Malware analysis Zula Spacex Hack.exe Malicious activity

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File name:	Zula Spacex Hack.exe
Full analysis:	https://app.any.run/tasks/d02e08cc-d11f-4c06-8bce-37e201fb88c5
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. Malware Trends Tracker >>>
Analysis date:	January 10, 2025, 18:54:08
OS:	Windows 10 Professional (build: 19045, 64 bit)
Tags:	quasar
Indicators:
MIME:	application/vnd.microsoft.portable-executable
File info:	PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386 Mono/.Net assembly, for MS Windows, 3 sections
MD5:	9EA8A4AE340433B891D28439C307C3F1
SHA1:	F8BB6E9961CCF4C6F0D340A715EC418D777A20B4
SHA256:	EB8AC22CB3171099CE9F453185E1C66484A4BDDBF612D463365C4BC7C66D73C5
SSDEEP:	98304:aSyWHQCGILj9fdCdygwiofX7oaAb4cur4kuaCy+L1nERw1nhM78ULK7SCUaZ+2yX:ZAFW

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Launch configuration

Task duration:: 60 seconds
Heavy Evasion option:: off
Network geolocation:: off
Additional time used:: none
MITM proxy:: off
Privacy:: Public submission
Fakenet option:: off
Route via Tor:: off
Autoconfirmation of UAC:: on
Network:: on

Software preset

Internet Explorer 11.3636.19041.0
Adobe Acrobat (64-bit) (23.001.20093)
Adobe Flash Player 32 NPAPI (32.0.0.465)
Adobe Flash Player 32 PPAPI (32.0.0.465)
CCleaner (6.20)
FileZilla 3.65.0 (3.65.0)
Google Chrome (122.0.6261.70)
Google Update Helper (1.3.36.51)
Java 8 Update 271 (64-bit) (8.0.2710.9)
Java Auto Updater (2.8.271.9)
Microsoft Edge (122.0.2365.59)
Microsoft Edge Update (1.3.185.17)
Microsoft Office Professional 2019 - de-de (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office Professional 2019 - en-us (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office Professional 2019 - es-es (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office Professional 2019 - it-it (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office Professional 2019 - ja-jp (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office Professional 2019 - ko-kr (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office Professional 2019 - pt-br (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office Professional 2019 - tr-tr (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office Professionnel 2019 - fr-fr (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office профессиональный 2019 - ru-ru (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft OneNote - en-us (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Update Health Tools (3.74.0.0)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 Redistributable (x64) - 12.0.30501 (12.0.30501.0)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 x64 Additional Runtime - 12.0.21005 (12.0.21005)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 x64 Minimum Runtime - 12.0.21005 (12.0.21005)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2015-2022 Redistributable (x64) - 14.36.32532 (14.36.32532.0)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2015-2022 Redistributable (x86) - 14.36.32532 (14.36.32532.0)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2022 X64 Additional Runtime - 14.36.32532 (14.36.32532)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2022 X64 Minimum Runtime - 14.36.32532 (14.36.32532)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2022 X86 Additional Runtime - 14.36.32532 (14.36.32532)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2022 X86 Minimum Runtime - 14.36.32532 (14.36.32532)
Mozilla Firefox (x64 en-US) (123.0)
Mozilla Maintenance Service (123.0)
Notepad++ (64-bit x64) (7.9.1)
Office 16 Click-to-Run Extensibility Component (16.0.15726.20202)
Office 16 Click-to-Run Licensing Component (16.0.16026.20146)
Office 16 Click-to-Run Localization Component (16.0.15726.20202)
Office 16 Click-to-Run Localization Component (16.0.15928.20198)
PowerShell 7-x64 (7.3.5.0)
Skype version 8.104 (8.104)
Update for Windows 10 for x64-based Systems (KB4023057) (2.59.0.0)
Update for Windows 10 for x64-based Systems (KB4023057) (2.63.0.0)
Update for Windows 10 for x64-based Systems (KB4480730) (2.55.0.0)
Update for Windows 10 for x64-based Systems (KB5001716) (8.93.0.0)
VLC media player (3.0.11)
WinRAR 5.91 (64-bit) (5.91.0)
Windows PC Health Check (3.6.2204.08001)

