Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2b28ae802315b5a8…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 36ff9b8725e837c8d72ba07fb4c660bb SHA-1: c0f4f202e4fc0438db75759e018bf326dd251440 SHA-256: 2b28ae802315b5a8f52d589c0b262954e03733c337b9bbc121f598240eb788e3
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 95%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious File Execution: Malicious Code

The file is an Excel document identified by ClamAV as Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0, indicating it functions as a Qbot dropper. The primary attack pattern involves luring the user to open the malicious attachment, which then executes the embedded payload. The SHA256 hash is included as a primary indicator of compromise.

Heuristics 1

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