Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8072c90a0aafc598…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 0f799492572986c86b004a2e4b3312e0 SHA-1: 246c828c3f359616b16a56a3fcf3fd15be229f49 SHA-256: 8072c90a0aafc59871e0bdb5cd6b7d619035e6c1f321b04bf69d0fab7983d270
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 95%

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

The file is an Excel spreadsheet 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 luring the user to open the malicious attachment, which then executes a payload. This aligns with common Qbot distribution methods.

Heuristics 1

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