Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d9e90cf2d1cfbe38…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: cb85112eb35e6360165d00b4b8f16612 SHA-1: 0fde267de0cb444649f4966e3cac4a5659fa1b7d SHA-256: d9e90cf2d1cfbe38c8409d84fb1486e7b85f50af419f64bf232e5880df41e4b7
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 Excel format suggests it was likely delivered via a spearphishing attachment, aiming to trick the user into enabling macros or exploiting a vulnerability to download and execute a malicious payload.

Heuristics 1

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