Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a6c35569658d648d…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: f17cc8eef49d6e9bd856d1d5a2fca0fb SHA-1: dd5fc64bafe18ce9dc7d16db893bce5a865d0a2b SHA-256: a6c35569658d648dc7c07e96cc82acaab970ed25100bc1ab35eb3ff6de76b437
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 as a phishing attachment, intended to trick the user into enabling macros or opening a malicious object to execute the payload. The primary function is to download and run 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