Analysis Overview
SHA256
43f5915cd6cbf87bf2d5a3d19743a0bbd2cd6f2d7287e76777b0853bd2c15754
Threat Level: Known bad
The file Q-WRXNbL_Hvy1aPRl0Ogu9LNby1yh_dnd7CFO9LBV1Q.bin.dll was found to be: Known bad.
Malicious Activity Summary
Process spawned unexpected child process
Qakbot/Qbot
Loads dropped DLL
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Checks processor information in registry
Enumerates system info in registry
Modifies Internet Explorer settings
Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
MITRE ATT&CK
Enterprise Matrix V6
Analysis: static1
Detonation Overview
Reported
2023-03-14 17:17
Signatures
Analysis: behavioral1
Detonation Overview
Submitted
2023-03-14 17:17
Reported
2023-03-14 17:19
Platform
win7-20230220-en
Max time kernel
150s
Max time network
33s
Command Line
Signatures
Process spawned unexpected child process
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| Parent C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE is not expected to spawn this process | N/A | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\wermgr.exe | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE |
Qakbot/Qbot
Loads dropped DLL
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
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
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| Set value (str) | \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3430344531-3702557399-3004411149-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar\ShowDiscussionButton = "Yes" | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Key created | \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3430344531-3702557399-3004411149-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MenuExt | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Key created | \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3430344531-3702557399-3004411149-1000\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-1-5-21-3430344531-3702557399-3004411149-1000\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-1-5-21-3430344531-3702557399-3004411149-1000\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-1-5-21-3430344531-3702557399-3004411149-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Key created | \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3430344531-3702557399-3004411149-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MenuExt\E&xport to Microsoft Excel | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| Set value (str) | \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3430344531-3702557399-3004411149-1000\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 |
| Set value (int) | \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3430344531-3702557399-3004411149-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MenuExt\E&xport to Microsoft Excel\Contexts = "1" | 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 |
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | N/A |
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
| Description | Indicator | Process | Target |
| PID 1408 wrote to memory of 680 | N/A | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\wermgr.exe |
| PID 1408 wrote to memory of 680 | N/A | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\wermgr.exe |
| PID 1408 wrote to memory of 680 | N/A | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\wermgr.exe |
| PID 1408 wrote to memory of 680 | N/A | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\wermgr.exe |
| PID 1408 wrote to memory of 680 | N/A | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\wermgr.exe |
| PID 1408 wrote to memory of 680 | N/A | C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE | C:\Windows\SysWOW64\wermgr.exe |
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\Q-WRXNbL_Hvy1aPRl0Ogu9LNby1yh_dnd7CFO9LBV1Q.bin.xll
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\wermgr.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\wermgr.exe
Network
Files
memory/1408-54-0x000000005FFF0000-0x0000000060000000-memory.dmp
\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Q-WRXNbL_Hvy1aPRl0Ogu9LNby1yh_dnd7CFO9LBV1Q.bin.xll
| MD5 | 35825efb8c006f5a369710852b11230b |
| SHA1 | c9044fb0eba7e5ac56fc853d07830ec3c551e932 |
| SHA256 | 43f5915cd6cbf87bf2d5a3d19743a0bbd2cd6f2d7287e76777b0853bd2c15754 |
