Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2b4c134dfc36f647…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

23.6 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: f7aaeeb0bd8a4ed98881277508036396 SHA-1: 17feceea1f74c27633a584902df55ca14d8a9027 SHA-256: 2b4c134dfc36f6477725e1dc07efeb458537465cd77d9e7f04810636f6ea7a2b
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 functions as a Qbot dropper. This type of document typically relies on social engineering to trick users into enabling macros, which then execute the malicious payload. The primary attack vector is likely spearphishing, leading to the execution of the Qbot malware.

Heuristics 1

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