Malware Analysis Report

2024-11-30 13:54

Sample ID 201029-ajzx1c2pls
Target doc_pack-2144061810.xlsb
SHA256 8d5a12d4a0dedb057eae6d4cbbad8533f37e9d8b357b60b12da01f94f3b187b9
Tags
qakbot tr01 1603793855 banker stealer trojan
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

8d5a12d4a0dedb057eae6d4cbbad8533f37e9d8b357b60b12da01f94f3b187b9

Threat Level: Known bad

The file doc_pack-2144061810.xlsb was found to be: Known bad.

Malicious Activity Summary

qakbot tr01 1603793855 banker stealer trojan

Qakbot/Qbot

Executes dropped EXE

Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx

Checks processor information in registry

Creates scheduled task(s)

Modifies Internet Explorer settings

Checks SCSI registry key(s)

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses

Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory

Enumerates system info in registry

MITRE ATT&CK

Analysis: static1

Detonation Overview

Reported

2020-10-29 04:53

Signatures

N/A

Analysis: behavioral1

Detonation Overview

Submitted

2020-10-29 04:53

Reported

2020-10-29 04:56

Platform

win7v20201028

Max time kernel

65s

Max time network

43s

Command Line

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE" /dde C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\doc_pack-2144061810.xlsb

Signatures

Enumerates system info in registry

Description Indicator Process Target
Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\Hardware\Description\System\FloatingPointProcessor C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE N/A

Modifies Internet Explorer settings

adware spyware
Description Indicator Process Target
Set value (int) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3825035466-2522850611-591511364-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MenuExt\Se&nd to OneNote\Contexts = "55" C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE N/A
Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3825035466-2522850611-591511364-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MenuExt\E&xport to Microsoft Excel\ = "res://C:\\PROGRA~2\\MICROS~1\\Office14\\EXCEL.EXE/3000" C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE N/A
Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3825035466-2522850611-591511364-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MenuExt\E&xport to Microsoft Excel C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE N/A
Set value (int) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3825035466-2522850611-591511364-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MenuExt\E&xport to Microsoft Excel\Contexts = "1" C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE N/A
Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3825035466-2522850611-591511364-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE N/A
Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3825035466-2522850611-591511364-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar\ShowDiscussionButton = "Yes" C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE N/A
Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3825035466-2522850611-591511364-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MenuExt C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE N/A
Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3825035466-2522850611-591511364-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MenuExt\Se&nd to OneNote C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE N/A
Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3825035466-2522850611-591511364-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MenuExt\Se&nd to OneNote\ = "res://C:\\PROGRA~2\\MICROS~1\\Office14\\ONBttnIE.dll/105" C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE N/A

Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener

Description Indicator Process Target
N/A N/A C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE N/A

Processes

C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE" /dde C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\doc_pack-2144061810.xlsb

Network

Country Destination Domain Proto
N/A 8.8.8.8:53 live-now.club udp
N/A 162.213.253.56:443 live-now.club tcp

Files

memory/1904-0-0x000007FEF6460000-0x000007FEF66DA000-memory.dmp

Analysis: behavioral2

Detonation Overview

Submitted

2020-10-29 04:53

Reported

2020-10-29 04:56

Platform

win10v20201028

Max time kernel

150s

Max time network

146s

Command Line

"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\doc_pack-2144061810.xlsb"

Signatures

Qakbot/Qbot

trojan banker stealer qakbot

Checks SCSI registry key(s)

