Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3961e0dfe986a550…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 024b7ad49e66d71e3f71a0c68e83f249 SHA-1: b878df693cea08e2f9222b98bb2e61d3302d1210 SHA-256: 3961e0dfe986a550c4ec94f540e943b3f22a742ce15d20ed85bf06521d9022ee
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 90%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment T1105 Ingress Tool Transfer

The file is identified by ClamAV as 'Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0', strongly indicating it's a Qbot dropper. As an Excel file, it likely uses macros or other embedded content to download and execute a secondary payload, consistent with Qbot's typical distribution methods. The primary technique observed is spearphishing attachment, leading to the execution of malicious code.

Heuristics 1

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