Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2ca0eeeb525bff6d…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: b4b6cceec0e6a2d7cd847ecdb6fac4ce SHA-1: 381a8e99f704e1286550dd6f916174f428131de9 SHA-256: 2ca0eeeb525bff6dbc80687abf41524c82d6409657a141754106c8d2e3180259
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 95%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious File: User Execution: 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 a malicious Excel document (Xls) acting as a dropper for Qbot. This points to a phishing attack where the user is tricked into opening the malicious Excel file, leading to the execution of the Qbot payload.

Heuristics 1

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