Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 27a195706241d78b…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

23.6 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: e6ee456321c3611268a875ab101efb5a SHA-1: a169640c17ff302b1b43dc5667d58c72fc51bbf7 SHA-256: 27a195706241d78bf41e4af6e18fdcd451c78fbfea154dc2f25b5df40fa9ba3f
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 95%

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

The file is identified by ClamAV as 'Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0', strongly indicating it functions as a Qbot dropper. This type of document typically relies on social engineering to trick users into enabling macros, which then execute the malicious payload. The primary attack vector is likely spearphishing attachment, leading to the execution of a Qbot variant.

Heuristics 1

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