Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 35d8a965a76a7417…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

29.5 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: f6452521e6e3476e0505a6ec49d14bcd SHA-1: c31258db42bc04d0973f681ebf6cdf0d689458e8 SHA-256: 35d8a965a76a7417f7ba70f269a8d915fd3e99b6900c7bcd400cbae024076a70
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 95%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File

The file is an Excel spreadsheet identified by ClamAV as 'Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0', strongly suggesting it's a Qbot variant. The primary attack vector is likely macro execution, which would download and run a secondary payload. The heuristic firing indicates a dropper functionality, typical for Qbot's initial infection stages.

Heuristics 1

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