Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 36aca7873e348159…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 9577aa6377a5bd7ec2a1208213469183 SHA-1: 73aafdd1456ce1776072ef05d3d10485cf85f886 SHA-256: 36aca7873e3481594a508d9c912d74585c283e52b94777ea5f013ed611f4a096
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 95%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment

The file is identified by ClamAV as 'Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0', strongly indicating it functions as a dropper for Qbot malware. The detection suggests the Excel file is designed to execute malicious code, likely through macros, to download and install further stages of the Qbot infection chain.

Heuristics 1

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