Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 82149380647f85f5…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

23.6 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 6cd4d81a122bedf32884a032df3c41c5 SHA-1: d6c52778e9cdd961be7a935fa04fb4116b8be7f3 SHA-256: 82149380647f85f57d00b7f030b6e94edddcd436febd138aa4e9d27db3fb2044
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 95%

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

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 malicious nature is further supported by its classification as a malicious Excel document, likely employing social engineering to trick users into enabling macros, which would then execute the payload. The primary technique observed is the use of a malicious document to deliver a secondary payload.

Heuristics 1

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