Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b8e46a40c268cbda…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

29.5 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 27b516e8ca7056603e651f7631fd1099 SHA-1: b1e361e5bd5c9153d876cacb4d63328b91370f27 SHA-256: b8e46a40c268cbdaffb8bf448e76c62c0cfcd90431f88025a3d68b8509d64f60
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 95%

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

The file is identified by ClamAV as 'Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0', strongly indicating it functions as a dropper for the Qbot banking trojan. As an Excel document, it likely employs macro-based execution to download and run a secondary malicious payload. The SHA256 hash is included as a primary indicator of compromise.

Heuristics 1

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