Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1c58eed089016682…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

23.6 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 3fb5fdc8721a71486927a74da0cf03f4 SHA-1: 5c11876d071ae9ee6c602a292bfc53931a9861b2 SHA-256: 1c58eed08901668255705361a532f7713344b062897126bda97cef62209c741f
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 95%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious File: Malicious File

The file is identified by ClamAV as 'Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0', strongly indicating it functions as a dropper for the Qbot banking trojan. The detection name suggests it is an Excel-based dropper, likely leveraging macros or exploits to deliver its payload. The primary attack pattern involves tricking users into opening a malicious attachment to initiate the infection chain.

Heuristics 1

  • ClamAV: Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0