Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5494c207c1a61e41…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

23.6 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 2c85efee522e122c9a42e4c49601042d SHA-1: 2f6b75c083d6405e8e8a186d2aed3fac74c660b5 SHA-256: 5494c207c1a61e41e2d4d1c52501f21dc1d2317d4548d5e8f34c54b9a3e1a597
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 90%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment T1105 Ingress Tool Transfer

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 Excel format suggests it likely uses macro-based execution to download and run a secondary malicious payload, a common technique for Qbot distribution.

Heuristics 1

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