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Analysis

  • max time kernel
    1787s
  • max time network
    1789s
  • platform
    windows7_x64
  • resource
    win7-en-20211208
  • submitted
    18-01-2022 12:03

General

  • Target

    dexc.ocx.dll

  • Size

    647KB

  • MD5

    74335b83254eeff621dd7bea844eb859

  • SHA1

    b004da994afd349eec84ef0a579ca9785f6f496d

  • SHA256

    5f04c44de516e644115ad8094afbdab4b52ce6e46a848aeb7cf634ad471e4ac0

  • SHA512

    edece82d4cb1a8c8d7f5d43ffa7920ff0cb8c61154c5b06d9b3d48a52b0a08a4ce0c0610957d1ca4d5ae6d99e4a4f441da3a2a56eec3e123666742c59905c44e

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

qakbot

Version

403.10

Botnet

cullinan

Campaign

1640168876

C2

93.48.80.198:995

140.82.49.12:443

32.221.229.7:443

24.152.219.253:995

31.35.28.29:443

96.37.113.36:993

190.39.205.165:443

79.173.195.234:443

39.49.66.100:995

103.139.242.30:22

79.167.192.206:995

45.9.20.200:2211

24.95.61.62:443

37.210.226.125:61202

103.139.242.30:995

70.163.1.219:443

103.143.8.71:6881

76.169.147.192:32103

136.143.11.232:443

63.153.187.104:443

Attributes
  • salt

    jHxastDcds)oMc=jvh7wdUhxcsdt2

Signatures

  • Qakbot/Qbot

    Qbot or Qakbot is a sophisticated worm with banking capabilities.

  • Windows security bypass 2 TTPs
  • Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs
  • Drops file in System32 directory 1 IoCs
  • Creates scheduled task(s) 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Schtasks is often used by malware for persistence or to perform post-infection execution.

  • Discovers systems in the same network 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Gathers network information 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Uses commandline utility to view network configuration.

  • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS 58 IoCs
  • Runs net.exe
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 27 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 64 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Windows\system32\rundll32.exe
    rundll32.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\dexc.ocx.dll,#1
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:812
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
      rundll32.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\dexc.ocx.dll,#1
      2⤵
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:1300
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exe
        C:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exe
        3⤵
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:1224
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
          "C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe" /Create /RU "NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM" /tn ypldadymdy /tr "regsvr32.exe -s \"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\dexc.ocx.dll\"" /SC ONCE /Z /ST 13:06 /ET 13:18
          4⤵
          • Creates scheduled task(s)
          PID:612
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\whoami.exe
          whoami /all
          4⤵
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          PID:1616
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
          cmd /c set
          4⤵
            PID:844
          • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\arp.exe
            arp -a
            4⤵
              PID:1632
            • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ipconfig.exe
              ipconfig /all
              4⤵
              • Gathers network information
              PID:956
            • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net.exe
              net view /all
              4⤵
              • Discovers systems in the same network
              PID:1964
            • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\nslookup.exe
              nslookup -querytype=ALL -timeout=10 _ldap._tcp.dc._msdcs.WORKGROUP
              4⤵
                PID:1740
              • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net.exe
                net share
                4⤵
                  PID:936
                  • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net1.exe
                    C:\Windows\system32\net1 share
                    5⤵
                      PID:1876
                  • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\route.exe
                    route print
                    4⤵
                      PID:1068
                    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\netstat.exe
                      netstat -nao
                      4⤵
                      • Gathers network information
                      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
                      PID:1140
                    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net.exe
                      net localgroup
                      4⤵
                        PID:1912
                        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net1.exe
                          C:\Windows\system32\net1 localgroup
                          5⤵
                            PID:668
                  • C:\Windows\system32\taskeng.exe
                    taskeng.exe {8A06EE01-DE2A-42BB-A039-14CFD93BBBA8} S-1-5-18:NT AUTHORITY\System:Service:
                    1⤵
                    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                    PID:1892
                    • C:\Windows\system32\regsvr32.exe
                      regsvr32.exe -s "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\dexc.ocx.dll"
                      2⤵
                      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                      PID:1188
                      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\regsvr32.exe
                        -s "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\dexc.ocx.dll"
                        3⤵
                        • Loads dropped DLL
                        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
                        • Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection
                        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                        PID:1604
                        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exe
                          C:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exe
                          4⤵
                          • Drops file in System32 directory
                          • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
                          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                          PID:1980
                          • C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe
                            C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe ADD "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths" /f /t REG_DWORD /v "C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Aauboaxhjyry" /d "0"
                            5⤵
                              PID:1704
                            • C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe
                              C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe ADD "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths" /f /t REG_DWORD /v "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Ybgqonel" /d "0"
                              5⤵
                                PID:296
                      • C:\Windows\system32\taskeng.exe
                        taskeng.exe {7EEE34D2-1A9B-44E4-92B9-F3B1EB7243F6} S-1-5-18:NT AUTHORITY\System:Service:
                        1⤵
                        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                        PID:2044
                        • C:\Windows\system32\regsvr32.exe
                          regsvr32.exe -s "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\dexc.ocx.dll"
                          2⤵
                          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                          PID:1288
                          • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\regsvr32.exe
                            -s "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\dexc.ocx.dll"
                            3⤵
                              PID:604
                        • C:\Windows\system32\msiexec.exe
                          C:\Windows\system32\msiexec.exe /V
                          1⤵
                          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
                          PID:1392

