Malware Analysis Report

2025-06-15 20:59

Sample ID 201019-hs95xdha7e
Target document-1037023553.xls
SHA256 410ae3f12780e6a1a574b28c9cac59e8571970782fb04ee879af351ba14cbb6f
Tags
macro trojan banker stealer qakbot
score
10/10

Table of Contents

Analysis Overview

MITRE ATT&CK

Enterprise Matrix V6

Analysis: static1

Detonation Overview

Signatures

Analysis: behavioral1

Detonation Overview

Command Line

Signatures

Processes

Network

Files

Analysis: behavioral2

Detonation Overview

Command Line

Signatures

Processes

Network

Files

Analysis Overview

score
10/10

SHA256

410ae3f12780e6a1a574b28c9cac59e8571970782fb04ee879af351ba14cbb6f

Threat Level: Known bad

The file document-1037023553.xls was found to be: Known bad.

Malicious Activity Summary

macro trojan banker stealer qakbot

Qakbot/Qbot

Suspicious Office macro

Office macro that triggers on suspicious action

Executes dropped EXE

Loads dropped DLL

Process spawned suspicious child process

Office loads VBA resources, possible macro or embedded object present

Enumerates system info in registry

Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses

Creates scheduled task(s)

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx

Checks processor information in registry

Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory

MITRE ATT&CK

Analysis: static1

Detonation Overview

Reported

2020-10-19 22:59

Signatures

Office macro that triggers on suspicious action

macro
Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A N/A N/A

Suspicious Office macro

macro
Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A N/A N/A

Analysis: behavioral1

Detonation Overview

Submitted

2020-10-19 22:59

Reported

2020-10-19 23:04

Platform

win7

Max time kernel

89s

Max time network

8s

Command Line

"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE" /dde C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\document-1037023553.xls

Signatures

Qakbot/Qbot

trojan banker stealer qakbot

Loads dropped DLL

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A C:\WErtu\Reterd\szvmhegu.exe N/A
N/A N/A C:\WErtu\Reterd\szvmhegu.exe N/A

Office loads VBA resources, possible macro or embedded object present

Creates scheduled task(s)

persistence
Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe N/A

Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE N/A

Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Xbyrbdpxsiv\uhihgfxo.exe N/A

