Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 22b3163fc7986742…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

23.6 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 70f3bc61cd928511ebcbce1be8663d66 SHA-1: cae6e55a0ab9bc22e58edef4030231bc9713a02b SHA-256: 22b3163fc7986742687e75e1fd82aef60fb0c0c2464d5753b5977e4305b353f5
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 95%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment

The file is identified by ClamAV as 'Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0', strongly suggesting it is a Qbot variant designed to drop a secondary payload. The detection name implies it's a macro-enabled document, likely leveraging VBA to execute malicious code upon opening, fitting the pattern of spearphishing attachments.

Heuristics 1

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