Malware Analysis Report

2025-06-15 20:58

Sample ID 201019-qvzw3p47ra
Target document-1191725389.xls
SHA256 cc1f7fb9789a0f023d07fb7208b05ea7abc973d7d3d339bedfaee35554dfcd5e
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

cc1f7fb9789a0f023d07fb7208b05ea7abc973d7d3d339bedfaee35554dfcd5e

Threat Level: Known bad

The file document-1191725389.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

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory

Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection

Checks processor information in registry

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses

Creates scheduled task(s)

Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx

Enumerates system info in registry

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 23:05

Platform

win7

Max time kernel

129s

Max time network

132s

Command Line

"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE" /dde C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\document-1191725389.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\Mquuk\iqvye.exe N/A

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory

Description Indicator Process Target
PID 1124 wrote to memory of 1028 N/A C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE C:\WErtu\Reterd\szvmhegu.exe
PID 1124 wrote to memory of 1028 N/A C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE C:\WErtu\Reterd\szvmhegu.exe
PID 1124 wrote to memory of 1028 N/A C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE C:\WErtu\Reterd\szvmhegu.exe
PID 1124 wrote to memory of 1028 N/A C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE C:\WErtu\Reterd\szvmhegu.exe
PID 1028 wrote to memory of 1164 N/A C:\WErtu\Reterd\szvmhegu.exe C:\WErtu\Reterd\szvmhegu.exe
PID 1028 wrote to memory of 1164 N/A C:\WErtu\Reterd\szvmhegu.exe C:\WErtu\Reterd\szvmhegu.exe
PID 1028 wrote to memory of 1164 N/A C:\WErtu\Reterd\szvmhegu.exe C:\WErtu\Reterd\szvmhegu.exe
PID 1028 wrote to memory of 1164 N/A C:\WErtu\Reterd\szvmhegu.exe C:\WErtu\Reterd\szvmhegu.exe
PID 1028 wrote to memory of 852 N/A C:\WErtu\Reterd\szvmhegu.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Mquuk\iqvye.exe
PID 1028 wrote to memory of 852 N/A C:\WErtu\Reterd\szvmhegu.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Mquuk\iqvye.exe
PID 1028 wrote to memory of 852 N/A C:\WErtu\Reterd\szvmhegu.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Mquuk\iqvye.exe
PID 1028 wrote to memory of 852 N/A C:\WErtu\Reterd\szvmhegu.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Mquuk\iqvye.exe
PID 1028 wrote to memory of 452 N/A C:\WErtu\Reterd\szvmhegu.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
PID 1028 wrote to memory of 452 N/A C:\WErtu\Reterd\szvmhegu.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
PID 1028 wrote to memory of 452 N/A C:\WErtu\Reterd\szvmhegu.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
PID 1028 wrote to memory of 452 N/A C:\WErtu\Reterd\szvmhegu.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
PID 852 wrote to memory of 916 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Mquuk\iqvye.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Mquuk\iqvye.exe
PID 852 wrote to memory of 916 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Mquuk\iqvye.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Mquuk\iqvye.exe
PID 852 wrote to memory of 916 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Mquuk\iqvye.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Mquuk\iqvye.exe
PID 852 wrote to memory of 916 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Mquuk\iqvye.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Mquuk\iqvye.exe
PID 852 wrote to memory of 1060 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Mquuk\iqvye.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exe
PID 852 wrote to memory of 1060 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Mquuk\iqvye.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exe
PID 852 wrote to memory of 1060 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Mquuk\iqvye.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exe
PID 852 wrote to memory of 1060 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Mquuk\iqvye.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exe
PID 852 wrote to memory of 1060 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Mquuk\iqvye.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exe
PID 1972 wrote to memory of 1820 N/A C:\Windows\system32\taskeng.exe C:\WErtu\Reterd\szvmhegu.exe
PID 1972 wrote to memory of 1820 N/A C:\Windows\system32\taskeng.exe C:\WErtu\Reterd\szvmhegu.exe
PID 1972 wrote to memory of 1820 N/A C:\Windows\system32\taskeng.exe C:\WErtu\Reterd\szvmhegu.exe
PID 1972 wrote to memory of 1820 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-1191725389.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\Mquuk\iqvye.exe

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Mquuk\iqvye.exe

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe

"C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe" /Create /RU "NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM" /tn ethqkhpb /tr "\"C:\WErtu\Reterd\szvmhegu.exe\" /I ethqkhpb" /SC ONCE /Z /ST 23:01 /ET 23:13

