Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 38074b22589fa665…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 103e7d4d05d697b1731e6c3498afd059 SHA-1: b3711ccc7ba0568042d165221257e09151f178fe SHA-256: 38074b22589fa6658de3f5139c2c54c61c004fbdbf401ab234390a9f4c136c2b
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 95%

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, a common technique for Qbot to download and execute its secondary payload. The file's structure and heuristic firing indicate a malicious dropper.

Heuristics 1

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