Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 913556e09a93c4ea…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: b53f808c2b4af3999d82c2427a868bda SHA-1: 995386660a91b7f49508adc7e1810d4de2d2cfd0 SHA-256: 913556e09a93c4ea6523b0435158393601a1639e6b80ec3db5f55768d5597c75
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 Excel format suggests it was likely delivered via a spearphishing attachment, aiming to trick the user into executing a malicious payload. The primary function is to download and execute a secondary-stage malware.

Heuristics 1

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