Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 afb89606af8eb938…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: cedee16aced5f235f3fbeb8d0886dcfe SHA-1: 30f2f25f0d789cdeec533fb44e2bf08b21c1415b SHA-256: afb89606af8eb93870af65631af709093daac41776da08d55cabb99048287db7
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 90%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204 Malicious File Execution T1566.002 Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment

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 a macro-based execution or exploit, typical for Qbot delivery. The primary function is to download and execute a malicious payload.

Heuristics 1

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