File name:

Microsoft-Defender.exe

Full analysis: https://app.any.run/tasks/8fa51f8e-9777-4dde-ad5d-949988cce257
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: September 12, 2024, 13:09:51
OS: Windows 10 Professional (build: 19045, 64 bit)
Tags:
quasar
Indicators:
MIME: application/x-dosexec
File info: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386 Mono/.Net assembly, for MS Windows
MD5:

5860AD3C6BD5FBF2CD469E9093C31B82

SHA1:

D03522F59101BFEC5A6A278F03BE3167112662BB

SHA256:

ED9C542CCE658498603C6ACAABE12889DB784E85E2CFA794A14AD6AD1318C4D2

SSDEEP:

49152:drABe6Mz2F1+5a0vX7kXvrDDflm/70IROQHD/3DgiLt2dB1VnrxspiUe5AJJzq9E:D2F1wa0vX7k/rDDflm/70Ig0DgYJ0g

ANY.RUN is an interactive service which provides full access to the guest system. Information in this report could be distorted by user actions and is provided for user acknowledgement as it is. ANY.RUN does not guarantee maliciousness or safety of the content.
  • MALICIOUS

    • QUASAR has been detected (YARA)

      • Microsoft-Defender.exe (PID: 5140)
  • SUSPICIOUS

    No suspicious indicators.
  • INFO

    • Checks supported languages

      • Microsoft-Defender.exe (PID: 5140)
    • Reads the computer name

      • Microsoft-Defender.exe (PID: 5140)
    • Reads the machine GUID from the registry

      • Microsoft-Defender.exe (PID: 5140)
    • Reads Environment values

      • Microsoft-Defender.exe (PID: 5140)
    • The process uses the downloaded file

      • Microsoft-Defender.exe (PID: 5140)
Find more information about signature artifacts and mapping to MITRE ATT&CK™ MATRIX at the full report
No Malware configuration.

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: 2023:03:12 16:16:39+00:00
ImageFileCharacteristics: Executable, 32-bit
PEType: PE32
LinkerVersion: 8
CodeSize: 3261952
InitializedDataSize: 3584
UninitializedDataSize: -
EntryPoint: 0x31e4ce
OSVersion: 4
ImageVersion: -
SubsystemVersion: 4
Subsystem: Windows GUI
FileVersionNumber: 1.4.1.0
ProductVersionNumber: 1.4.1.0
FileFlagsMask: 0x003f
FileFlags: (none)
FileOS: Win32
ObjectFileType: Executable application
FileSubtype: -
LanguageCode: Neutral
CharacterSet: Unicode
Comments: -
CompanyName: -
FileDescription: Quasar Client
FileVersion: 1.4.1
InternalName: Client.exe
LegalCopyright: Copyright © MaxXor 2023
LegalTrademarks: -
OriginalFileName: Client.exe
ProductName: Quasar
ProductVersion: 1.4.1
AssemblyVersion: 1.4.1.0
No data.
screenshotscreenshot
All screenshots are available in the full report
All screenshots are available in the full report
Total processes
127
Monitored processes
3
Malicious processes
1
Suspicious processes
0

Behavior graph

Click at the process to see the details
start #QUASAR microsoft-defender.exe no specs sppextcomobj.exe no specs slui.exe no specs

Process information

PID
CMD
Path
Indicators
Parent process
1372C:\WINDOWS\system32\SppExtComObj.exe -EmbeddingC:\Windows\System32\SppExtComObj.Exesvchost.exe
User:
NETWORK SERVICE
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
SYSTEM
Description:
KMS Connection Broker
Version:
10.0.19041.3996 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\sppextcomobj.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\bcrypt.dll
c:\windows\system32\oleaut32.dll
3140"C:\WINDOWS\System32\SLUI.exe" RuleId=3482d82e-ca2c-4e1f-8864-da0267b484b2;Action=AutoActivate;AppId=55c92734-d682-4d71-983e-d6ec3f16059f;SkuId=4de7cb65-cdf1-4de9-8ae8-e3cce27b9f2c;NotificationInterval=1440;Trigger=TimerEventC:\Windows\System32\slui.exeSppExtComObj.Exe
User:
NETWORK SERVICE
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
SYSTEM
Description:
Windows Activation Client
Version:
10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\slui.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\bcrypt.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll
5140"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Microsoft-Defender.exe" C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Microsoft-Defender.exe
explorer.exe
User:
admin
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Quasar Client
Version:
1.4.1
Modules
Images
c:\users\admin\appdata\local\temp\microsoft-defender.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
Total events
300
Read events
300
Write events
0
Delete events
0

Modification events

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

Dropped files

No data
Download PCAP, analyze network streams, HTTP content and a lot more at the full report
HTTP(S) requests
4
TCP/UDP connections
31
DNS requests
13
Threats
0

HTTP requests

PID
Process
Method
HTTP Code
IP
URL
CN
Type
Size
Reputation
6880
svchost.exe
GET
200
184.30.21.171:80
http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/MicSecSerCA2011_2011-10-18.crl
unknown
whitelisted
1060
svchost.exe
GET
200
192.229.221.95:80
http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBSAUQYBMq2awn1Rh6Doh%2FsBYgFV7gQUA95QNVbRTLtm8KPiGxvDl7I90VUCEAJ0LqoXyo4hxxe7H%2Fz9DKA%3D
unknown
whitelisted
6212
SIHClient.exe
GET
200
88.221.169.152:80
http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Update%20Secure%20Server%20CA%202.1.crl
unknown
whitelisted
6212
SIHClient.exe
GET
200
88.221.169.152:80
http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Product%20Root%20Certificate%20Authority%202018.crl
unknown
whitelisted
Download PCAP, analyze network streams, HTTP content and a lot more at the full report

Connections

PID
Process
IP
Domain
ASN
CN
Reputation
4
System
192.168.100.255:138
whitelisted
6164
RUXIMICS.exe
51.124.78.146:443
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
NL
whitelisted
2120
MoUsoCoreWorker.exe
51.124.78.146:443
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
NL
whitelisted
6880
svchost.exe
51.124.78.146:443
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
NL
whitelisted
6880
svchost.exe
51.104.136.2:443
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
IE
whitelisted
6880
svchost.exe
184.30.21.171:80
www.microsoft.com
AKAMAI-AS
DE
whitelisted
3260
svchost.exe
40.113.103.199:443
client.wns.windows.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
NL
whitelisted
1060
svchost.exe
20.190.159.71:443
login.live.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
IE
whitelisted
1060
svchost.exe
192.229.221.95:80
ocsp.digicert.com
EDGECAST
US
whitelisted
4
System
192.168.100.255:137
whitelisted

DNS requests

Domain
IP
Reputation
google.com
  • 172.217.18.14
whitelisted
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
  • 51.104.136.2
  • 51.124.78.146
whitelisted
www.microsoft.com
  • 184.30.21.171
  • 88.221.169.152
whitelisted
client.wns.windows.com
  • 40.113.103.199
whitelisted
login.live.com
  • 20.190.159.71
  • 20.190.159.73
  • 20.190.159.23
  • 40.126.31.67
  • 40.126.31.69
  • 20.190.159.75
  • 20.190.159.4
  • 40.126.31.71
whitelisted
ocsp.digicert.com
  • 192.229.221.95
whitelisted
slscr.update.microsoft.com
  • 40.68.123.157
whitelisted
fe3cr.delivery.mp.microsoft.com
  • 52.165.164.15
whitelisted

Threats

No threats detected
No debug info