Malware Analysis Report

2024-11-30 13:39

Sample ID 201029-zvd1bjkgqx
Target doc_pack-2132731622.xlsb
SHA256 cbac9bb6b03a428e2076f78fe96f5e21b12da62b0d3d6a64aaf677da31c42712
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

cbac9bb6b03a428e2076f78fe96f5e21b12da62b0d3d6a64aaf677da31c42712

Threat Level: Known bad

The file doc_pack-2132731622.xlsb was found to be: Known bad.

Malicious Activity Summary

qakbot tr01 1603793855 banker stealer trojan

Qakbot/Qbot

Executes dropped EXE

Creates scheduled task(s)

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory

Enumerates system info in registry

Checks processor information in registry

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses

Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection

Modifies Internet Explorer settings

Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx

Checks SCSI registry key(s)

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

146s

Max time network

151s

Command Line

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE" /dde C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\doc_pack-2132731622.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 (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\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
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
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 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-2132731622.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
N/A 8.8.8.8:53 www.download.windowsupdate.com udp
N/A 205.185.216.42:80 www.download.windowsupdate.com tcp

Files

memory/1608-0-0x000007FEF7180000-0x000007FEF73FA000-memory.dmp

Analysis: behavioral2

Detonation Overview

Submitted

2020-10-29 04:53

Reported

2020-10-29 04:56

Platform

win10v20201028

Max time kernel

102s

Max time network

148s

Command Line

"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\doc_pack-2132731622.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\Disk&Ven_&Prod_HeartDisk\4&37ce57ba&0&000000\DeviceDesc C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Qjfeipdya\lmjexsx.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\Qjfeipdya\lmjexsx.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 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 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\Qjfeipdya\lmjexsx.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\Qjfeipdya\lmjexsx.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 opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Enum\SCSI\CDROM&VEN_SANU&PROD_SANU_DVD-ROM\4&37CE57BA&0&010000 C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Qjfeipdya\lmjexsx.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\Qjfeipdya\lmjexsx.exe N/A

Checks processor information in registry

Description Indicator Process Target
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
Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\Hardware\Description\System\CentralProcessor\0 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\Qjfeipdya\lmjexsx.exe N/A

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory

Description Indicator Process Target
PID 4052 wrote to memory of 3312 N/A C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE C:\hgoitk\nkorpy\exlwhtih.exe
PID 4052 wrote to memory of 3312 N/A C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE C:\hgoitk\nkorpy\exlwhtih.exe
PID 4052 wrote to memory of 3312 N/A C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE C:\hgoitk\nkorpy\exlwhtih.exe
PID 3312 wrote to memory of 2868 N/A C:\hgoitk\nkorpy\exlwhtih.exe C:\hgoitk\nkorpy\exlwhtih.exe
PID 3312 wrote to memory of 2868 N/A C:\hgoitk\nkorpy\exlwhtih.exe C:\hgoitk\nkorpy\exlwhtih.exe
PID 3312 wrote to memory of 2868 N/A C:\hgoitk\nkorpy\exlwhtih.exe C:\hgoitk\nkorpy\exlwhtih.exe
PID 3312 wrote to memory of 4040 N/A C:\hgoitk\nkorpy\exlwhtih.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Qjfeipdya\lmjexsx.exe
PID 3312 wrote to memory of 4040 N/A C:\hgoitk\nkorpy\exlwhtih.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Qjfeipdya\lmjexsx.exe
PID 3312 wrote to memory of 4040 N/A C:\hgoitk\nkorpy\exlwhtih.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Qjfeipdya\lmjexsx.exe
PID 3312 wrote to memory of 1512 N/A C:\hgoitk\nkorpy\exlwhtih.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
PID 3312 wrote to memory of 1512 N/A C:\hgoitk\nkorpy\exlwhtih.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
PID 3312 wrote to memory of 1512 N/A C:\hgoitk\nkorpy\exlwhtih.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
PID 4040 wrote to memory of 2188 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Qjfeipdya\lmjexsx.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Qjfeipdya\lmjexsx.exe
PID 4040 wrote to memory of 2188 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Qjfeipdya\lmjexsx.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Qjfeipdya\lmjexsx.exe
PID 4040 wrote to memory of 2188 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Qjfeipdya\lmjexsx.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Qjfeipdya\lmjexsx.exe
PID 4040 wrote to memory of 3836 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Qjfeipdya\lmjexsx.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exe
PID 4040 wrote to memory of 3836 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Qjfeipdya\lmjexsx.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exe
PID 4040 wrote to memory of 3836 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Qjfeipdya\lmjexsx.exe C:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exe
PID 4040 wrote to memory of 3836 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Qjfeipdya\lmjexsx.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-2132731622.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\Qjfeipdya\lmjexsx.exe

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Qjfeipdya\lmjexsx.exe

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe

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

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Qjfeipdya\lmjexsx.exe

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Qjfeipdya\lmjexsx.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/4052-0-0x00007FFE2FA80000-0x00007FFE300B7000-memory.dmp

memory/3312-1-0x0000000000000000-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/2868-4-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp

C:\hgoitk\nkorpy\exlwhtih.exe

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

memory/2868-6-0x0000000002710000-0x0000000002711000-memory.dmp

memory/4040-7-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Qjfeipdya\lmjexsx.exe

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

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Qjfeipdya\lmjexsx.exe

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

memory/1512-10-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp

memory/2188-11-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Qjfeipdya\lmjexsx.exe

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

memory/2188-13-0x0000000002790000-0x0000000002791000-memory.dmp

memory/4040-14-0x0000000002100000-0x0000000002137000-memory.dmp

memory/3836-15-0x0000000000000000-mapping.dmp

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Qjfeipdya\lmjexsx.dat

MD5 68ca64b47dd6674f1fe96da43bdc8041
SHA1 a7712bfe244a35f31395b772d3ae6f27e7ab0b2b
SHA256 684c8abeee4e2535eb06b39fe45d2bbfab594154a3c70e736190be558d7b00a8
SHA512 3b741a00d61fcc8be24192d463935d0d9b39c5749351773c0f8d6130b3389b0ac96214ec68e092f4ba56c0699150c8c62d4c1b9a4bb7011e462001947df01a73