Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f22216e9351d1d55…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

23.6 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: ba8ea9f48a4eec77a869017f6accd436 SHA-1: 9ba18d067d16f49aa64d7039553c3d758b485116 SHA-256: f22216e9351d1d55d1001c103703204b0c2c103fedf47ef99997d449c08121fe
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 vulnerabilities within Microsoft Excel to deliver a malicious payload. This aligns with common Qbot distribution methods involving macro-enabled documents.

Heuristics 1

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