Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 37fff43e0d2b9ccc…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: acb1697921a203294ba4f588850bc8f6 SHA-1: 201eca5026216901bda5129b56be725d7b419889 SHA-256: 37fff43e0d2b9cccdea1afbe60f2920f5cf2e835c850c2e36d1ad1e2216c1bb6
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 95%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious File: User Execution

The file is identified by ClamAV as 'Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0', strongly suggesting it is a Qbot variant designed to act as a dropper. The primary function is to deliver and execute a secondary malicious payload, likely through user interaction with the Excel file. The SHA256 hash is included as a primary indicator.

Heuristics 1

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