Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a192dd0115467516…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 94a5bd20bef65130ebac0f9b54f608c4 SHA-1: dd7fceb3246444d242c707f0295c12d4d809fa50 SHA-256: a192dd0115467516639bd6941bfc545cabcecf67f2bae3baa1487c5278edbc42
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 spearphishing, aiming to trick the user into enabling macros or otherwise executing the embedded malicious content. The primary function is to download and execute a secondary payload.

Heuristics 1

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