Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2e2831c42610ebac…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

23.6 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: e8d106e4faebc58fdc7b660b4f5edf13 SHA-1: 1e4b29103db5296397477475d46866edd8d8e38b SHA-256: 2e2831c42610ebac85f055980e57110d5ca4b5b14bbef8e3374006482d40013b
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 95%

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

The file is an Excel spreadsheet identified by ClamAV as 'Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0', strongly indicating it's a Qbot dropper. The primary function is to deliver and execute the Qbot malware, likely through macro execution or exploiting a vulnerability within the spreadsheet itself. This aligns with common Qbot distribution tactics.

Heuristics 1

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