Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 43da60a42ec62c05…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: a2539ae231db162bfd4877ae3420a442 SHA-1: 1e8b5ba3b9f19ec571cf528da1e2c9de532bf31b SHA-256: 43da60a42ec62c05ad2d57b02f14845169bda79d3d96c29c3b06f69ab06c7890
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 is delivered via an Office document and likely executes a secondary payload. The file's structure and detection name point towards a phishing attack where the user is tricked into opening the malicious spreadsheet.

Heuristics 1

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