Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4960f16ff2e927b7…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

23.6 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 2ff2a63cc89db6862354b94f5647cf63 SHA-1: 5d13601e075ea7b393f1eb871c01722aabf65349 SHA-256: 4960f16ff2e927b7d66e593997412751c62b0b5ab0b1c03b44af603ccd328ad6
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 95%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204 Malicious File Execution T1059 Command and Scripting Interpreter

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 tricking the user into opening the malicious Excel file, which then likely executes a script to download and run a further stage payload. The specific execution method is not detailed in the provided heuristics, but the dropper nature is clear.

Heuristics 1

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

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