Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1f3ad2c6fe82531d…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 8790f2685ee14c5a2113f20a7e1628bb SHA-1: 0c4cf72a14171c967510f54eb3aea08766ac644d SHA-256: 1f3ad2c6fe82531de064a65e1059e5131ca4a15a2331398c4b6b15bbead8543a
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 90%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment

The file is an Excel spreadsheet identified by ClamAV as 'Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0', strongly indicating it's a Qbot dropper. Qbot is known for its use of macro-enabled documents to initiate infection chains, often involving phishing lures. The detection name itself suggests a dropper functionality, likely leading to the download and execution of further malicious components.

Heuristics 1

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