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Database Entry



QuasarRAT


Vendor detections: 13


Maldoc score: 26


Intelligence 13 IOCs YARA 5 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: e1993021c0575594ff63f2685d56f1e80c60d6fc67e5e86ff1c5ef7b25f773d5
SHA3-384 hash: 19b34edae5eca3e14bd47fb1b757059e193a15c35161dcfee8e2fc25ce449be15053212810d36a44eb68d3a465756fc3
SHA1 hash: ca240ce3d177dcf7bf16d289a8499e604d59aaed
MD5 hash: 99b0d7e756929269944541b4f61c933d
humanhash: enemy-berlin-fifteen-steak
File name:Product-Description.xls
Download: download sample
Signature QuasarRAT
File size:185'856 bytes
First seen:2022-07-25 09:08:46 UTC
Last seen:2022-07-29 20:54:05 UTC
File type:Excel file xls
MIME type:application/vnd.ms-excel
ssdeep 3072:qdxEtjPOtioVjDGUU1qfDlaGGx+cL2QnA22QdpqPDgjGJEDUToaLV8sJcKxn0dwv:cxEtjPOtioVjDGUU1qfDlavx+W2QnA2A
TLSH T11B04BE767692E805C94447330CEA96AA3637FC92CE77838B32C5F31E9E7379089D2552
TrID 46.5% (.XLS) Microsoft Excel sheet (alternate) (56500/1/4)
26.7% (.XLS) Microsoft Excel sheet (32500/1/3)
20.1% (.XLS) Microsoft Excel sheet (alternate) (24500/1/2)
6.5% (.) Generic OLE2 / Multistream Compound (8000/1)
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:QuasarRAT xls

Office OLE Information


This malware samples appears to be an Office document. The following table provides more information about this document using oletools and oledump.

OLE id
Maldoc score: 26
OLE dump

MalwareBazaar was able to identify 19 sections in this file using oledump:

Section IDSection sizeSection name
1107 bytesCompObj
2244 bytesDocumentSummaryInformation
3208 bytesSummaryInformation
4152887 bytesWorkbook
5639 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/PROJECT
6128 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/PROJECTwm
7950 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/VBA/Module1
8985 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/VBA/Sheet1
9985 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/VBA/Sheet2
10985 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/VBA/Sheet3
1110620 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/VBA/ThisWorkbook
126342 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/VBA/_VBA_PROJECT
131471 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/VBA/__SRP_0
14190 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/VBA/__SRP_1
1584 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/VBA/__SRP_2
16104 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/VBA/__SRP_3
17428 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/VBA/__SRP_4
18258 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/VBA/__SRP_5
19612 bytes_VBA_PROJECT_CUR/VBA/dir
OLE vba

MalwareBazaar was able to extract and deobfuscate VBA script(s) the following information from OLE objects embedded in this file using olevba:

TypeKeywordDescription
AutoExecWorkbook_OpenRuns when the Excel Workbook is opened
AutoExecWorkbook_closeRuns when the Excel Workbook is closed
SuspiciousOpenMay open a file
SuspiciousWriteMay write to a file (if combined with Open)
Suspiciousadodb.streamMay create a text file
SuspiciousSaveToFileMay create a text file
SuspiciousShellMay run an executable file or a system command
SuspiciousWScript.ShellMay run an executable file or a system command
SuspiciousCreateObjectMay create an OLE object
SuspiciousShell.ApplicationMay run an application (if combined with CreateObject)
Suspiciousmicrosoft.xmlhttpMay download files from the Internet
SuspiciousChrMay attempt to obfuscate specific strings (use option --deobf to deobfuscate)
SuspiciousXorMay attempt to obfuscate specific strings (use option --deobf to deobfuscate)
SuspiciousHex StringsHex-encoded strings were detected, may be used to obfuscate strings (option --decode to see all) code and P-code are different, this may have been used to hide malicious code

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
4
# of downloads :
264
Origin country :
n/a
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Verdict:
Malicious
File type:
application/vnd.ms-excel
Has a screenshot:
False
Contains macros:
True
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Searching for the window
Creating a window
Сreating synchronization primitives
DNS request
Creating a file in the %AppData% directory
Creating a file
Using the Windows Management Instrumentation requests
Sending an HTTP GET request
Unauthorized injection to a recently created process
Unauthorized injection to a recently created process by context flags manipulation
Sending a custom TCP request by exploiting the app vulnerability
Creating a process from a recently created file
Result
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
Legacy Excel File with Macro
Document image
Document image
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
macros macros-on-close macros-on-open
Label:
Malicious
Suspicious Score:
8.0/10
Score Malicious:
8%
Score Benign:
2%
Result
Verdict:
MALICIOUS
Details
Macro with Startup Hook
Detected macro logic that will automatically execute on document open. Most malware contains some execution hook.
Macro with File System Write
Detected macro logic that can write data to the file system.
Shell.Application Object
Detected the instantiation of Shell Application object within the macro.
Macro Contains Suspicious String
Detected a macro with a suspicious string. Suspicious strings include privileged function calls, obfuscations, odd registry keys, etc...
Result
Threat name:
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.expl.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
C2 URLs / IPs found in malware configuration
Detected unpacking (changes PE section rights)
Document contains an embedded VBA macro with suspicious strings
Document contains an embedded VBA with functions possibly related to ADO stream file operations
Document contains an embedded VBA with functions possibly related to HTTP operations
Document contains VBA stomped code (only p-code) potentially bypassing AV detection
Document exploit detected (creates forbidden files)
Document exploit detected (drops PE files)
Document exploit detected (process start blacklist hit)
Machine Learning detection for dropped file
Machine Learning detection for sample
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Office document tries to convince victim to disable security protection (e.g. to enable ActiveX or Macros)
Office process drops PE file
PE file contains section with special chars
PE file has nameless sections
Yara detected Generic Downloader
Yara detected Quasar RAT
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
Threat name:
Script-Macro.Trojan.Heuristic
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2022-07-25 08:01:33 UTC
File Type:
Document
Extracted files:
28
AV detection:
13 of 25 (52.00%)
Threat level:
  2/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  8/10
Tags:
macro macro_on_action
Behaviour
Checks processor information in registry
Enumerates system info in registry
Modifies Internet Explorer settings
Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Office loads VBA resources, possible macro or embedded object present
Program crash
Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
Executes dropped EXE
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

YARA Signatures


MalwareBazaar uses YARA rules from several public and non-public repositories, such as YARAhub and Malpedia. Those are being matched against malware samples uploaded to MalwareBazaar as well as against any suspicious process dumps they may create. Please note that only results from TLP:CLEAR rules are being displayed.

Rule name:BitcoinAddress
Author:Didier Stevens (@DidierStevens)
Description:Contains a valid Bitcoin address
Rule name:informational_win_ole_protected
Author:Jeff White (karttoon@gmail.com) @noottrak
Description:Identify OLE Project protection within documents.
Rule name:malware_shellcode_hash
Author:JPCERT/CC Incident Response Group
Description:detect shellcode api hash value
Rule name:meth_get_eip
Author:Willi Ballenthin
Rule name:pdb_YARAify
Author:@wowabiy314
Description:PDB

File information


The table below shows additional information about this malware sample such as delivery method and external references.

Malspam

QuasarRAT

Excel file xls e1993021c0575594ff63f2685d56f1e80c60d6fc67e5e86ff1c5ef7b25f773d5

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via e-mail attachment

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