Hotfixes

Client LanguagePack Package
DotNetRollup
DotNetRollup 481
FodMetadata Package
Foundation Package
Hello Face Package
InternetExplorer Optional Package
KB5003791
KB5011048
KB5015684
KB5033052
LanguageFeatures Basic en us Package
LanguageFeatures Handwriting en us Package
LanguageFeatures OCR en us Package
LanguageFeatures Speech en us Package
LanguageFeatures TextToSpeech en us Package
MSPaint FoD Package
MediaPlayer Package
Microsoft OneCore ApplicationModel Sync Desktop FOD Package
Microsoft OneCore DirectX Database FOD Package
NetFx3 OnDemand Package
Notepad FoD Package
OpenSSH Client Package
PowerShell ISE FOD Package
Printing PMCPPC FoD Package
Printing WFS FoD Package
ProfessionalEdition
QuickAssist Package
RollupFix
ServicingStack
ServicingStack 3989
StepsRecorder Package
TabletPCMath Package
UserExperience Desktop Package
WordPad FoD Package

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MALICIOUS
- Uses Task Scheduler to autorun other applications
  - svchost.exe (PID: 6524)
  - svchost.exe (PID: 6864)
- QUASAR has been detected (YARA)
  - svchost.exe (PID: 6864)
  - Zula Spacex Hack.exe (PID: 6424)
SUSPICIOUS
- Starts itself from another location
  - svchost.exe (PID: 6524)
- Process drops legitimate windows executable
  - Zula Spacex Hack.exe (PID: 6424)
  - svchost.exe (PID: 6524)
- Executable content was dropped or overwritten
  - Zula Spacex Hack.exe (PID: 6424)
  - svchost.exe (PID: 6524)
INFO
- Checks supported languages
  - svchost.exe (PID: 6524)
  - svchost.exe (PID: 6864)
  - Zula Spacex Hack.exe (PID: 6424)
- The sample compiled with english language support
  - Zula Spacex Hack.exe (PID: 6424)
  - svchost.exe (PID: 6524)
- Reads the machine GUID from the registry
  - svchost.exe (PID: 6524)
  - Zula Spacex Hack.exe (PID: 6424)
  - svchost.exe (PID: 6864)
- Reads the computer name
  - Zula Spacex Hack.exe (PID: 6424)
  - svchost.exe (PID: 6524)
  - svchost.exe (PID: 6864)
- The process uses the downloaded file
  - svchost.exe (PID: 6524)
- Reads Environment values
  - svchost.exe (PID: 6524)
  - svchost.exe (PID: 6864)
- Process checks computer location settings
  - Zula Spacex Hack.exe (PID: 6424)

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No Malware configuration.

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TRiD

.exe	\|	Generic CIL Executable (.NET, Mono, etc.) (56.7)
.exe	\|	Win64 Executable (generic) (21.3)
.scr	\|	Windows screen saver (10.1)
.dll	\|	Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (5)
.exe	\|	Win32 Executable (generic) (3.4)

EXIF

EXE

MachineType:	Intel 386 or later, and compatibles
TimeStamp:	2024:07:31 17:40:16+00:00
ImageFileCharacteristics:	Executable, Large address aware
PEType:	PE32
LinkerVersion:	8
CodeSize:	3162624
InitializedDataSize:	4608
UninitializedDataSize:	-
EntryPoint:	0x306172
OSVersion:	4
ImageVersion:	-
SubsystemVersion:	6
Subsystem:	Windows GUI

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Total processes

136

Monitored processes

Malicious processes

Suspicious processes

Behavior graph

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Process information

PID

CMD

Path

Indicators

Parent process

6264

"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Zula Spacex Hack.exe"

C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Zula Spacex Hack.exe

—

explorer.exe

User:

admin

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Exit code:

3221226540

Modules

Images
c:\users\admin\appdata\local\temp\zula spacex hack.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\ntdll.dll

6424

"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Zula Spacex Hack.exe"

C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Zula Spacex Hack.exe

explorer.exe

User:

admin

Integrity Level:

