Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2d20b1bdff425298…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

23.6 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 4aabce3cafb47d26c360274dd630b2b0 SHA-1: 581aef1a9c601eacd00c400b01efd2ced74029e8 SHA-256: 2d20b1bdff4252984d31421b65a02fe3dbadd611e181f085744262660149e3d8
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 attack pattern involves luring the user into opening a malicious Excel file, which then executes a secondary payload. The detection signature itself serves as a key indicator of compromise.

Heuristics 1

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