| SHA512 | 558eb36fe2d79e84d9c648532d575feb4c63aa22812ff03cbfcbfaad5c42a99597d00903aebdfde38c9ae4a75557df6ea5718b01387e02310f5c400ba239c1e2 |
\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Q-WRXNbL_Hvy1aPRl0Ogu9LNby1yh_dnd7CFO9LBV1Q.bin.xll
| MD5 | 35825efb8c006f5a369710852b11230b |
| SHA1 | c9044fb0eba7e5ac56fc853d07830ec3c551e932 |
| SHA256 | 43f5915cd6cbf87bf2d5a3d19743a0bbd2cd6f2d7287e76777b0853bd2c15754 |
| SHA512 | 558eb36fe2d79e84d9c648532d575feb4c63aa22812ff03cbfcbfaad5c42a99597d00903aebdfde38c9ae4a75557df6ea5718b01387e02310f5c400ba239c1e2 |
memory/1408-57-0x0000000002E70000-0x0000000002E93000-memory.dmp
memory/1408-58-0x0000000002E30000-0x0000000002E61000-memory.dmp
memory/1408-59-0x0000000002E70000-0x0000000002E93000-memory.dmp
memory/680-60-0x00000000000F0000-0x00000000000F2000-memory.dmp
memory/1408-61-0x0000000002E70000-0x0000000002E93000-memory.dmp
memory/680-62-0x0000000000080000-0x00000000000A3000-memory.dmp
memory/680-63-0x0000000000080000-0x00000000000A3000-memory.dmp
memory/680-64-0x0000000000080000-0x00000000000A3000-memory.dmp
memory/680-65-0x0000000000080000-0x00000000000A3000-memory.dmp
memory/680-66-0x0000000000080000-0x00000000000A3000-memory.dmp
memory/680-67-0x0000000000080000-0x00000000000A3000-memory.dmp
memory/680-69-0x0000000000080000-0x00000000000A3000-memory.dmp
Analysis: behavioral2
Detonation Overview
Submitted
2023-03-14 17:17
Reported
2023-03-14 17:19
Platform
win10v2004-20230220-en
Max time kernel
135s
Max time network
153s
Command Line
Signatures
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 use of SetWindowsHookEx
| 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:\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:\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:\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:\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:\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:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.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\Q-WRXNbL_Hvy1aPRl0Ogu9LNby1yh_dnd7CFO9LBV1Q.bin.xll"
Network
| Country | Destination | Domain | Proto |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 104.219.191.52.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 93.184.221.240:80 | tcp | |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 95.221.229.192.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 131.17.126.40.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 199.176.139.52.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 16.43.107.13.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 141.76.109.52.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 0.77.109.52.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 196.249.167.52.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 13.173.189.20.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 76.38.195.152.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 52.152.110.14:443 | tcp | |
| US | 52.168.112.67:443 | tcp | |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 97.238.32.23.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 8.8.8.8:53 | 1.77.109.52.in-addr.arpa | udp |
| US | 52.152.110.14:443 | tcp | |
| NL | 173.223.113.164:443 | tcp | |
| NL | 173.223.113.131:80 | tcp | |
| US | 204.79.197.203:80 | tcp | |
| US | 93.184.221.240:80 | tcp | |
| US | 93.184.221.240:80 | tcp | |
| NL | 173.223.113.131:80 | tcp | |
| US | 52.152.110.14:443 | tcp | |
| US | 52.152.110.14:443 | tcp | |
| US | 52.152.110.14:443 | tcp | |
| US | 52.152.110.14:443 | tcp |
Files
memory/4184-133-0x00007FF842D90000-0x00007FF842DA0000-memory.dmp
memory/4184-134-0x00007FF842D90000-0x00007FF842DA0000-memory.dmp
memory/4184-135-0x00007FF842D90000-0x00007FF842DA0000-memory.dmp
memory/4184-136-0x00007FF842D90000-0x00007FF842DA0000-memory.dmp
memory/4184-137-0x00007FF842D90000-0x00007FF842DA0000-memory.dmp
memory/4184-138-0x00007FF840A10000-0x00007FF840A20000-memory.dmp
memory/4184-139-0x00007FF840A10000-0x00007FF840A20000-memory.dmp
memory/4184-147-0x0000024133700000-0x000002413395F000-memory.dmp
memory/4184-162-0x0000024133700000-0x000002413395F000-memory.dmp
memory/4184-167-0x00007FF842D90000-0x00007FF842DA0000-memory.dmp
memory/4184-168-0x00007FF842D90000-0x00007FF842DA0000-memory.dmp
memory/4184-169-0x00007FF842D90000-0x00007FF842DA0000-memory.dmp
memory/4184-170-0x00007FF842D90000-0x00007FF842DA0000-memory.dmp
memory/4184-171-0x0000024133700000-0x000002413395F000-memory.dmp