Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 997d125e1ec94e0d…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

23.6 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: f194dc73c9fe50ceaf4e7285ef7aa72f SHA-1: 10713cd280d86a833806341d5a91810687549618 SHA-256: 997d125e1ec94e0d97b91e607e67257f5e393dd728e692884f876bbee7986712
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 enabling macros or interacting with the document to trigger the payload execution.

Heuristics 1

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