Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a1e4d3cc9877e2bd…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 1a219fed66687ce5fc9fa2298ae59505 SHA-1: de9674284e6f79cee004e311bc4d3e602fe8ddb7 SHA-256: a1e4d3cc9877e2bdadda70e4817bf785636506db524422c80b5f2c6d04758e8a
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 90%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment

The ClamAV heuristic identifies this XLSX file as a Qbot dropper, indicating its primary function is to deliver further malware. Qbot, also known as Qakbot or Pinkslipbot, is a notorious banking trojan and information stealer. Its typical delivery mechanism involves malicious documents like this one, which are distributed via phishing emails.

Heuristics 1

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