Description Indicator Process Target
Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Enum\SCSI\CDROM&VEN_SANU&PROD_SANU_DVD-ROM\4&37CE57BA&0&010000 C:\hgoitk\nkorpy\exlwhtih.exe N/A
Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Enum\SCSI\DISK&VEN_&PROD_HEARTDISK\4&37CE57BA&0&000000 C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Vookpxg\uuefeit.exe N/A
Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Enum\SCSI\Disk&Ven_&Prod_HeartDisk\4&37ce57ba&0&000000\Service C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Vookpxg\uuefeit.exe N/A
Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Enum\SCSI\CdRom&Ven_Sanu&Prod_Sanu_DVD-ROM\4&37ce57ba&0&010000\Service C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Vookpxg\uuefeit.exe N/A
Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Enum\SCSI\CdRom&Ven_Sanu&Prod_Sanu_DVD-ROM\4&37ce57ba&0&010000\DeviceDesc C:\hgoitk\nkorpy\exlwhtih.exe N/A
Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Enum\SCSI\CdRom&Ven_Sanu&Prod_Sanu_DVD-ROM\4&37ce57ba&0&010000\Service C:\hgoitk\nkorpy\exlwhtih.exe N/A
Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Enum\SCSI\DISK&VEN_&PROD_HEARTDISK\4&37CE57BA&0&000000 C:\hgoitk\nkorpy\exlwhtih.exe N/A
Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Enum\SCSI\Disk&Ven_&Prod_HeartDisk\4&37ce57ba&0&000000\DeviceDesc C:\hgoitk\nkorpy\exlwhtih.exe N/A
Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Enum\SCSI\Disk&Ven_&Prod_HeartDisk\4&37ce57ba&0&000000\Service C:\hgoitk\nkorpy\exlwhtih.exe N/A
Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Enum\SCSI\CDROM&VEN_SANU&PROD_SANU_DVD-ROM\4&37CE57BA&0&010000 C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Vookpxg\uuefeit.exe N/A
Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Enum\SCSI\CdRom&Ven_Sanu&Prod_Sanu_DVD-ROM\4&37ce57ba&0&010000\DeviceDesc C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Vookpxg\uuefeit.exe N/A
Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Enum\SCSI\Disk&Ven_&Prod_HeartDisk\4&37ce57ba&0&000000\DeviceDesc C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Vookpxg\uuefeit.exe N/A

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

Creates scheduled task(s)

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

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

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory

Description Indicator Process Target
PID 3372 wrote to memory of 1488 N/A C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE C:\hgoitk\nkorpy\exlwhtih.exe
PID 3372 wrote to memory of 1488 N/A C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE C:\hgoitk\nkorpy\exlwhtih.exe
PID 3372 wrote to memory of 1488 N/A C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE C:\hgoitk\nkorpy\exlwhtih.exe
PID 1488 wrote to memory of 3428 N/A C:\hgoitk\nkorpy\exlwhtih.exe C:\hgoitk\nkorpy\exlwhtih.exe
PID 1488 wrote to memory of 3428 N/A C:\hgoitk\nkorpy\exlwhtih.exe C:\hgoitk\nkorpy\exlwhtih.exe
PID 1488 wrote to memory of 3428 N/A C:\hgoitk\nkorpy\exlwhtih.exe C:\hgoitk\nkorpy\exlwhtih.exe
PID 1488 wrote to memory of 2176 N/A C:\hgoitk\nkorpy\exlwhtih.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Vookpxg\uuefeit.exe
PID 1488 wrote to memory of 2176 N/A C:\hgoitk\nkorpy\exlwhtih.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Vookpxg\uuefeit.exe
PID 1488 wrote to memory of 2176 N/A C:\hgoitk\nkorpy\exlwhtih.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Vookpxg\uuefeit.exe
PID 1488 wrote to memory of 3908 N/A C:\hgoitk\nkorpy\exlwhtih.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
PID 1488 wrote to memory of 3908 N/A C:\hgoitk\nkorpy\exlwhtih.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
PID 1488 wrote to memory of 3908 N/A C:\hgoitk\nkorpy\exlwhtih.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
PID 2176 wrote to memory of 2220 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Vookpxg\uuefeit.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Vookpxg\uuefeit.exe
PID 2176 wrote to memory of 2220 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Vookpxg\uuefeit.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Vookpxg\uuefeit.exe
PID 2176 wrote to memory of 2220 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Vookpxg\uuefeit.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Vookpxg\uuefeit.exe
PID 2176 wrote to memory of 2768 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Vookpxg\uuefeit.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exe
PID 2176 wrote to memory of 2768 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Vookpxg\uuefeit.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exe
PID 2176 wrote to memory of 2768 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Vookpxg\uuefeit.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exe
PID 2176 wrote to memory of 2768 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Vookpxg\uuefeit.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exe

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\doc_pack-2144061810.xlsb"

C:\hgoitk\nkorpy\exlwhtih.exe

"C:\hgoitk\nkorpy\exlwhtih.exe"

C:\hgoitk\nkorpy\exlwhtih.exe

C:\hgoitk\nkorpy\exlwhtih.exe /C

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Vookpxg\uuefeit.exe

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Vookpxg\uuefeit.exe

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe

"C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe" /Create /RU "NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM" /tn ewwwhbc /tr "\"C:\hgoitk\nkorpy\exlwhtih.exe\" /I ewwwhbc" /SC ONCE /Z /ST 05:53 /ET 06:05