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Mquuk\iqvye.exe

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Mquuk\iqvye.exe /C

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exe

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exe

C:\Windows\system32\taskeng.exe

taskeng.exe {48FB6559-EE62-47F6-99D3-5A00DB4C321C} S-1-5-18:NT AUTHORITY\System:Service:

C:\WErtu\Reterd\szvmhegu.exe

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

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/1808-1-0x000007FEF7E40000-0x000007FEF80BA000-memory.dmp

memory/1028-2-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp

C:\WErtu\Reterd\szvmhegu.exe

MD5 d6fc3c7b2c6846ef8f4808a1076203b8
SHA1 b3c9c1a74616f00b212a7fa8159ee93e29d3f5b9
SHA256 c0b98e6c6da8a393b6163c3100ccf227b40bde4c0e0fa104ec74914830c180de
SHA512 91c955cfde42dea1b850de37945b29aee87a54f352533b661cdebc5ad261896682d313e7a7834d22b58983d0deef92f77f08ea9ba7a9252a94a070decf211c5c

memory/1124-4-0x0000000007220000-0x0000000007224000-memory.dmp

memory/1124-5-0x0000000006220000-0x0000000006224000-memory.dmp

memory/1124-6-0x0000000002520000-0x0000000002521000-memory.dmp

memory/1124-10-0x0000000004DF0000-0x0000000004DF4000-memory.dmp

C:\WErtu\Reterd\szvmhegu.exe

MD5 d6fc3c7b2c6846ef8f4808a1076203b8
SHA1 b3c9c1a74616f00b212a7fa8159ee93e29d3f5b9
SHA256 c0b98e6c6da8a393b6163c3100ccf227b40bde4c0e0fa104ec74914830c180de
SHA512 91c955cfde42dea1b850de37945b29aee87a54f352533b661cdebc5ad261896682d313e7a7834d22b58983d0deef92f77f08ea9ba7a9252a94a070decf211c5c

memory/1164-12-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp

C:\WErtu\Reterd\szvmhegu.exe

MD5 d6fc3c7b2c6846ef8f4808a1076203b8
SHA1 b3c9c1a74616f00b212a7fa8159ee93e29d3f5b9
SHA256 c0b98e6c6da8a393b6163c3100ccf227b40bde4c0e0fa104ec74914830c180de
SHA512 91c955cfde42dea1b850de37945b29aee87a54f352533b661cdebc5ad261896682d313e7a7834d22b58983d0deef92f77f08ea9ba7a9252a94a070decf211c5c

memory/1164-14-0x0000000002550000-0x0000000002561000-memory.dmp

\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Mquuk\iqvye.exe

MD5 d6fc3c7b2c6846ef8f4808a1076203b8
SHA1 b3c9c1a74616f00b212a7fa8159ee93e29d3f5b9
SHA256 c0b98e6c6da8a393b6163c3100ccf227b40bde4c0e0fa104ec74914830c180de
SHA512 91c955cfde42dea1b850de37945b29aee87a54f352533b661cdebc5ad261896682d313e7a7834d22b58983d0deef92f77f08ea9ba7a9252a94a070decf211c5c

\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Mquuk\iqvye.exe

MD5 d6fc3c7b2c6846ef8f4808a1076203b8
SHA1 b3c9c1a74616f00b212a7fa8159ee93e29d3f5b9
SHA256 c0b98e6c6da8a393b6163c3100ccf227b40bde4c0e0fa104ec74914830c180de
SHA512 91c955cfde42dea1b850de37945b29aee87a54f352533b661cdebc5ad261896682d313e7a7834d22b58983d0deef92f77f08ea9ba7a9252a94a070decf211c5c

memory/852-17-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Mquuk\iqvye.exe

MD5 d6fc3c7b2c6846ef8f4808a1076203b8
SHA1 b3c9c1a74616f00b212a7fa8159ee93e29d3f5b9
SHA256 c0b98e6c6da8a393b6163c3100ccf227b40bde4c0e0fa104ec74914830c180de
SHA512 91c955cfde42dea1b850de37945b29aee87a54f352533b661cdebc5ad261896682d313e7a7834d22b58983d0deef92f77f08ea9ba7a9252a94a070decf211c5c

memory/452-19-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Mquuk\iqvye.exe

