Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d6255ef257b41ff4…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 8fad317e55661f0b035e97120b5505b3 SHA-1: e68d943dbebf71d10e7332a4573a2f9b663a3136 SHA-256: d6255ef257b41ff4880d57bd4859e30f8d73d12096559be872a8fdc19a60ece9
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 95%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious File: 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 primary attack vector is likely spearphishing, leveraging the malicious Excel document to deliver the initial stage of the infection. The document's purpose is to execute a secondary payload, characteristic of Qbot's typical infection chain.

Heuristics 1

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