Malware Analysis Report

2024-11-30 13:43

Sample ID 201029-kt69sv5qhs
Target doc_pack-207025125.xlsb
SHA256 b3b9ea78cc05a6300735ce54fb64732a46445ceed1c77387d0c1b7170027cb5e
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

b3b9ea78cc05a6300735ce54fb64732a46445ceed1c77387d0c1b7170027cb5e

Threat Level: Known bad

The file doc_pack-207025125.xlsb was found to be: Known bad.

Malicious Activity Summary

qakbot tr01 1603793855 banker stealer trojan

Qakbot/Qbot

Executes dropped EXE

Enumerates system info in registry

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory

Creates scheduled task(s)

Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection

Modifies Internet Explorer settings

Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener

Checks SCSI registry key(s)

Checks processor information in registry

MITRE ATT&CK

Analysis: static1

Detonation Overview

Reported

2020-10-29 04:37

Signatures

N/A

Analysis: behavioral1

Detonation Overview

Submitted

2020-10-29 04:37

Reported

2020-10-29 04:43

Platform

win7v20201028

Max time kernel

68s

Max time network

49s

Command Line

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE" /dde C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\doc_pack-207025125.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
Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-293278959-2699126792-324916226-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE N/A
Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-293278959-2699126792-324916226-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar\ShowDiscussionButton = "Yes" C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE N/A
Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-293278959-2699126792-324916226-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MenuExt C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE N/A
Set value (int) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-293278959-2699126792-324916226-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MenuExt\Se&nd to OneNote\Contexts = "55" C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE N/A
Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-293278959-2699126792-324916226-1000\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-1-5-21-293278959-2699126792-324916226-1000\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-1-5-21-293278959-2699126792-324916226-1000\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-1-5-21-293278959-2699126792-324916226-1000\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
Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-293278959-2699126792-324916226-1000\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

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-207025125.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/1868-0-0x000007FEF7E30000-0x000007FEF80AA000-memory.dmp

Analysis: behavioral2

Detonation Overview

Submitted

2020-10-29 04:37

Reported

2020-10-29 04:43

Platform

win10v20201028

Max time kernel

147s

Max time network

150s

Command Line

"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\doc_pack-207025125.xlsb"

Signatures

Qakbot/Qbot

trojan banker stealer qakbot

Checks SCSI registry key(s)

Description Indicator Process Target
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 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\Vsikyipst\hwnza.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\Vsikyipst\hwnza.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\Vsikyipst\hwnza.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\Vsikyipst\hwnza.exe N/A
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 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 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:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Vsikyipst\hwnza.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\Vsikyipst\hwnza.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\Vsikyipst\hwnza.exe N/A

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory

Description Indicator Process Target
PID 3984 wrote to memory of 3548 N/A C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE C:\hgoitk\nkorpy\exlwhtih.exe
PID 3984 wrote to memory of 3548 N/A C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE C:\hgoitk\nkorpy\exlwhtih.exe
PID 3984 wrote to memory of 3548 N/A C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE C:\hgoitk\nkorpy\exlwhtih.exe
PID 3548 wrote to memory of 3052 N/A C:\hgoitk\nkorpy\exlwhtih.exe C:\hgoitk\nkorpy\exlwhtih.exe
PID 3548 wrote to memory of 3052 N/A C:\hgoitk\nkorpy\exlwhtih.exe C:\hgoitk\nkorpy\exlwhtih.exe
PID 3548 wrote to memory of 3052 N/A C:\hgoitk\nkorpy\exlwhtih.exe C:\hgoitk\nkorpy\exlwhtih.exe
PID 3548 wrote to memory of 1020 N/A C:\hgoitk\nkorpy\exlwhtih.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Vsikyipst\hwnza.exe
PID 3548 wrote to memory of 1020 N/A C:\hgoitk\nkorpy\exlwhtih.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Vsikyipst\hwnza.exe
PID 3548 wrote to memory of 1020 N/A C:\hgoitk\nkorpy\exlwhtih.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Vsikyipst\hwnza.exe
PID 3548 wrote to memory of 1996 N/A C:\hgoitk\nkorpy\exlwhtih.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
PID 3548 wrote to memory of 1996 N/A C:\hgoitk\nkorpy\exlwhtih.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
PID 3548 wrote to memory of 1996 N/A C:\hgoitk\nkorpy\exlwhtih.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
PID 1020 wrote to memory of 1124 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Vsikyipst\hwnza.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Vsikyipst\hwnza.exe
PID 1020 wrote to memory of 1124 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Vsikyipst\hwnza.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Vsikyipst\hwnza.exe
PID 1020 wrote to memory of 1124 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Vsikyipst\hwnza.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Vsikyipst\hwnza.exe
PID 1020 wrote to memory of 1676 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Vsikyipst\hwnza.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exe
PID 1020 wrote to memory of 1676 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Vsikyipst\hwnza.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exe
PID 1020 wrote to memory of 1676 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Vsikyipst\hwnza.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exe
PID 1020 wrote to memory of 1676 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Vsikyipst\hwnza.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-207025125.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\Vsikyipst\hwnza.exe

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Vsikyipst\hwnza.exe

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe

"C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe" /Create /RU "NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM" /tn ahatkjilt /tr "\"C:\hgoitk\nkorpy\exlwhtih.exe\" /I ahatkjilt" /SC ONCE /Z /ST 05:47 /ET 05:59

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Vsikyipst\hwnza.exe

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Vsikyipst\hwnza.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/3984-0-0x00007FFC34820000-0x00007FFC34E57000-memory.dmp

memory/3548-1-0x0000000000000000-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/3052-4-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp

C:\hgoitk\nkorpy\exlwhtih.exe

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

memory/3052-6-0x00000000026C0000-0x00000000026C1000-memory.dmp

memory/1020-7-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Vsikyipst\hwnza.exe

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

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Vsikyipst\hwnza.exe

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

memory/1996-10-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp

memory/1124-11-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Vsikyipst\hwnza.exe

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

memory/1124-13-0x00000000028B0000-0x00000000028B1000-memory.dmp

memory/1020-14-0x00000000022B0000-0x00000000022E7000-memory.dmp

memory/1676-15-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Vsikyipst\hwnza.dat

MD5 a5ec15f60f5569fe780ba0cc9b0e0dfd
SHA1 195b0a53dbbb0ab1145f590ed42e4dc79bb741a2
SHA256 1df7bd6c7b471a23002a88e6f8b084cd771232c8643ebc237c5a93e894ff5dbc
SHA512 cdb0604645a264d3002a6c6a34350bdf06fc99110d4d65d3063c6b74eb1098828740577f8b48889980f8b05def6bc02942f78a584ad8dcfc41273ae388b64cbd