Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e01c1803310d18ae…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: e199415f239a7869a843f951b0628d11 SHA-1: 999329c58ba2d1dd8bd418fad20693a7ce6daf5a SHA-256: e01c1803310d18ae566190fec07930ce74fa820e6fb1aa9e3834c9cb174a7c0f
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. The SHA256 hash is included as a primary IOC.

Heuristics 1

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