Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3a24b41af90d1caf…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 7c28787903c505e7509e13294531471b SHA-1: 94a3275d4d5a756ae349ecc25847b53e34b3beb2 SHA-256: 3a24b41af90d1cafa98c0f033ba80057f45699a0119ff07fa719aab2effa3723
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 90%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment

The critical ClamAV heuristic identifies this XLSX file as 'Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0', strongly suggesting it is a Qbot variant designed to drop and execute a malicious payload. The file's nature as an Excel document points towards a phishing or social engineering vector, likely leveraging macros to initiate the infection chain. The primary IOC is the file's SHA256 hash.

Heuristics 1

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