Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e8e99dcaeb8616c4…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 5300ecffb6a3b55f185ac2034dfd762e SHA-1: c818f4792ad437e3f14727d732afa32a6ea80a78 SHA-256: e8e99dcaeb8616c4ee772fd39145d0661fbd85fcafc27bc26d4820dcbccb1ca0
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 attack vector is likely spearphishing, leading the user to open the document and trigger the execution of a secondary payload.

Heuristics 1

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