Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1d4e261667d71539…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

23.6 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: b44a50839742d1f0c5d88b916666b5d2 SHA-1: 72f1be76097792c79b643c3c7c900f73b9d062f3 SHA-256: 1d4e261667d71539a18db8d1a6579f4d6cc3fcbb4efdb9dda2d526003a08af6b
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 90%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious File: Malicious File

The file is identified by ClamAV as 'Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0', strongly suggesting it is a Qbot variant designed to drop and execute a malicious payload. The primary attack pattern involves luring the user into opening a malicious Excel file, which then likely initiates the download and execution of further malware. The SHA256 hash is included as a primary IOC.

Heuristics 1

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