Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 35fc2dd1e1dcbbea…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 00ee1a8d3bfeeea516707ea5431171ef SHA-1: 5c1861cbb3560f7c11e76955e0df72664c28a725 SHA-256: 35fc2dd1e1dcbbea9e73a557e02bfb9610f9cdfb06635ceef0462f6a9b822a22
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 identified by ClamAV as Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0, a known Qbot variant. This indicates the Excel file likely contains malicious macros or embedded objects intended to download and execute a secondary payload, consistent with Qbot's typical behavior as a downloader. The primary technique observed is the use of a malicious document to trick the user into enabling content, leading to the execution of the malware.

Heuristics 1

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