Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 af6c05dece9f51ed…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 21b39ef66f61fcffba440cb0aea6c2ed SHA-1: 091692cefdcdbc154d40eb99be2f87d2cad0efdf SHA-256: af6c05dece9f51ed53b0c41c893ea5d990fc8a87270c9e3964f1ec26a236e5d3
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 90%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment

The file is identified by ClamAV as 'Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0', strongly suggesting it functions as a dropper for the Qbot banking trojan. The detection name implies the document is intended to deliver a malicious payload, likely through macro execution, which is a common Qbot distribution method. The file's metadata indicates it's an older Excel document, potentially leveraging legacy macro capabilities.

Heuristics 1

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