3540) WinRAR.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\WinRAR\FileList\FileColumnWidths |
| Operation: | write | Name: | size |
Value: 80 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3540) WinRAR.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\WinRAR\FileList\FileColumnWidths |
| Operation: | write | Name: | type |
Value: 120 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3540) WinRAR.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\WinRAR\FileList\FileColumnWidths |
| Operation: | write | Name: | mtime |
Value: 100 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (1772) NordVPN Account checker by C0rpz and Nadir.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\NordVPN Account checker by C0rpz and Nadir_RASAPI32 |
| Operation: | write | Name: | EnableFileTracing |
Value: 0 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (1772) NordVPN Account checker by C0rpz and Nadir.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\NordVPN Account checker by C0rpz and Nadir_RASAPI32 |
| Operation: | write | Name: | EnableConsoleTracing |
Value: 0 | |||
Executable files
5
Suspicious files
0
Text files
0
Unknown types
0
Dropped files
PID | Process | Filename | Type | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1772 | NordVPN Account checker by C0rpz and Nadir.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Checker.exe | executable | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 3540 | WinRAR.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Rar$DRa3540.8193\nVPN checker by C0rpz and nadir\NordVPN Account checker by C0rpz and Nadir.exe | executable | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 2084 | Checker.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\SubDir\windefender.exe | executable | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 3540 | WinRAR.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Rar$DRa3540.8193\nVPN checker by C0rpz and nadir\Colorful.Console.dll | executable | |
MD5:5F3D2CFBC21591B8FEEF1EFA3E59A4D0 | SHA256:F31D4FD7E729FC6CF4ECAB972B6B1EE897918A325B1CA572030966F831E768FB | |||
| 3540 | WinRAR.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Rar$DRa3540.8193\nVPN checker by C0rpz and nadir\Leaf.xNet.dll | executable | |
MD5:B5CB88DE9FE40B6645496F9543CE8E26 | SHA256:A91293829D0A4A0F2F34787FC1BA13B9D3AA4F640D0FCA652B24A88F464BC343 | |||
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HTTP(S) requests
4
TCP/UDP connections
6
DNS requests
6
Threats
11
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 | — | — | malicious |
2084 | Checker.exe | GET | 403 | 104.26.14.73:80 | http://freegeoip.net/shutdown | US | text | 1.51 Kb | malicious |
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 | malicious |
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Connections
PID | Process | IP | Domain | ASN | CN | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1772 | NordVPN Account checker by C0rpz and Nadir.exe | 162.159.129.233:443 | cdn.discordapp.com | Cloudflare Inc | — | shared |
2084 | Checker.exe | 185.194.141.58:80 | ip-api.com | netcup GmbH | DE | unknown |
2084 | Checker.exe | 104.26.14.73:80 | freegeoip.net | Cloudflare Inc | US | shared |
2084 | Checker.exe | 50.16.229.140:80 | api.ipify.org | Amazon.com, Inc. | US | malicious |
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 |
DNS requests
Domain | IP | Reputation |
|---|---|---|
cdn.discordapp.com |
| shared |
ip-api.com |
| malicious |
freegeoip.net |
| malicious |
api.ipify.org |
| shared |
dns.msftncsi.com |
| 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