Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 28e5709637bb7ce1…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 9d45a9af6eb247ce270aaaa53747905d SHA-1: 8038b4bfd3ef20df7ab047eb543e3afb2ab99cfa SHA-256: 28e5709637bb7ce1fb79045f4f0f9084b35f9520a5a38eb628934eb7ce64b6a2
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 95%

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

The file is identified by ClamAV as a Qbot dropper, indicating its primary function is 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 common attack vector where users are tricked into opening malicious attachments, leading to malware execution.

Heuristics 1

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