Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c668390662c077d4…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 0c6c7df2d55117dd705df9667437fcf1 SHA-1: 9fbdec47ab65616d3890199cedaa76009fd5bd6f SHA-256: c668390662c077d46a32d43dfe20a28946f563de591c7d1b431089d9302852b7
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. As an Excel file, it likely relies on macro execution or a vulnerability to download and execute a secondary payload, consistent with Qbot's typical distribution methods. The SHA256 hash is included as a primary indicator.

Heuristics 1

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