Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 255c1741a6891a20…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

23.6 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 40cb832dc0b7b65daaca406730893276 SHA-1: 79c076f3217c884001f72bdb6eb3841234d8cd93 SHA-256: 255c1741a6891a20a67565deb3e31163b2bd4e580299b20dc0826fcbb4f1e9de
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 95%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment T1105 Ingress Tool Transfer

The file is identified by ClamAV as a Qbot dropper, indicating its malicious intent to deliver the Qbot malware. The detection signature 'Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0' strongly suggests a macro-enabled Excel file used for initial infection. This points to a phishing attack vector where the user is tricked into opening the malicious document.

Heuristics 1

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