Malware Analysis Report

2025-06-15 21:00

Sample ID 201019-p6hcp9zgz2
Target document-127740004.xls
SHA256 d69208a56b391d03342064b22c7c4c2edd72497c522453221b4f90e8ee2d1293
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

d69208a56b391d03342064b22c7c4c2edd72497c522453221b4f90e8ee2d1293

Threat Level: Known bad

The file document-127740004.xls was found to be: Known bad.

Malicious Activity Summary

macro trojan banker stealer qakbot

Qakbot/Qbot

Executes dropped EXE

Suspicious Office macro

Office macro that triggers on suspicious action

Loads dropped DLL

Process spawned suspicious child process

Office loads VBA resources, possible macro or embedded object present

Creates scheduled task(s)

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses

Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection

Enumerates system info in registry

Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory

Checks processor information in registry

MITRE ATT&CK

Analysis: static1

Detonation Overview

Reported

2020-10-19 23:32

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 23:32

Reported

2020-10-19 23:38

Platform

win7v200722

Max time kernel

122s

Max time network

21s

Command Line

"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE" /dde C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\document-127740004.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\Hstuqmripy\oipqoezn.exe N/A

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory

Description Indicator Process Target
PID 1620 wrote to memory of 840 N/A C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE C:\WErtu\Reterd\szvmhegu.exe
PID 1620 wrote to memory of 840 N/A C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE C:\WErtu\Reterd\szvmhegu.exe
PID 1620 wrote to memory of 840 N/A C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE C:\WErtu\Reterd\szvmhegu.exe
PID 1620 wrote to memory of 840 N/A C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE C:\WErtu\Reterd\szvmhegu.exe
PID 840 wrote to memory of 628 N/A C:\WErtu\Reterd\szvmhegu.exe C:\WErtu\Reterd\szvmhegu.exe
PID 840 wrote to memory of 628 N/A C:\WErtu\Reterd\szvmhegu.exe C:\WErtu\Reterd\szvmhegu.exe
PID 840 wrote to memory of 628 N/A C:\WErtu\Reterd\szvmhegu.exe C:\WErtu\Reterd\szvmhegu.exe
PID 840 wrote to memory of 628 N/A C:\WErtu\Reterd\szvmhegu.exe C:\WErtu\Reterd\szvmhegu.exe
PID 840 wrote to memory of 276 N/A C:\WErtu\Reterd\szvmhegu.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Hstuqmripy\oipqoezn.exe
PID 840 wrote to memory of 276 N/A C:\WErtu\Reterd\szvmhegu.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Hstuqmripy\oipqoezn.exe
PID 840 wrote to memory of 276 N/A C:\WErtu\Reterd\szvmhegu.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Hstuqmripy\oipqoezn.exe
PID 840 wrote to memory of 276 N/A C:\WErtu\Reterd\szvmhegu.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Hstuqmripy\oipqoezn.exe
PID 840 wrote to memory of 1996 N/A C:\WErtu\Reterd\szvmhegu.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
PID 840 wrote to memory of 1996 N/A C:\WErtu\Reterd\szvmhegu.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
PID 840 wrote to memory of 1996 N/A C:\WErtu\Reterd\szvmhegu.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
PID 840 wrote to memory of 1996 N/A C:\WErtu\Reterd\szvmhegu.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
PID 276 wrote to memory of 1852 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Hstuqmripy\oipqoezn.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Hstuqmripy\oipqoezn.exe
PID 276 wrote to memory of 1852 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Hstuqmripy\oipqoezn.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Hstuqmripy\oipqoezn.exe
PID 276 wrote to memory of 1852 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Hstuqmripy\oipqoezn.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Hstuqmripy\oipqoezn.exe
PID 276 wrote to memory of 1852 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Hstuqmripy\oipqoezn.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Hstuqmripy\oipqoezn.exe
PID 276 wrote to memory of 1188 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Hstuqmripy\oipqoezn.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exe
PID 276 wrote to memory of 1188 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Hstuqmripy\oipqoezn.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exe
PID 276 wrote to memory of 1188 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Hstuqmripy\oipqoezn.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exe
PID 276 wrote to memory of 1188 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Hstuqmripy\oipqoezn.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exe
PID 276 wrote to memory of 1188 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Hstuqmripy\oipqoezn.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exe
PID 1496 wrote to memory of 1364 N/A C:\Windows\system32\taskeng.exe C:\WErtu\Reterd\szvmhegu.exe
PID 1496 wrote to memory of 1364 N/A C:\Windows\system32\taskeng.exe C:\WErtu\Reterd\szvmhegu.exe
PID 1496 wrote to memory of 1364 N/A C:\Windows\system32\taskeng.exe C:\WErtu\Reterd\szvmhegu.exe
PID 1496 wrote to memory of 1364 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-127740004.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\Hstuqmripy\oipqoezn.exe

