Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 56aa5dd130d86419…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: b241cfeb0be08dd84b7c5cc27e76593f SHA-1: aba9ec76064c4e7e381aa74d9643b1a608c06d85 SHA-256: 56aa5dd130d86419e17514694c652d5a5a6fa69639e25195def509d218a0b075
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 95%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious File Execution: Malicious Code

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 presence of macro-related heuristics further supports its role in executing malicious code. The primary attack pattern involves luring the user into opening a malicious Excel file to trigger the payload.

Heuristics 1

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