Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1f5525b4a8191e5c…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: d29d0e0e96e11f57948b230657e74285 SHA-1: aae606a0322452266859955ef7a01f0a8acf7180 SHA-256: 1f5525b4a8191e5c80c5c77cfc8f3e573d3c73190375363c10568b66f0bd96e8
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 95%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious File Execution: 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 leverages malicious macros or embedded content within the Excel file to initiate the download and execution of a secondary payload. This aligns with common Qbot distribution methods.

Heuristics 1

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