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Hstuqmripy\oipqoezn.exe

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe

"C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe" /Create /RU "NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM" /tn spdbzsf /tr "\"C:\WErtu\Reterd\szvmhegu.exe\" /I spdbzsf" /SC ONCE /Z /ST 01:41 /ET 01:53

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Hstuqmripy\oipqoezn.exe

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Hstuqmripy\oipqoezn.exe /C

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exe

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exe

C:\Windows\system32\taskeng.exe

taskeng.exe {7AA0C025-4F85-4B1A-9EB3-7CD47A0B54CD} S-1-5-18:NT AUTHORITY\System:Service:

C:\WErtu\Reterd\szvmhegu.exe

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

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/1904-2-0x000007FEF8510000-0x000007FEF878A000-memory.dmp

memory/840-3-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp

C:\WErtu\Reterd\szvmhegu.exe

MD5 175a22f1afaae79ae9de6c86a4a7ce4f
SHA1 d8521074406f97fe8d2a46646f8dd0acc519ef19
SHA256 2f5b35d9e4e6e1ed0537cc36657c6494f67fde18b32811120a183cb3094a5bdd
SHA512 47cfdff170d6e2b1684654a3390eb167f3a172d790c75a642ffaa7150cef20103905f075bb6291cce1b6560e8c40a7aaf211ba1bcf38f96e9fc811d18c511200

memory/1620-5-0x0000000006F90000-0x0000000006F94000-memory.dmp

memory/1620-6-0x0000000005F90000-0x0000000005F94000-memory.dmp

memory/1620-9-0x0000000004C90000-0x0000000004C94000-memory.dmp

C:\WErtu\Reterd\szvmhegu.exe

MD5 175a22f1afaae79ae9de6c86a4a7ce4f
SHA1 d8521074406f97fe8d2a46646f8dd0acc519ef19
SHA256 2f5b35d9e4e6e1ed0537cc36657c6494f67fde18b32811120a183cb3094a5bdd
SHA512 47cfdff170d6e2b1684654a3390eb167f3a172d790c75a642ffaa7150cef20103905f075bb6291cce1b6560e8c40a7aaf211ba1bcf38f96e9fc811d18c511200

memory/628-11-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp

C:\WErtu\Reterd\szvmhegu.exe

MD5 175a22f1afaae79ae9de6c86a4a7ce4f
SHA1 d8521074406f97fe8d2a46646f8dd0acc519ef19
SHA256 2f5b35d9e4e6e1ed0537cc36657c6494f67fde18b32811120a183cb3094a5bdd
SHA512 47cfdff170d6e2b1684654a3390eb167f3a172d790c75a642ffaa7150cef20103905f075bb6291cce1b6560e8c40a7aaf211ba1bcf38f96e9fc811d18c511200

memory/628-13-0x0000000002430000-0x0000000002441000-memory.dmp

\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Hstuqmripy\oipqoezn.exe

MD5 175a22f1afaae79ae9de6c86a4a7ce4f
SHA1 d8521074406f97fe8d2a46646f8dd0acc519ef19
SHA256 2f5b35d9e4e6e1ed0537cc36657c6494f67fde18b32811120a183cb3094a5bdd
SHA512 47cfdff170d6e2b1684654a3390eb167f3a172d790c75a642ffaa7150cef20103905f075bb6291cce1b6560e8c40a7aaf211ba1bcf38f96e9fc811d18c511200

\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Hstuqmripy\oipqoezn.exe

MD5 175a22f1afaae79ae9de6c86a4a7ce4f
SHA1 d8521074406f97fe8d2a46646f8dd0acc519ef19
SHA256 2f5b35d9e4e6e1ed0537cc36657c6494f67fde18b32811120a183cb3094a5bdd
SHA512 47cfdff170d6e2b1684654a3390eb167f3a172d790c75a642ffaa7150cef20103905f075bb6291cce1b6560e8c40a7aaf211ba1bcf38f96e9fc811d18c511200

memory/276-16-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Hstuqmripy\oipqoezn.exe