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Vookpxg\uuefeit.exe

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Vookpxg\uuefeit.exe /C

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exe

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exe

Network

Country Destination Domain Proto
N/A 8.8.8.8:53 live-now.club udp
N/A 162.213.253.56:443 live-now.club tcp

Files

memory/3372-0-0x00007FF896530000-0x00007FF896B67000-memory.dmp

memory/1488-1-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp

C:\hgoitk\nkorpy\exlwhtih.exe

MD5 96967658deb7d88da248e077dc383eca
SHA1 475c6525bf12dc043e8e20fac9b73b5e5c43165b
SHA256 926a329dedbfa54478aae338e79e8c6861e345084173b2bd54d677ba73ce4342
SHA512 542781099dc56c2cc7c685e87c3962cd65405a5b2e3ec24655e26f9156b2fdbebfd8f550d959b08bfb044cfd49e8bfcff6b3ccef891257177a71dafe7750cba2

C:\hgoitk\nkorpy\exlwhtih.exe

MD5 96967658deb7d88da248e077dc383eca
SHA1 475c6525bf12dc043e8e20fac9b73b5e5c43165b
SHA256 926a329dedbfa54478aae338e79e8c6861e345084173b2bd54d677ba73ce4342
SHA512 542781099dc56c2cc7c685e87c3962cd65405a5b2e3ec24655e26f9156b2fdbebfd8f550d959b08bfb044cfd49e8bfcff6b3ccef891257177a71dafe7750cba2

memory/3428-4-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp

C:\hgoitk\nkorpy\exlwhtih.exe

MD5 96967658deb7d88da248e077dc383eca
SHA1 475c6525bf12dc043e8e20fac9b73b5e5c43165b
SHA256 926a329dedbfa54478aae338e79e8c6861e345084173b2bd54d677ba73ce4342
SHA512 542781099dc56c2cc7c685e87c3962cd65405a5b2e3ec24655e26f9156b2fdbebfd8f550d959b08bfb044cfd49e8bfcff6b3ccef891257177a71dafe7750cba2

memory/3428-6-0x0000000002910000-0x0000000002911000-memory.dmp

memory/2176-7-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Vookpxg\uuefeit.exe

MD5 96967658deb7d88da248e077dc383eca
SHA1 475c6525bf12dc043e8e20fac9b73b5e5c43165b
SHA256 926a329dedbfa54478aae338e79e8c6861e345084173b2bd54d677ba73ce4342
SHA512 542781099dc56c2cc7c685e87c3962cd65405a5b2e3ec24655e26f9156b2fdbebfd8f550d959b08bfb044cfd49e8bfcff6b3ccef891257177a71dafe7750cba2

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Vookpxg\uuefeit.exe

MD5 96967658deb7d88da248e077dc383eca
SHA1 475c6525bf12dc043e8e20fac9b73b5e5c43165b
SHA256 926a329dedbfa54478aae338e79e8c6861e345084173b2bd54d677ba73ce4342
SHA512 542781099dc56c2cc7c685e87c3962cd65405a5b2e3ec24655e26f9156b2fdbebfd8f550d959b08bfb044cfd49e8bfcff6b3ccef891257177a71dafe7750cba2

memory/3908-10-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp

memory/2220-11-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Vookpxg\uuefeit.exe

MD5 96967658deb7d88da248e077dc383eca
SHA1 475c6525bf12dc043e8e20fac9b73b5e5c43165b
SHA256 926a329dedbfa54478aae338e79e8c6861e345084173b2bd54d677ba73ce4342
SHA512 542781099dc56c2cc7c685e87c3962cd65405a5b2e3ec24655e26f9156b2fdbebfd8f550d959b08bfb044cfd49e8bfcff6b3ccef891257177a71dafe7750cba2

memory/2220-13-0x0000000002640000-0x0000000002641000-memory.dmp

memory/2176-14-0x00000000025F0000-0x0000000002627000-memory.dmp

memory/2768-15-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Vookpxg\uuefeit.dat

MD5 f3804ebace2c62577605b862069f1b3f
SHA1 37f899680bee39d84d5261b22684b0aabc54e975
SHA256 a86293df87afe9ccbeb38710ca9efe0f5a669aea94e99a69a87673622c6533d5
SHA512 e66a4f2464e64243a71b0aa3f30f594af47a5537ad18c3353a642e0453f9cab2db4249860aefb1afda160478362f0cc40dcf0badb2fe3768ae4eea138ea1aed5