| File name: | shimon.exe |
| Full analysis: | https://app.any.run/tasks/b83e07a8-b80c-469a-a3e7-685ac48f5815 |
| 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: | November 16, 2019, 20:10:00 |
| OS: | Windows 7 Professional Service Pack 1 (build: 7601, 32 bit) |
| Tags: | |
| Indicators: | |
| MIME: | application/x-dosexec |
| File info: | PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386 Mono/.Net assembly, for MS Windows |
| MD5: | 8B1C68061195922DC671AD96355FD223 |
| SHA1: | 95684FF4196481617CBB874168170DCEE5413B19 |
| SHA256: | F5627BFCBDF5CDC18C0607FD0045163584EDAD3DE86722DBBBA3EDA9D72694F4 |
| SSDEEP: | 1536:NnQpZyyiuvKUim4qv5mEEdsm46Ev4R5osEg9aCwxY18S9gdKqhMKHTF9Gk09H4:NQpusnd43/9a5JLpWH4 |
MALICIOUS
Known privilege escalation attack
- shimon.exe (PID: 932)
SUSPICIOUS
Executed via WMI
- shimon.exe (PID: 3976)
Modifies the open verb of a shell class
- shimon.exe (PID: 932)
Starts CMD.EXE for commands execution
- eventvwr.exe (PID: 532)
INFO
Creates files in the user directory
- WINWORD.EXE (PID: 1268)
Manual execution by user
- WINWORD.EXE (PID: 1268)
Reads Microsoft Office registry keys
- WINWORD.EXE (PID: 1268)
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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: | 2019:11:16 21:09:43+01:00 |
| PEType: | PE32 |
| LinkerVersion: | 11 |
| CodeSize: | 210432 |
| InitializedDataSize: | 2048 |
| UninitializedDataSize: | - |
| EntryPoint: | 0x3556e |
| OSVersion: | 4 |
| ImageVersion: | - |
| SubsystemVersion: | 4 |
| Subsystem: | Windows GUI |
| FileVersionNumber: | 1.0.0.0 |
| ProductVersionNumber: | 1.0.0.0 |
| FileFlagsMask: | 0x003f |
| FileFlags: | (none) |
| FileOS: | Win32 |
| ObjectFileType: | Executable application |
| FileSubtype: | - |
| LanguageCode: | Neutral |
| CharacterSet: | Unicode |
| FileDescription: | |
| FileVersion: | 1.0.0.0 |
| InternalName: | shimon.exe |
| LegalCopyright: | |
| OriginalFileName: | shimon.exe |
| ProductVersion: | 1.0.0.0 |
| AssemblyVersion: | 1.0.0.0 |
Summary
| Architecture: | IMAGE_FILE_MACHINE_I386 |
|---|---|
| Subsystem: | IMAGE_SUBSYSTEM_WINDOWS_GUI |
| Compilation Date: | 16-Nov-2019 20:09:43 |
| FileDescription: | - |
| FileVersion: | 1.0.0.0 |
| InternalName: | shimon.exe |
| LegalCopyright: | - |
| OriginalFilename: | shimon.exe |
| ProductVersion: | 1.0.0.0 |
| Assembly Version: | 1.0.0.0 |
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: | 0x0000 |
| OEM information: | 0x0000 |
| Address of NE header: | 0x00000080 |
PE Headers
| Signature: | PE |
|---|---|
| Machine: | IMAGE_FILE_MACHINE_I386 |
| Number of sections: | 3 |
| Time date stamp: | 16-Nov-2019 20:09:43 |
| Pointer to Symbol Table: | 0x00000000 |
| Number of symbols: | 0 |
| Size of Optional Header: | 0x00E0 |
| Characteristics: |
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Sections
Name | Virtual Address | Virtual Size | Raw Size | Charateristics | Entropy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
.text | 0x00002000 | 0x00033574 | 0x00033600 | IMAGE_SCN_CNT_CODE, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_EXECUTE, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ | 4.68859 |
.rsrc | 0x00036000 | 0x000004D8 | 0x00000600 | IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ | 3.71709 |
.reloc | 0x00038000 | 0x0000000C | 0x00000200 | IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_DISCARDABLE, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ | 0.10191 |
Resources
Title | Entropy | Size | Codepage | Language | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 5.00112 | 490 | UNKNOWN | UNKNOWN | RT_MANIFEST |
Imports
mscoree.dll |
Total processes
51
Monitored processes
7
Malicious processes
0
Suspicious processes
1
Behavior graph
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Process information
PID | CMD | Path | Indicators | Parent process | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 532 | "C:\Windows\System32\eventvwr.exe" | C:\Windows\System32\eventvwr.exe | shimon.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: HIGH Description: Event Viewer Snapin Launcher Exit code: 0 Version: 6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255) Modules
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| 600 | "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\shimon.exe" | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\shimon.exe | — | cmd.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Integrity Level: HIGH Description: Exit code: 0 Version: 1.0.0.0 Modules
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| 932 | "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\shimon.exe" | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\shimon.exe | — | explorer.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Exit code: 4294967295 Version: 1.0.0.0 Modules
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| 1268 | "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office14\WINWORD.EXE" /n "C:\Users\admin\Desktop\simplesafety.rtf" | C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office14\WINWORD.EXE | — | explorer.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Microsoft Word Exit code: 0 Version: 14.0.6024.1000 Modules