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory

Description Indicator Process Target
PID 1204 wrote to memory of 1992 N/A C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE C:\WErtu\Reterd\szvmhegu.exe
PID 1204 wrote to memory of 1992 N/A C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE C:\WErtu\Reterd\szvmhegu.exe
PID 1204 wrote to memory of 1992 N/A C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE C:\WErtu\Reterd\szvmhegu.exe
PID 1204 wrote to memory of 1992 N/A C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE C:\WErtu\Reterd\szvmhegu.exe
PID 1992 wrote to memory of 384 N/A C:\WErtu\Reterd\szvmhegu.exe C:\WErtu\Reterd\szvmhegu.exe
PID 1992 wrote to memory of 384 N/A C:\WErtu\Reterd\szvmhegu.exe C:\WErtu\Reterd\szvmhegu.exe
PID 1992 wrote to memory of 384 N/A C:\WErtu\Reterd\szvmhegu.exe C:\WErtu\Reterd\szvmhegu.exe
PID 1992 wrote to memory of 384 N/A C:\WErtu\Reterd\szvmhegu.exe C:\WErtu\Reterd\szvmhegu.exe
PID 1992 wrote to memory of 1396 N/A C:\WErtu\Reterd\szvmhegu.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Xbyrbdpxsiv\uhihgfxo.exe
PID 1992 wrote to memory of 1396 N/A C:\WErtu\Reterd\szvmhegu.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Xbyrbdpxsiv\uhihgfxo.exe
PID 1992 wrote to memory of 1396 N/A C:\WErtu\Reterd\szvmhegu.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Xbyrbdpxsiv\uhihgfxo.exe
PID 1992 wrote to memory of 1396 N/A C:\WErtu\Reterd\szvmhegu.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Xbyrbdpxsiv\uhihgfxo.exe
PID 1992 wrote to memory of 620 N/A C:\WErtu\Reterd\szvmhegu.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
PID 1992 wrote to memory of 620 N/A C:\WErtu\Reterd\szvmhegu.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
PID 1992 wrote to memory of 620 N/A C:\WErtu\Reterd\szvmhegu.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
PID 1992 wrote to memory of 620 N/A C:\WErtu\Reterd\szvmhegu.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
PID 1396 wrote to memory of 580 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Xbyrbdpxsiv\uhihgfxo.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Xbyrbdpxsiv\uhihgfxo.exe
PID 1396 wrote to memory of 580 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Xbyrbdpxsiv\uhihgfxo.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Xbyrbdpxsiv\uhihgfxo.exe
PID 1396 wrote to memory of 580 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Xbyrbdpxsiv\uhihgfxo.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Xbyrbdpxsiv\uhihgfxo.exe
PID 1396 wrote to memory of 580 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Xbyrbdpxsiv\uhihgfxo.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Xbyrbdpxsiv\uhihgfxo.exe
PID 1396 wrote to memory of 1680 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Xbyrbdpxsiv\uhihgfxo.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exe
PID 1396 wrote to memory of 1680 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Xbyrbdpxsiv\uhihgfxo.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exe
PID 1396 wrote to memory of 1680 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Xbyrbdpxsiv\uhihgfxo.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exe
PID 1396 wrote to memory of 1680 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Xbyrbdpxsiv\uhihgfxo.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exe
PID 1396 wrote to memory of 1680 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Xbyrbdpxsiv\uhihgfxo.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exe
PID 1884 wrote to memory of 1556 N/A C:\Windows\system32\taskeng.exe C:\WErtu\Reterd\szvmhegu.exe
PID 1884 wrote to memory of 1556 N/A C:\Windows\system32\taskeng.exe C:\WErtu\Reterd\szvmhegu.exe
PID 1884 wrote to memory of 1556 N/A C:\Windows\system32\taskeng.exe C:\WErtu\Reterd\szvmhegu.exe
PID 1884 wrote to memory of 1556 N/A C:\Windows\system32\taskeng.exe C:\WErtu\Reterd\szvmhegu.exe

Processes

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE

"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE" /dde C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\document-1037023553.xls

C:\WErtu\Reterd\szvmhegu.exe

"C:\WErtu\Reterd\szvmhegu.exe"

C:\WErtu\Reterd\szvmhegu.exe

C:\WErtu\Reterd\szvmhegu.exe /C

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Xbyrbdpxsiv\uhihgfxo.exe

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Xbyrbdpxsiv\uhihgfxo.exe

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe

"C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe" /Create /RU "NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM" /tn bjcknbu /tr "\"C:\WErtu\Reterd\szvmhegu.exe\" /I bjcknbu" /SC ONCE /Z /ST 23:00 /ET 23:12

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Xbyrbdpxsiv\uhihgfxo.exe

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Xbyrbdpxsiv\uhihgfxo.exe /C

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exe

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exe

C:\Windows\system32\taskeng.exe

taskeng.exe {88748DE9-4C9A-474C-BC85-F2ECBC551B9C} S-1-5-18:NT AUTHORITY\System:Service:

C:\WErtu\Reterd\szvmhegu.exe

C:\WErtu\Reterd\szvmhegu.exe /I bjcknbu

Network

Country Destination Domain Proto
N/A 8.8.8.8:53 www.notamuzikaletleri.com udp
N/A 176.53.8.231:443 www.notamuzikaletleri.com tcp

Files

memory/1536-2-0x000007FEF7C50000-0x000007FEF7ECA000-memory.dmp

memory/1992-3-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp

C:\WErtu\Reterd\szvmhegu.exe

MD5 d6fc3c7b2c6846ef8f4808a1076203b8
SHA1 b3c9c1a74616f00b212a7fa8159ee93e29d3f5b9
SHA256 c0b98e6c6da8a393b6163c3100ccf227b40bde4c0e0fa104ec74914830c180de
SHA512 91c955cfde42dea1b850de37945b29aee87a54f352533b661cdebc5ad261896682d313e7a7834d22b58983d0deef92f77f08ea9ba7a9252a94a070decf211c5c

