Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2ec9be9d585d7ea2…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

23.6 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 86c5d91b0f36352aa801d406ebe66308 SHA-1: 581befc933f87c02e2a023337252147cc8d7bc72 SHA-256: 2ec9be9d585d7ea2489481ccdc69226985f43d962852c11004776f583bf07446
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 an Excel spreadsheet 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 delivering a malicious payload via a seemingly legitimate Excel file, likely through a phishing campaign.

Heuristics 1

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