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Database Entry



QuasarRAT


Vendor detections: 12


Intelligence 12 IOCs 1 YARA 15 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 0983be8cdf4f49585e9b284c8551b149555fe3ec3d636549eb5efd2cea4bf627
SHA3-384 hash: d24bcd84d54cde07fe9e431c7967569071b451655bafe3246905b15a91f20b7ffa26480a17ef0238afd31270c9bf7d1e
SHA1 hash: 0b4309f9798d08654e032bac3eba4969b93146b7
MD5 hash: 5bbf0e3c444e0a68083932202b08f46d
humanhash: echo-mississippi-lemon-berlin
File name:Quote SpecPDF.vbs
Download: download sample
Signature QuasarRAT
File size:2'673'055 bytes
First seen:2022-04-21 12:40:50 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Visual Basic Script (vbs) vbs
MIME type:text/plain
ssdeep 49152:tOZlKqyBwpUg5EoqvI3SHpXNgwbyo3uL7mcpE:p
Threatray 16'656 similar samples on MalwareBazaar
TLSH T14AC5F17698F37C99FEBE0A922A141C578C105F2F57D24608E6D27BE819E2C05EF290F5
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:QuasarRAT RAT vbs


Avatar
abuse_ch
QuasarRAT C2:
3.83.129.253:4747

Indicators Of Compromise (IOCs)


Below is a list of indicators of compromise (IOCs) associated with this malware samples.

IOCThreatFox Reference
3.83.129.253:4747 https://threatfox.abuse.ch/ioc/521651/

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
246
Origin country :
n/a
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
control.exe obfuscated packed replace.exe update.exe
Result
Verdict:
MALICIOUS
Details
Base64 Encoded URL
Detected an ANSI or UNICODE http:// or https:// base64 encoded URL prefix.
Result
Threat name:
AgentTesla Quasar
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.spyw.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
.NET source code contains very large array initializations
Adds a directory exclusion to Windows Defender
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Benign windows process drops PE files
C2 URLs / IPs found in malware configuration
Found malware configuration
Hides that the sample has been downloaded from the Internet (zone.identifier)
Injects a PE file into a foreign processes
Installs a global keyboard hook
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
May check the online IP address of the machine
Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Queries sensitive BIOS Information (via WMI, Win32_Bios & Win32_BaseBoard, often done to detect virtual machines)
Queries sensitive network adapter information (via WMI, Win32_NetworkAdapter, often done to detect virtual machines)
Sigma detected: Bad Opsec Defaults Sacrificial Processes With Improper Arguments
Sigma detected: Suspicious Add Scheduled Task From User AppData Temp
Snort IDS alert for network traffic (e.g. based on Emerging Threat rules)
Tries to detect sandboxes and other dynamic analysis tools (process name or module or function)
Tries to harvest and steal browser information (history, passwords, etc)
Tries to harvest and steal ftp login credentials
Tries to harvest and steal Putty / WinSCP information (sessions, passwords, etc)
Tries to steal Mail credentials (via file / registry access)
Uses schtasks.exe or at.exe to add and modify task schedules
Uses the Telegram API (likely for C&C communication)
Writes to foreign memory regions
Yara detected AgentTesla
Yara detected AntiVM3
Yara detected Quasar RAT
Yara detected Telegram RAT
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 signatures2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 613140 Sample: Quote SpecPDF.vbs Startdate: 21/04/2022 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 84 Snort IDS alert for network traffic (e.g. based on Emerging Threat rules) 2->84 86 Found malware configuration 2->86 88 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->88 90 13 other signatures 2->90 8 wscript.exe 3 2->8         started        12 hmltog.exe 2->12         started        14 hmltog.exe 2->14         started        process3 file4 48 C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Temp\office.exe, PE32 8->48 dropped 50 C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Temp\google.exe, PE32 8->50 dropped 92 Benign windows process drops PE files 8->92 16 google.exe 6 8->16         started        20 office.exe 3 8->20         started        94 Injects a PE file into a foreign processes 12->94 22 hmltog.exe 12->22         started        96 Queries sensitive network adapter information (via WMI, Win32_NetworkAdapter, often done to detect virtual machines) 14->96 98 Queries sensitive BIOS Information (via WMI, Win32_Bios & Win32_BaseBoard, often done to detect virtual machines) 14->98 25 hmltog.exe 14->25         started        signatures5 process6 dnsIp7 42 C:\Users\user\AppData\...\CBPpPlWDGGxk.exe, PE32 16->42 dropped 44 C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\...\tmpC4C8.tmp, XML 16->44 dropped 62 Multi AV Scanner detection for dropped file 16->62 64 Uses schtasks.exe or at.exe to add and modify task schedules 16->64 66 Writes to foreign memory regions 16->66 68 Adds a directory exclusion to Windows Defender 16->68 27 RegSvcs.exe 16->27         started        31 powershell.exe 25 16->31         started        33 schtasks.exe 16->33         started        70 Queries sensitive network adapter information (via WMI, Win32_NetworkAdapter, often done to detect virtual machines) 20->70 72 Queries sensitive BIOS Information (via WMI, Win32_Bios & Win32_BaseBoard, often done to detect virtual machines) 20->72 74 Injects a PE file into a foreign processes 20->74 35 office.exe 16 8 20->35         started        52 api.telegram.org 22->52 76 Tries to harvest and steal Putty / WinSCP information (sessions, passwords, etc) 22->76 78 Tries to steal Mail credentials (via file / registry access) 22->78 80 Tries to harvest and steal ftp login credentials 22->80 82 2 other signatures 22->82 file8 signatures9 process10 dnsIp11 54 3.83.129.253, 4747, 49759 AMAZON-AESUS United States 27->54 56 tools.keycdn.com 185.172.148.96, 443, 49762 PROINITYPROINITYDE Germany 27->56 60 3 other IPs or domains 27->60 100 May check the online IP address of the machine 27->100 102 Queries sensitive BIOS Information (via WMI, Win32_Bios & Win32_BaseBoard, often done to detect virtual machines) 27->102 104 Installs a global keyboard hook 27->104 38 conhost.exe 31->38         started        40 conhost.exe 33->40         started        58 api.telegram.org 149.154.167.220, 443, 49807, 49808 TELEGRAMRU United Kingdom 35->58 46 C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\...\hmltog.exe, PE32 35->46 dropped 106 Tries to harvest and steal Putty / WinSCP information (sessions, passwords, etc) 35->106 108 Tries to steal Mail credentials (via file / registry access) 35->108 110 Hides that the sample has been downloaded from the Internet (zone.identifier) 35->110 file12 signatures13 process14
Threat name:
Script-WScript.Trojan.Heuristic
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2022-04-21 12:41:07 UTC
File Type:
Text (VBS)
AV detection:
12 of 42 (28.57%)
Threat level:
  2/5
Result
Malware family:
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:agenttesla family:quasar botnet:office collection keylogger persistence spyware stealer suricata trojan
Behaviour
Creates scheduled task(s)
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
outlook_office_path
outlook_win_path
Enumerates physical storage devices
Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
Accesses Microsoft Outlook profiles
Adds Run key to start application
Looks up external IP address via web service
Checks computer location settings
Loads dropped DLL
Reads data files stored by FTP clients
Reads user/profile data of local email clients
Reads user/profile data of web browsers
Executes dropped EXE
AgentTesla Payload
AgentTesla
Quasar Payload
Quasar RAT
suricata: ET MALWARE Generic AsyncRAT Style SSL Cert
suricata: ET MALWARE Observed Malicious SSL Cert (Quasar CnC)
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
https://api.telegram.org/bot5127674234:AAHGscjRk7JCDDCItFO4GPZfan-K7Hc89Z8/sendDocument
3.83.129.253:4747
Malware family:
AgentTesla.v3
Verdict:
Malicious
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YARA Signatures


