Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1dc428193e3d6715…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

23.6 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: d593b9cb07d1cfa40e2ef4a3c15c3c95 SHA-1: b622296b8c4fcd3f77a749a965abdd62961bbf76 SHA-256: 1dc428193e3d67156a62cf869c4b2ad75ced7f6ce368ab93ab5039c567a3b672
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 95%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment

The file is identified by ClamAV as a Qbot dropper, indicating its purpose is to deliver the Qbot malware. The detection signature 'Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0' strongly suggests a macro-enabled Excel file used for initial infection. This points to a phishing attack vector where the user is tricked into opening the malicious attachment.

Heuristics 1

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