Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2c96096c8eabf4fa…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

23.6 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: c6fb0442f758996e92eacb0b91a6791a SHA-1: 41c8ead567c440f86723c2d34e41dd31e9b6f93f SHA-256: 2c96096c8eabf4faa01b9caf0f48b450ce9d6043f5182230ebd0cf40b9bea100
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 95%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment

The file is identified by ClamAV as 'Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0', strongly suggesting it functions as a dropper for the Qbot banking trojan. The detection name implies the Excel document is intended to download and execute a malicious payload, likely leveraging VBA macros to achieve this. The file's structure and detection name point towards a common Qbot distribution method.

Heuristics 1

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