Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2a433d4689b07c86…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: aadfd95d3132b6a5b02fdfec4a3ca786 SHA-1: 28ea8fcee61f29697b6de2141888e297b59d6009 SHA-256: 2a433d4689b07c86736737b0b6a4a80cc5f1d24c6d2379382ebcf062663ef509
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. This type of document typically relies on social engineering to trick the user 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