Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 237a94a86e317543…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

23.6 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 3d0b59894088b1300a6693e63b119eed SHA-1: 492cd4b772ee5fb96f5579be4704b72391f22790 SHA-256: 237a94a86e317543a139a67e70839cf7621d7d3492f0a2f046e29615027e6059
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 90%

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

The file is an Excel spreadsheet identified by ClamAV as 'Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0', strongly indicating it's a Qbot dropper. The primary attack pattern involves tricking a user into opening the malicious spreadsheet, which then executes a payload. This aligns with spearphishing attachment tactics.

Heuristics 1

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