Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 edc5463fb85fdbab…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 451764d44a57eed3f0d6938e6169cdc0 SHA-1: 49f25d0f97f42a33474158f85cfcf1d7bf43e281 SHA-256: edc5463fb85fdbabc353f5320ef5e9ef583bccc172546304948ccbd6fbd3759c
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 90%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious File Execution: User Execution of Malicious Code

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, and its purpose is to execute a malicious payload. Further analysis of the document's content and any embedded scripts would be necessary to confirm the exact execution chain.

Heuristics 1

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