Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 823e461fe4407465…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

23.6 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: cc4bc0f587ec2ac8eeb2c2f3f17b3704 SHA-1: 6d51d21fffd01876a92770ff195aa7bc38f4e316 SHA-256: 823e461fe440746597a83558366d82a8d159c90c3d995f6e4102de89c6f467e7
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 95%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious File 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 detection name suggests it leverages malicious macros or embedded content within the Excel file to initiate the download and execution of a secondary payload, a common tactic for Qbot.

Heuristics 1

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