Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2250c64d77cc4550…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 748a728f30ae0c3c032074c69cdd63f2 SHA-1: 4e99fa5df18b2ea41de122318a381f7290c9dffe SHA-256: 2250c64d77cc4550b3c2cdd508012426ff47ef94b6a9b1f8aa03fda1074f8328
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 95%

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 indicating a Qbot variant. The heuristic firing suggests the Excel document acts as a dropper, likely leveraging macros or embedded exploits to download and execute the Qbot malware. The primary attack pattern involves luring the user into opening a malicious attachment, leading to the execution of the payload.

Heuristics 1

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