HIGH

Modules

Images
c:\users\admin\appdata\local\temp\zula spacex hack.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\wow64.dll
c:\windows\system32\wow64win.dll
c:\windows\system32\wow64cpu.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\mscoree.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\apphelp.dll

6524

"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Templates\svchost.exe"

C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Templates\svchost.exe

Zula Spacex Hack.exe

User:

admin

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

HIGH

Description:

Host Process for Windows Services

Exit code:

Version:

10.0.19041.4355 (WinBuild.160101.0800)

Modules

Images
c:\users\admin\appdata\roaming\microsoft\windows\templates\svchost.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\mscoree.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\apphelp.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll

6780

"schtasks" /create /tn "Update" /sc ONLOGON /tr "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Windows\svchost.exe" /rl HIGHEST /f

C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe

—

svchost.exe

User:

admin

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

HIGH

Description:

Task Scheduler Configuration Tool

Exit code:

Version:

10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)

Modules

Images
c:\windows\system32\schtasks.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\apphelp.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\oleaut32.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcp_win.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\combase.dll

6800

\??\C:\WINDOWS\system32\conhost.exe 0xffffffff -ForceV1

C:\Windows\System32\conhost.exe

—

schtasks.exe

User:

admin

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

HIGH

Description:

Console Window Host

Exit code:

Version:

10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)

Modules

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c:\windows\system32\conhost.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcp_win.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\shcore.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\combase.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll

6864

"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Windows\svchost.exe"

C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Windows\svchost.exe

svchost.exe

User:

admin

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

HIGH

Description:

Host Process for Windows Services

Version:

10.0.19041.4355 (WinBuild.160101.0800)

Modules

Images
c:\users\admin\appdata\roaming\windows\svchost.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\mscoree.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\apphelp.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll

6948

"schtasks" /create /tn "Update" /sc ONLOGON /tr "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Windows\svchost.exe" /rl HIGHEST /f

C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe

—

svchost.exe

User:

admin

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

HIGH

Description:

Task Scheduler Configuration Tool

Exit code:

Version:

10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)

Modules

Images
c:\windows\system32\schtasks.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\apphelp.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\oleaut32.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcp_win.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\combase.dll

6968

\??\C:\WINDOWS\system32\conhost.exe 0xffffffff -ForceV1

C:\Windows\System32\conhost.exe

—

schtasks.exe

User:

admin

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

HIGH

Description:

Console Window Host

Exit code:

Version:

10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)

Modules

Images
c:\windows\system32\conhost.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcp_win.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\shcore.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\combase.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll

2192

C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe -k NetworkService -p -s Dnscache

C:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe

services.exe

User:

NETWORK SERVICE

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

SYSTEM

Description:

Host Process for Windows Services

Version:

10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)

Modules

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c:\windows\system32\svchost.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\bcrypt.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\combase.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel.appcore.dll

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Total events

1 369

Read events

1 369

Write events

Delete events

Modification events

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Executable files

Suspicious files

Text files

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Dropped files

PID	Process	Filename		Type
6424	Zula Spacex Hack.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Templates\svchost.exe		executable
		MD5:E7E1387343960784B9026FB567F5D0AC	SHA256:43CE2EF57CEFBAE98D64239F8D8010C30F8AE65FE74308711BB2480C1558FA2A
6524	svchost.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Windows\svchost.exe		executable
		MD5:E7E1387343960784B9026FB567F5D0AC	SHA256:43CE2EF57CEFBAE98D64239F8D8010C30F8AE65FE74308711BB2480C1558FA2A