memory/1204-5-0x0000000006F70000-0x0000000006F74000-memory.dmp

memory/1204-6-0x0000000005F70000-0x0000000005F74000-memory.dmp

memory/1204-7-0x0000000002540000-0x0000000002541000-memory.dmp

memory/1204-11-0x0000000004DC0000-0x0000000004DC4000-memory.dmp

C:\WErtu\Reterd\szvmhegu.exe

MD5 d6fc3c7b2c6846ef8f4808a1076203b8
SHA1 b3c9c1a74616f00b212a7fa8159ee93e29d3f5b9
SHA256 c0b98e6c6da8a393b6163c3100ccf227b40bde4c0e0fa104ec74914830c180de
SHA512 91c955cfde42dea1b850de37945b29aee87a54f352533b661cdebc5ad261896682d313e7a7834d22b58983d0deef92f77f08ea9ba7a9252a94a070decf211c5c

memory/384-13-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp

C:\WErtu\Reterd\szvmhegu.exe

MD5 d6fc3c7b2c6846ef8f4808a1076203b8
SHA1 b3c9c1a74616f00b212a7fa8159ee93e29d3f5b9
SHA256 c0b98e6c6da8a393b6163c3100ccf227b40bde4c0e0fa104ec74914830c180de
SHA512 91c955cfde42dea1b850de37945b29aee87a54f352533b661cdebc5ad261896682d313e7a7834d22b58983d0deef92f77f08ea9ba7a9252a94a070decf211c5c

memory/384-15-0x00000000025E0000-0x00000000025F1000-memory.dmp

\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Xbyrbdpxsiv\uhihgfxo.exe

MD5 d6fc3c7b2c6846ef8f4808a1076203b8
SHA1 b3c9c1a74616f00b212a7fa8159ee93e29d3f5b9
SHA256 c0b98e6c6da8a393b6163c3100ccf227b40bde4c0e0fa104ec74914830c180de
SHA512 91c955cfde42dea1b850de37945b29aee87a54f352533b661cdebc5ad261896682d313e7a7834d22b58983d0deef92f77f08ea9ba7a9252a94a070decf211c5c

\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Xbyrbdpxsiv\uhihgfxo.exe

MD5 d6fc3c7b2c6846ef8f4808a1076203b8
SHA1 b3c9c1a74616f00b212a7fa8159ee93e29d3f5b9
SHA256 c0b98e6c6da8a393b6163c3100ccf227b40bde4c0e0fa104ec74914830c180de
SHA512 91c955cfde42dea1b850de37945b29aee87a54f352533b661cdebc5ad261896682d313e7a7834d22b58983d0deef92f77f08ea9ba7a9252a94a070decf211c5c

memory/1396-18-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Xbyrbdpxsiv\uhihgfxo.exe

MD5 d6fc3c7b2c6846ef8f4808a1076203b8
SHA1 b3c9c1a74616f00b212a7fa8159ee93e29d3f5b9
SHA256 c0b98e6c6da8a393b6163c3100ccf227b40bde4c0e0fa104ec74914830c180de
SHA512 91c955cfde42dea1b850de37945b29aee87a54f352533b661cdebc5ad261896682d313e7a7834d22b58983d0deef92f77f08ea9ba7a9252a94a070decf211c5c

memory/620-20-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Xbyrbdpxsiv\uhihgfxo.exe

MD5 d6fc3c7b2c6846ef8f4808a1076203b8
SHA1 b3c9c1a74616f00b212a7fa8159ee93e29d3f5b9
SHA256 c0b98e6c6da8a393b6163c3100ccf227b40bde4c0e0fa104ec74914830c180de
SHA512 91c955cfde42dea1b850de37945b29aee87a54f352533b661cdebc5ad261896682d313e7a7834d22b58983d0deef92f77f08ea9ba7a9252a94a070decf211c5c

memory/580-22-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Xbyrbdpxsiv\uhihgfxo.exe

