Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 81be5a61a5331e35…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

23.6 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 402ae19321e6d61faac41e213bc36c58 SHA-1: 75d41964f31dd92a9ccfa3219f4ad0f4af471136 SHA-256: 81be5a61a5331e35ec52bb82acf5e4eeda5995b81c72ee8b656398363d15ce08
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 95%

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

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 was likely delivered via spearphishing, aiming to trick the user into enabling macros to execute the malicious payload.

Heuristics 1

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