Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 280c20a077515026…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: c198b9b6ac2316329dbb771b84667047 SHA-1: 6ce5eb82721ed4e4a658d2a3d2fbe3b6dea9e4a9 SHA-256: 280c20a077515026eb673f38ce06801a883c06af6121dcaa53991622aa5c0ebb
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 is a Qbot dropper. The Excel format suggests it was likely delivered as a spearphishing attachment, intended to trick the user into enabling macros or otherwise executing the embedded malicious content. The primary function is to download and execute the Qbot malware.

Heuristics 1

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