Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 22e4b761afe5c682…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

23.6 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 96a247eab853e2d03c9668572d3cabf4 SHA-1: 16eaccdc80b02f300399e5e87cbf9ee9400f8d0b SHA-256: 22e4b761afe5c68275574c7d2c17f53e9c12deb0a6168d7c5b9f3d11a0056d53
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', strongly indicating it functions as a dropper for the Qbot malware family. The primary attack pattern involves luring the user into opening a malicious Excel file, which then executes a payload. This aligns with common Qbot distribution tactics.

Heuristics 1

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