MD5 d6fc3c7b2c6846ef8f4808a1076203b8
SHA1 b3c9c1a74616f00b212a7fa8159ee93e29d3f5b9
SHA256 c0b98e6c6da8a393b6163c3100ccf227b40bde4c0e0fa104ec74914830c180de
SHA512 91c955cfde42dea1b850de37945b29aee87a54f352533b661cdebc5ad261896682d313e7a7834d22b58983d0deef92f77f08ea9ba7a9252a94a070decf211c5c

memory/580-24-0x0000000002450000-0x0000000002461000-memory.dmp

memory/1396-25-0x00000000020D0000-0x0000000002107000-memory.dmp

memory/1680-26-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp

\??\PIPE\wkssvc

MD5 d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e
SHA1 da39a3ee5e6b4b0d3255bfef95601890afd80709
SHA256 e3b0c44298fc1c149afbf4c8996fb92427ae41e4649b934ca495991b7852b855
SHA512 cf83e1357eefb8bdf1542850d66d8007d620e4050b5715dc83f4a921d36ce9ce47d0d13c5d85f2b0ff8318d2877eec2f63b931bd47417a81a538327af927da3e

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Xbyrbdpxsiv\uhihgfxo.dat

MD5 8f7609e70a2a433b0713ab965fc3cd08
SHA1 678d23bcd7cd59d5b0efa26cbe6e1cf617f456cb
SHA256 947f72745d09bae95c3cba0a5a4fbae7892dc809be4603c1a73e95005d049d35
SHA512 c8c0e641fdedb01fa2ac8281e667e175ce4fe7fe01b8e1ecff0f51463d65997b4afb879dda3ce5681a09d0427da29d4f768c1c5e33e0c6f9b2f2684934f36a63

memory/1556-29-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp

C:\WErtu\Reterd\szvmhegu.exe

MD5 d6fc3c7b2c6846ef8f4808a1076203b8
SHA1 b3c9c1a74616f00b212a7fa8159ee93e29d3f5b9
SHA256 c0b98e6c6da8a393b6163c3100ccf227b40bde4c0e0fa104ec74914830c180de
SHA512 91c955cfde42dea1b850de37945b29aee87a54f352533b661cdebc5ad261896682d313e7a7834d22b58983d0deef92f77f08ea9ba7a9252a94a070decf211c5c

Analysis: behavioral2

Detonation Overview

Submitted

2020-10-19 22:59

Reported

2020-10-19 23:04

Platform

win10

Max time kernel

9s

Max time network

132s

Command Line

"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\document-1037023553.xls"

Signatures

Process spawned suspicious child process

Description Indicator Process Target
Parent C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE is not expected to spawn this process N/A C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesCommonX64\Microsoft Shared\DW\DW20.EXE C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE

Checks processor information in registry

Description Indicator Process Target
Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0\ProcessorNameString C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE N/A
Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\Hardware\Description\System\CentralProcessor\0 C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE N/A
Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0\~MHz C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE N/A

Enumerates system info in registry

Description Indicator Process Target
Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\Hardware\Description\System\BIOS C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE N/A
Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\BIOS\SystemFamily C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE N/A
Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\BIOS\SystemSKU C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE N/A

Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE N/A

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE N/A
N/A N/A C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE N/A
N/A N/A C:\Windows\system32\dwwin.exe N/A
N/A N/A C:\Windows\system32\dwwin.exe N/A

Processes

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE

"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\document-1037023553.xls"

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesCommonX64\Microsoft Shared\DW\DW20.EXE

"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesCommonX64\Microsoft Shared\DW\DW20.EXE" -x -s 4404

C:\Windows\system32\dwwin.exe

C:\Windows\system32\dwwin.exe -x -s 4404

Network

N/A

Files

memory/3684-0-0x00007FFF01110000-0x00007FFF017D6000-memory.dmp

memory/1808-3-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp

memory/1856-4-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp

memory/1856-5-0x000001EA350E0000-0x000001EA350E1000-memory.dmp

memory/1856-6-0x000001EA350E0000-0x000001EA350E1000-memory.dmp

memory/1856-8-0x000001EA35920000-0x000001EA35921000-memory.dmp

memory/1856-11-0x000001EA35B40000-0x000001EA35B41000-memory.dmp