Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 faf6eb96643c92e4…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 7ff14f10bf52c0bcb503907be198f809 SHA-1: 0777bffdeef335bb5ccf970c21e4d28060e5e709 SHA-256: faf6eb96643c92e4b92e6767edc918fc35c57bb64950056a3982e60d82e7307b
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 90%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment

The file is identified by ClamAV as 'Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0', strongly suggesting it functions as a dropper for the Qbot banking trojan. The presence of this specific ClamAV signature indicates the file's malicious intent to download and execute a further stage payload. The file type and heuristic firing point towards a macro-enabled Excel document used for initial infection.

Heuristics 1

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