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Rule name:ach_AgentTesla_20200929
Author:abuse.ch
Description:Detects AgentTesla PE
Rule name:AgentTeslaV3
Author:ditekshen
Description:AgentTeslaV3 infostealer payload
Rule name:AgentTesla_test
Author:abuse.ch
Description:Detects AgentTesla PE
Rule name:BitcoinAddress
Author:Didier Stevens (@DidierStevens)
Description:Contains a valid Bitcoin address
Rule name:INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_NoneWindowsUA
Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detects Windows executables referencing non-Windows User-Agents
Rule name:INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_GENInfoStealer
Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detects executables containing common artifcats observed in infostealers
Rule name:MALWARE_Win_AgentTeslaV3
Author:ditekSHen
Description:AgentTeslaV3 infostealer payload
Rule name:MALWARE_Win_QuasarStealer
Author:ditekshen
Description:Detects Quasar infostealer
Rule name:MAL_Lokibot_Stealer
Description:Detects Lokibot Stealer Variants
Rule name:MAL_QuasarRAT_May19_1
Author:Florian Roth
Description:Detects QuasarRAT malware
Reference:https://blog.ensilo.com/uncovering-new-activity-by-apt10
Rule name:MAL_QuasarRAT_May19_1_RID2E1E
Author:Florian Roth
Description:Detects QuasarRAT malware
Reference:https://blog.ensilo.com/uncovering-new-activity-by-apt10
Rule name:pe_imphash
Rule name:Skystars_Malware_Imphash
Author:Skystars LightDefender
Description:imphash
Rule name:Vermin_Keylogger_Jan18_1
Author:Florian Roth
Description:Detects Vermin Keylogger
Reference:https://researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com/2018/01/unit42-vermin-quasar-rat-custom-malware-used-ukraine/
Rule name:win_agent_tesla_v1
Author:Johannes Bader @viql
Description:detects Agent Tesla

File information


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