Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c6296e06b81a7a3c…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: e2120467c681fa00da2cc713b5b44f64 SHA-1: 004abb2142fa9495b2b6af0f0745ad614297de9c SHA-256: c6296e06b81a7a3c931ec395e264379757e81e958a52e0d24d2ede27d8044522
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 95%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious File: User 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 malicious nature is further supported by its classification as a malicious Excel document. The primary attack vector is likely spearphishing, leading the user to open the malicious attachment and execute the embedded payload.

Heuristics 1

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