Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b4b176c91598637f…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: a3696ba8eabe0ecf5d2fc1dcb49647dc SHA-1: 965f4e60240a64e77e3366b1e60ea90dd3864982 SHA-256: b4b176c91598637f13efb71e63b80d31e7dac8365553af77dd988f7c008e91b8
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 presence of macro-related heuristics, though not explicitly detailed here, further supports its role as a malicious document designed to execute a payload. The primary attack vector is likely spearphishing, leveraging the document's macro capabilities to initiate the infection chain.

Heuristics 1

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