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| 3796 | "cmd.exe" /c start "" "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\shimon.exe" | C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe | — | eventvwr.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: HIGH Description: Windows Command Processor Exit code: 0 Version: 6.1.7601.17514 (win7sp1_rtm.101119-1850) Modules
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| 3868 | "C:\Windows\System32\eventvwr.exe" | C:\Windows\System32\eventvwr.exe | — | shimon.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Event Viewer Snapin Launcher Exit code: 3221226540 Version: 6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255) Modules
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| 3976 | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\shimon.exe pers | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\shimon.exe | — | wmiprvse.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Exit code: 0 Version: 1.0.0.0 Modules
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Total events
1 538
Read events
1 091
Write events
246
Delete events
201
Modification events
| (PID) Process: | (932) shimon.exe | Key: | HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\mscfile\shell\open\command |
| Operation: | write | Name: | |
Value: cmd.exe /c start "" "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\shimon.exe" | |||
| (PID) Process: | (932) shimon.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap |
| Operation: | write | Name: | UNCAsIntranet |
Value: 0 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (932) shimon.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap |
| Operation: | write | Name: | AutoDetect |
Value: 1 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (532) eventvwr.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap |
| Operation: | write | Name: | UNCAsIntranet |
Value: 0 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (532) eventvwr.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap |
| Operation: | write | Name: | AutoDetect |
Value: 1 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (1268) WINWORD.EXE | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\14.0\Word\Resiliency\StartupItems |
| Operation: | write | Name: | ~1a |
Value: 7E316100F4040000010000000000000000000000 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (1268) WINWORD.EXE | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\14.0\Common\LanguageResources\EnabledLanguages |
| Operation: | write | Name: | 1033 |
Value: Off | |||
| (PID) Process: | (1268) WINWORD.EXE | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\14.0\Common\LanguageResources\EnabledLanguages |
| Operation: | write | Name: | 1041 |
Value: Off | |||
| (PID) Process: | (1268) WINWORD.EXE | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\14.0\Common\LanguageResources\EnabledLanguages |
| Operation: | write | Name: | 1046 |
Value: Off | |||
| (PID) Process: | (1268) WINWORD.EXE | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\14.0\Common\LanguageResources\EnabledLanguages |
| Operation: | write | Name: | 1036 |
Value: Off | |||
Executable files
0
Suspicious files
0
Text files
11
Unknown types
7
Dropped files
PID | Process | Filename | Type | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1268 | WINWORD.EXE | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\CVR15FE.tmp.cvr | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 1268 | WINWORD.EXE | C:\Users\admin\Desktop\~WRD0000.tmp | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 1268 | WINWORD.EXE | C:\Users\admin\Desktop\~WRD0002.tmp | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 1268 | WINWORD.EXE | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\Content.Word\~WRD0005.tmp | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 1268 | WINWORD.EXE | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\Content.Word\~WRD0004.docx | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 1268 | WINWORD.EXE | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\Content.Word\~$RD0004.docx | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 1268 | WINWORD.EXE | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\Content.Word\~WRD3962.tmp | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 1268 | WINWORD.EXE | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\Content.Word\~WRD3962.docx | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 1268 | WINWORD.EXE | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\Content.Word\~$RD3962.docx | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 1268 | WINWORD.EXE | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\Content.Word\~WRS{EA99300A-80FF-49B7-9918-02CC029F9805}.tmp | — | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
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HTTP(S) requests
0
TCP/UDP connections
0
DNS requests
0
Threats
0
HTTP requests
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