Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2c5380367156fea1…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: b9bfcf84f348e7905989010654f27cf6 SHA-1: 0cd2fdbb093a7ea380d5f854c2bd0ca77b6a3dc1 SHA-256: 2c5380367156fea1d0a2b7bf8d5eaf6aa864aaa0944ad9df0cb7471580823518
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 95%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment

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 phishing attack vector where the user is tricked into opening the malicious attachment.

Heuristics 1

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