                        Network

                        MITRE ATT&CK Matrix ATT&CK v6

                        Execution

                        Scheduled Task

                        1
                        T1053

                        Command-Line Interface

                        1
                        T1059

                        Persistence

                        Scheduled Task

                        1
                        T1053

                        Privilege Escalation

                        Scheduled Task

                        1
                        T1053

                        Defense Evasion

                        Disabling Security Tools

                        1
                        T1089

                        Modify Registry

                        1
                        T1112

                        Discovery

                        Remote System Discovery

                        1
                        T1018

                        System Information Discovery

                        1
                        T1082

                        Replay Monitor

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                        Downloads

                        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\dexc.ocx.dll
                          MD5

                          74335b83254eeff621dd7bea844eb859

                          SHA1

                          b004da994afd349eec84ef0a579ca9785f6f496d

                          SHA256

                          5f04c44de516e644115ad8094afbdab4b52ce6e46a848aeb7cf634ad471e4ac0

                          SHA512

                          edece82d4cb1a8c8d7f5d43ffa7920ff0cb8c61154c5b06d9b3d48a52b0a08a4ce0c0610957d1ca4d5ae6d99e4a4f441da3a2a56eec3e123666742c59905c44e

                        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\dexc.ocx.dll
                          MD5

                          01b8a974f93befd9725b5f7f5b27e029

                          SHA1

                          91eca55d0a72e1fa3e4d28df748f029da44dc03c

                          SHA256

                          90a59ab0372737c3d1536ed00213d96cd23f1fd5209843f1d2539fb493da588c

                          SHA512

                          2d2a1a254e4628fe1ddd15b63f16896033430f6fb9631dee1f76f51acfe00ae35e4c67f57af82770d33acf6454fe88ef58cad0c228f978b4f3791f6a2fa10d30

                        • \??\PIPE\wkssvc
                          MD5

                          d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e

                          SHA1

                          da39a3ee5e6b4b0d3255bfef95601890afd80709

                          SHA256

                          e3b0c44298fc1c149afbf4c8996fb92427ae41e4649b934ca495991b7852b855

                          SHA512

                          cf83e1357eefb8bdf1542850d66d8007d620e4050b5715dc83f4a921d36ce9ce47d0d13c5d85f2b0ff8318d2877eec2f63b931bd47417a81a538327af927da3e

                        • \Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\dexc.ocx.dll
                          MD5

                          74335b83254eeff621dd7bea844eb859

                          SHA1

                          b004da994afd349eec84ef0a579ca9785f6f496d

                          SHA256

                          5f04c44de516e644115ad8094afbdab4b52ce6e46a848aeb7cf634ad471e4ac0

                          SHA512

                          edece82d4cb1a8c8d7f5d43ffa7920ff0cb8c61154c5b06d9b3d48a52b0a08a4ce0c0610957d1ca4d5ae6d99e4a4f441da3a2a56eec3e123666742c59905c44e

                        • memory/1188-67-0x000007FEFB5B1000-0x000007FEFB5B3000-memory.dmp
                          Filesize

                          8KB

                        • memory/1224-63-0x00000000000B0000-0x00000000000B2000-memory.dmp
                          Filesize

                          8KB

                        • memory/1224-66-0x0000000000080000-0x00000000000A1000-memory.dmp
                          Filesize

                          132KB

                        • memory/1224-65-0x0000000074281000-0x0000000074283000-memory.dmp
                          Filesize

                          8KB

                        • memory/1300-61-0x0000000000240000-0x0000000000283000-memory.dmp
                          Filesize

                          268KB

                        • memory/1300-58-0x0000000000290000-0x00000000002B1000-memory.dmp
                          Filesize

                          132KB

                        • memory/1300-55-0x0000000075AB1000-0x0000000075AB3000-memory.dmp
                          Filesize

                          8KB

                        • memory/1300-59-0x0000000000290000-0x00000000002B1000-memory.dmp
                          Filesize

                          132KB

                        • memory/1300-60-0x0000000000290000-0x00000000002B1000-memory.dmp
                          Filesize

                          132KB

                        • memory/1300-57-0x0000000000290000-0x00000000002B1000-memory.dmp
                          Filesize

                          132KB

                        • memory/1300-56-0x00000000002E0000-0x0000000000380000-memory.dmp
                          Filesize

                          640KB

                        • memory/1300-62-0x0000000000290000-0x00000000002B1000-memory.dmp
                          Filesize

                          132KB

                        • memory/1604-73-0x00000000005B0000-0x00000000005D1000-memory.dmp
                          Filesize

                          132KB

                        • memory/1604-75-0x00000000005B0000-0x00000000005D1000-memory.dmp
                          Filesize

                          132KB

                        • memory/1604-74-0x00000000005B0000-0x00000000005D1000-memory.dmp
                          Filesize

                          132KB

                        • memory/1604-72-0x00000000005B0000-0x00000000005D1000-memory.dmp
                          Filesize

                          132KB

                        • memory/1604-81-0x00000000005B0000-0x00000000005D1000-memory.dmp
                          Filesize

                          132KB

                        • memory/1604-80-0x0000000000560000-0x00000000005A3000-memory.dmp
                          Filesize

                          268KB

                        • memory/1604-71-0x00000000002F0000-0x0000000000390000-memory.dmp
                          Filesize

                          640KB

                        • memory/1980-82-0x0000000000080000-0x00000000000A1000-memory.dmp
                          Filesize

                          132KB