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HTTP(S) requests

TCP/UDP connections

DNS requests

Threats

HTTP requests

PID	Process	Method	HTTP Code	IP	URL	CN	Type	Size	Reputation
—	—	GET	200	23.48.23.169:80	http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
—	—	GET	200	192.229.221.95:80	http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBTrjrydRyt%2BApF3GSPypfHBxR5XtQQUs9tIpPmhxdiuNkHMEWNpYim8S8YCEAI5PUjXAkJafLQcAAsO18o%3D	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
1476	backgroundTaskHost.exe	GET	200	192.229.221.95:80	http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBQ50otx%2Fh0Ztl%2Bz8SiPI7wEWVxDlQQUTiJUIBiV5uNu5g%2F6%2BrkS7QYXjzkCEAUZZSZEml49Gjh0j13P68w%3D	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
—	—	GET	200	184.30.21.171:80	http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/MicSecSerCA2011_2011-10-18.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
5320	SIHClient.exe	GET	200	184.30.21.171:80	http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Product%20Root%20Certificate%20Authority%202018.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
—	—	GET	200	192.229.221.95:80	http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBSAUQYBMq2awn1Rh6Doh%2FsBYgFV7gQUA95QNVbRTLtm8KPiGxvDl7I90VUCEAJ0LqoXyo4hxxe7H%2Fz9DKA%3D	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
5320	SIHClient.exe	GET	200	184.30.21.171:80	http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Update%20Secure%20Server%20CA%202.1.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted

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Connections

PID	Process	IP	Domain	ASN	CN	Reputation
4712	MoUsoCoreWorker.exe	20.73.194.208:443	settings-win.data.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	NL	whitelisted
4	System	192.168.100.255:137	—	—	—	whitelisted
—	—	20.73.194.208:443	settings-win.data.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	NL	whitelisted
—	—	23.48.23.169:80	crl.microsoft.com	Akamai International B.V.	DE	whitelisted
—	—	184.30.21.171:80	www.microsoft.com	AKAMAI-AS	DE	whitelisted
6092	svchost.exe	20.73.194.208:443	settings-win.data.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	NL	whitelisted
5064	SearchApp.exe	104.126.37.131:443	www.bing.com	Akamai International B.V.	DE	whitelisted
4	System	192.168.100.255:138	—	—	—	whitelisted
—	—	192.229.221.95:80	ocsp.digicert.com	EDGECAST	US	whitelisted
1176	svchost.exe	40.126.31.73:443	login.live.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	IE	whitelisted

DNS requests

Domain	IP	Reputation
crl.microsoft.com	23.48.23.169 23.48.23.183 23.48.23.159 23.48.23.180 23.48.23.162 23.48.23.173 23.48.23.166 23.48.23.164 23.48.23.167	whitelisted
www.microsoft.com	184.30.21.171	whitelisted
google.com	142.250.186.78	whitelisted
www.bing.com	104.126.37.131 104.126.37.145	whitelisted
ocsp.digicert.com	192.229.221.95	whitelisted
login.live.com	40.126.31.73 40.126.31.67 20.190.159.64 20.190.159.75 40.126.31.69 20.190.159.73 20.190.159.0 20.190.159.71	whitelisted
go.microsoft.com	23.35.238.131	whitelisted
darkerzm.duckdns.org	78.186.196.68	malicious
settings-win.data.microsoft.com	51.124.78.146 20.73.194.208	whitelisted
arc.msn.com	20.103.156.88	whitelisted

Threats

PID	Process	Class	Message
—	—	Potentially Bad Traffic	ET INFO DYNAMIC_DNS Query to a *.duckdns .org Domain
—	—	Misc activity	ET INFO DYNAMIC_DNS Query to *.duckdns. Domain

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General Info

Zula Spacex Hack.exe

9EA8A4AE340433B891D28439C307C3F1

F8BB6E9961CCF4C6F0D340A715EC418D777A20B4

EB8AC22CB3171099CE9F453185E1C66484A4BDDBF612D463365C4BC7C66D73C5

98304:aSyWHQCGILj9fdCdygwiofX7oaAb4cur4kuaCy+L1nERw1nhM78ULK7SCUaZ+2yX:ZAFW

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MALICIOUS

Uses Task Scheduler to autorun other applications

QUASAR has been detected (YARA)

SUSPICIOUS

Starts itself from another location

Process drops legitimate windows executable

Executable content was dropped or overwritten

INFO

Checks supported languages

The sample compiled with english language support

Reads the machine GUID from the registry

Reads the computer name

The process uses the downloaded file

Reads Environment values

Process checks computer location settings

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