Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2040e166d44c5be8…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

29.5 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 8a79149ff8fa863ff02adbb8ee18315e SHA-1: a1a4f6e6aa3ed4b51f0d5d6b84a5360fe0c5d8d6 SHA-256: 2040e166d44c5be8152b7b94cc917506534548224e0451433760185fed5900c7
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 macro-based execution within an Excel document to download and run a secondary stage payload. This aligns with common Qbot distribution tactics.

Heuristics 1

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

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