Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b5f9eb64f910e295…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 968f0b38e0403ef80c4b43c9478c9197 SHA-1: d060a6ec2fafb1a2758ddfa685b290359477959b SHA-256: b5f9eb64f910e295937b961ec5e16b96637ffe5e8d4f081f9d990d8ccf7b5199
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 an Excel spreadsheet 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 it is designed to deliver a malicious payload, likely through macro execution or other embedded exploits within the spreadsheet. This aligns with common Qbot distribution methods.

Heuristics 1

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