Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 22689f2f62f5cb38…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

23.6 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: fab9e2c6bb429f2c0469f769d19742de SHA-1: a86e0772131ca80c7d825fcbb305a0b0d4b56e3c SHA-256: 22689f2f62f5cb3848c35b2c2857a46678a696f60319b1040ba85ce8f9d19c8f
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 95%

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

The file is identified by ClamAV as 'Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0', a known Qbot dropper. This indicates the Excel file's primary purpose is to download and execute a Qbot payload, likely through macro execution or exploiting a vulnerability. The presence of this specific ClamAV signature strongly suggests a Qbot infection vector.

Heuristics 1

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