Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b666dd8a6a161bcb…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: a75d6c52aeb5941405366243f87cf069 SHA-1: b284b47a05529b72b471e3d4bc47d9790c4eb54c SHA-256: b666dd8a6a161bcbea4309bc67aae2a2636f043702db5568c3ac8a9259d2ed35
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 90%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204 Malicious File Execution T1566 Phishing

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 document's structure and heuristic firings indicate it is designed to execute malicious code, likely leading to the download and installation of further malware. The primary attack vector is likely phishing, tricking users into opening the malicious Excel file.

Heuristics 1

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