Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 85f7606819647c22…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: a1a70e374be0dd217fcba9696e0f55e4 SHA-1: b1605bb5e53bd59921dcb3d76da69b8941ab6103 SHA-256: 85f7606819647c22767f17c9cecef3d7bccd4e82191a876e4179a368dd647937
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 its function as a dropper for the Qbot banking trojan. The metadata shows it is an Excel file, a common delivery vector for Qbot. The heuristic firing directly points to its malicious nature and likely payload delivery function.

Heuristics 1

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