MD5 175a22f1afaae79ae9de6c86a4a7ce4f
SHA1 d8521074406f97fe8d2a46646f8dd0acc519ef19
SHA256 2f5b35d9e4e6e1ed0537cc36657c6494f67fde18b32811120a183cb3094a5bdd
SHA512 47cfdff170d6e2b1684654a3390eb167f3a172d790c75a642ffaa7150cef20103905f075bb6291cce1b6560e8c40a7aaf211ba1bcf38f96e9fc811d18c511200

memory/1996-18-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Hstuqmripy\oipqoezn.exe

MD5 175a22f1afaae79ae9de6c86a4a7ce4f
SHA1 d8521074406f97fe8d2a46646f8dd0acc519ef19
SHA256 2f5b35d9e4e6e1ed0537cc36657c6494f67fde18b32811120a183cb3094a5bdd
SHA512 47cfdff170d6e2b1684654a3390eb167f3a172d790c75a642ffaa7150cef20103905f075bb6291cce1b6560e8c40a7aaf211ba1bcf38f96e9fc811d18c511200

memory/1852-20-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Hstuqmripy\oipqoezn.exe

MD5 175a22f1afaae79ae9de6c86a4a7ce4f
SHA1 d8521074406f97fe8d2a46646f8dd0acc519ef19
SHA256 2f5b35d9e4e6e1ed0537cc36657c6494f67fde18b32811120a183cb3094a5bdd
SHA512 47cfdff170d6e2b1684654a3390eb167f3a172d790c75a642ffaa7150cef20103905f075bb6291cce1b6560e8c40a7aaf211ba1bcf38f96e9fc811d18c511200

memory/1852-22-0x00000000023B0000-0x00000000023C1000-memory.dmp

memory/276-23-0x0000000000440000-0x0000000000477000-memory.dmp

memory/1188-24-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Hstuqmripy\oipqoezn.dat

MD5 06c847f67d3bc13cc08a514d6ae10ebd
SHA1 4b045b6d8a7383ad1ac61270f3e42e12ae172064
SHA256 f8d07ef8ced9ad0cd84d15dda0287021f33e2e3ca9487ad82a513aefa0cf07f4
SHA512 3f46b28dacb38793a7f6d9d197792798f9a12282c3265ac8defe907ec3194dd8199e902c206e3ca7440c30b39807b216e14babee407e6a7fd6b08db9bfb7ee07

C:\WErtu\Reterd\szvmhegu.exe

MD5 175a22f1afaae79ae9de6c86a4a7ce4f
SHA1 d8521074406f97fe8d2a46646f8dd0acc519ef19
SHA256 2f5b35d9e4e6e1ed0537cc36657c6494f67fde18b32811120a183cb3094a5bdd
SHA512 47cfdff170d6e2b1684654a3390eb167f3a172d790c75a642ffaa7150cef20103905f075bb6291cce1b6560e8c40a7aaf211ba1bcf38f96e9fc811d18c511200

memory/1364-26-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp

Analysis: behavioral2

Detonation Overview

Submitted

2020-10-19 23:32

Reported

2020-10-19 23:38

Platform

win10v200722

Max time kernel

88s

Max time network

153s

Command Line

"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\document-127740004.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 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
Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0\ProcessorNameString 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-127740004.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 3884

C:\Windows\system32\dwwin.exe

C:\Windows\system32\dwwin.exe -x -s 3884

Network

Country Destination Domain Proto
N/A 52.114.159.112:443 tcp
N/A 72.21.91.29:80 tcp

Files

memory/3908-0-0x00007FFE0CD30000-0x00007FFE0D3F6000-memory.dmp

memory/212-3-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp

memory/732-4-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp

memory/732-5-0x00000262D5680000-0x00000262D5681000-memory.dmp

memory/732-6-0x00000262D5680000-0x00000262D5681000-memory.dmp

memory/732-8-0x00000262D5EF0000-0x00000262D5EF1000-memory.dmp

memory/732-11-0x00000262D61E0000-0x00000262D61E1000-memory.dmp

memory/732-12-0x00000262D61E0000-0x00000262D61E1000-memory.dmp

memory/732-13-0x00000262D61E0000-0x00000262D61E1000-memory.dmp

memory/732-14-0x00000262D5E30000-0x00000262D5E31000-memory.dmp