Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4640d1480958c5fa…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

23.6 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 4f628bd16d25f979603ffe6c54d86819 SHA-1: 098f2d6f563dd7e49e5ffa17a015a8b5768b7083 SHA-256: 4640d1480958c5fab3aa46e686ecd7f30245f48c296ee3e43a8be1d97cf1449a
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 indicating it functions as a dropper for the Qbot banking trojan. The document's structure and metadata suggest it was created with Microsoft Excel and has been in existence since 2006, though its malicious payload is likely more recent. The primary function is to deliver and execute a secondary malicious payload.

Heuristics 1

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