Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ed1faaf212dc58c9…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

23.6 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: e2e7e7e93092f6ab9ad8704053ec9d2c SHA-1: b2b1039778fa139c431e7918df033553aabf96e8 SHA-256: ed1faaf212dc58c93e7b1c3d148336ee6f6fde11d4569326ee2fd4f7341a360c
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 95%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious File 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 detection name suggests it exploits macro-enabled Excel documents to deliver the initial stage of the Qbot infection chain. Further analysis would be required to confirm the exact execution flow and dropped payload.

Heuristics 1

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