Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 31531ed41eff988e…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 1a8dfdeb2e98ef8610bd7aff195d8e75 SHA-1: 6ffa52cadb54c125de64613992a051ed3985a6e3 SHA-256: 31531ed41eff988e4d22797b247d49fac26efda7c9df7f3e878349f24c192f1c
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 exploits vulnerabilities within Excel documents to deliver its malicious payload. The primary attack vector is likely spearphishing, leveraging the malicious document as an attachment.

Heuristics 1

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