Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8ef8e3aca2f18dde…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

29.5 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: d2a4216671cd63893f21c79e634f0fd0 SHA-1: ec8e08c3100295ce22244b14fc937ecb1a558296 SHA-256: 8ef8e3aca2f18dde6c45de9364782f7b9a8c07c2dabbde50059b491251262a7c
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 exploits macro-enabled Excel documents to deliver the initial stage of the Qbot infection chain. Further analysis would be required to confirm the exact execution flow and any specific IOCs.

Heuristics 1

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