Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f9bde308c375cd7a…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

23.6 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 2c7236e9564b318349433d8dab68bc2d SHA-1: 819cef0c9e6e816e0edd0be76d206bfcff8bebaa SHA-256: f9bde308c375cd7ae8e20a6982bca3453d8df425eb5d08c125727474d0495d6c
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 malicious nature is further supported by its classification as a malicious Office document, likely employing macros to initiate the infection chain. This suggests a phishing attack vector where the user is tricked into opening the malicious Excel file.

Heuristics 1

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