Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b16bd5cc1cc139e2…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

23.6 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: cf4fd11c526a64b0d51956ba3f974da2 SHA-1: 27a31ffe797b8abc9efd5a9abda47120512db24e SHA-256: b16bd5cc1cc139e2650bdfc7997eb50ca18322139e966b5f3ed5612a1ab947a8
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 detection name suggests the document leverages macros or embedded objects to download and execute a secondary malicious payload, a common tactic for Qbot distribution.

Heuristics 1

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