Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 89e1ecc567686fe3…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 2fd4fbeca540bc59cf20ead45c629e5f SHA-1: cc4284dd5cfdf5360f0fe9cd417963ce3af53cbb SHA-256: 89e1ecc567686fe3c646764708dc9b9352de31e916ac57bca9e52f99813e117f
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 85%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204 Malicious File Execution

The file is identified by ClamAV as 'Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0', strongly suggesting it functions as a dropper for the Qbot banking trojan. The primary purpose is to execute a malicious payload, likely downloaded from a remote source, which is characteristic of Qbot's infection chain. No document body or scripts were extracted, limiting further analysis of the specific delivery mechanism.

Heuristics 1

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