Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 26589ffb6de26759…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

23.6 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 5048f61227ecd6961d9549d7b67decb9 SHA-1: 53bb851d1179d118971ac2ef1b2a37c631e20b75 SHA-256: 26589ffb6de267591728fc89c5bda1884084cb9db10e522d92d4218004373c29
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 95%

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

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 primary function is to execute a malicious payload, likely downloaded from a remote source, leveraging social engineering within the Excel document to trick the user into enabling macros or opening the payload.

Heuristics 1

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