Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e73813c5413cea0e…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

23.6 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: bafd3d932c6b3f460b40bcd6a2232e8d SHA-1: a5f788d99e7a263a5a37ce204ee7a517cdad77b1 SHA-256: e73813c5413cea0eeffbfb4c3383e6553c7e0209abc04e442943b96133cbe6b7
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. The malicious nature is further supported by its classification as a malicious Excel document. The primary function is to download and execute a secondary payload, typical of Qbot's infection chain.

Heuristics 1

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