Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 36cfa1939629e704…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

23.6 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 7c3c05e4d8df6d0736997f9caa6efb95 SHA-1: 11a6e380671a04a3abb52c9885ce34bea2c86ca3 SHA-256: 36cfa1939629e7046c06ed4db825e9c1fae26ac69b95c90952561b11ada3aeb9
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 identified by ClamAV as 'Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0', a known Qbot variant. This heuristic strongly suggests the Excel file's purpose is to act as a dropper for a malicious payload, likely leveraging macro execution to achieve this. The file's structure and detection name point towards a common Qbot distribution method.

Heuristics 1

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