MD5 d6fc3c7b2c6846ef8f4808a1076203b8
SHA1 b3c9c1a74616f00b212a7fa8159ee93e29d3f5b9
SHA256 c0b98e6c6da8a393b6163c3100ccf227b40bde4c0e0fa104ec74914830c180de
SHA512 91c955cfde42dea1b850de37945b29aee87a54f352533b661cdebc5ad261896682d313e7a7834d22b58983d0deef92f77f08ea9ba7a9252a94a070decf211c5c

memory/916-21-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Mquuk\iqvye.exe

MD5 d6fc3c7b2c6846ef8f4808a1076203b8
SHA1 b3c9c1a74616f00b212a7fa8159ee93e29d3f5b9
SHA256 c0b98e6c6da8a393b6163c3100ccf227b40bde4c0e0fa104ec74914830c180de
SHA512 91c955cfde42dea1b850de37945b29aee87a54f352533b661cdebc5ad261896682d313e7a7834d22b58983d0deef92f77f08ea9ba7a9252a94a070decf211c5c

\??\PIPE\wkssvc

MD5 d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e
SHA1 da39a3ee5e6b4b0d3255bfef95601890afd80709
SHA256 e3b0c44298fc1c149afbf4c8996fb92427ae41e4649b934ca495991b7852b855
SHA512 cf83e1357eefb8bdf1542850d66d8007d620e4050b5715dc83f4a921d36ce9ce47d0d13c5d85f2b0ff8318d2877eec2f63b931bd47417a81a538327af927da3e

memory/916-24-0x00000000024D0000-0x00000000024E1000-memory.dmp

memory/852-25-0x00000000004F0000-0x0000000000527000-memory.dmp

memory/1060-26-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Mquuk\iqvye.dat

MD5 ec3bf5926b5757523ccac475af01fab9
SHA1 e3c7bbf95f53c00d524c821be28127bc5334d751
SHA256 43b863a53399f2501defcccf8fea242f08dede54caaac3f099bd16dfc6735c2a
SHA512 5293e19fd1960574502ae16e52a28a589eb0d7abfc04dd6ad5859218b7b9b23d9b58418a97e5bc52559a02a32945575861d359e1b609c9d196f5245a9383f958

memory/1820-28-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp

C:\WErtu\Reterd\szvmhegu.exe

MD5 d6fc3c7b2c6846ef8f4808a1076203b8
SHA1 b3c9c1a74616f00b212a7fa8159ee93e29d3f5b9
SHA256 c0b98e6c6da8a393b6163c3100ccf227b40bde4c0e0fa104ec74914830c180de
SHA512 91c955cfde42dea1b850de37945b29aee87a54f352533b661cdebc5ad261896682d313e7a7834d22b58983d0deef92f77f08ea9ba7a9252a94a070decf211c5c

\??\PIPE\wkssvc

MD5 d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e
SHA1 da39a3ee5e6b4b0d3255bfef95601890afd80709
SHA256 e3b0c44298fc1c149afbf4c8996fb92427ae41e4649b934ca495991b7852b855
SHA512 cf83e1357eefb8bdf1542850d66d8007d620e4050b5715dc83f4a921d36ce9ce47d0d13c5d85f2b0ff8318d2877eec2f63b931bd47417a81a538327af927da3e

Analysis: behavioral2

Detonation Overview

Submitted

2020-10-19 22:59

Reported

2020-10-19 23:05

Platform

win10

Max time kernel

10s

Max time network

133s

Command Line

"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\document-1191725389.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-1191725389.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 4480

C:\Windows\system32\dwwin.exe

C:\Windows\system32\dwwin.exe -x -s 4480

Network

N/A

Files

memory/3692-0-0x00007FFDC0BD0000-0x00007FFDC1296000-memory.dmp

memory/2980-4-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp

memory/3016-5-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp

memory/3016-6-0x00000165CABF0000-0x00000165CABF1000-memory.dmp

memory/3016-7-0x00000165CABF0000-0x00000165CABF1000-memory.dmp

memory/3016-9-0x00000165CB380000-0x00000165CB381000-memory.dmp

memory/3016-12-0x00000165CB780000-0x00000165CB781000-memory.dmp

memory/3016-14-0x00000165CB780000-0x00000165CB781000-memory.dmp

memory/3016-16-0x00000165CB780000-0x00000165CB781000-memory.dmp

memory/3016-18-0x00000165CB6F0000-0x00000165CB6F1000-memory.dmp

memory/3016-19-0x00000165CB6F0000-0x00000165CB6F1000-memory.dmp

memory/3016-20-0x00000165CB6F0000-0x00000165CB6F1000-memory.dmp

memory/3016-21-0x00000165CB2C0000-0x00000165CB2C1000-memory.dmp