Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c841531186aab6c6…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 2e657b1806fc6982f289b83c2e945302 SHA-1: dc71adb7ee69b5cccaacadc2e27512e84bf09843 SHA-256: c841531186aab6c6976c6c862a5d84d6264c8a6169cdf632c70d459c8f860359
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 95%

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

The critical ClamAV heuristic identifies this XLSX file as a Qbot dropper, indicating its malicious intent. The file's nature as a dropper suggests it is designed to download and execute a secondary payload, likely the Qbot banking trojan. The presence of the SHA256 hash serves as a primary indicator for this malicious artifact.

Heuristics 1

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