Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2948e44ead425e21…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

23.6 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: b64eb01492450effc5163a6557610504 SHA-1: 41db22b6f0a01784388f55d53f537608461b66f0 SHA-256: 2948e44ead425e217247daf4be6e0e74c5d2643af1d55ee5b029072e4f9a5944
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 a Qbot dropper, indicating its primary function is to deliver the Qbot malware. The detection signature 'Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0' strongly suggests this malicious intent. This type of document typically relies on social engineering to trick users into enabling macros, which then execute the malicious payload.

Heuristics 1

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