Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2e56d11602d3723f…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 539ab142bfd9c9c8a90d7362bec7971c SHA-1: 674e11d739d4fda8cd16c6c7f543aa03673722e9 SHA-256: 2e56d11602d3723ff6a2b1c0fa48a95748f2ad01f14673ded2df162cb77b5581
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 an Excel spreadsheet identified by ClamAV as Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0, strongly indicating Qbot malware. The primary attack pattern involves delivering a malicious payload via a spreadsheet attachment, likely through spearphishing. The file's purpose is to execute this payload, which is characteristic of Qbot's downloader functionality.

Heuristics 1

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