Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 281f0ca321939966…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

23.6 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: f1a826710febe88b35640f8e8a95119a SHA-1: 83c156a9b18eabd42e3d3b45368c43c3c0d90905 SHA-256: 281f0ca321939966622ed69889f194de7ff74e7e0406447a9acb13184090a1b4
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 is a Qbot dropper. This type of document typically uses macros to download and execute a secondary payload, aiming to infect the user's system with Qbot malware. The primary attack vector is likely spearphishing attachment, leading to macro execution.

Heuristics 1

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