Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3a50411c8666a11d…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

23.6 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 5cbf9b766296a28085a2772197284460 SHA-1: eea61f228c1aaed1012140f6aaa587a3ce6159eb SHA-256: 3a50411c8666a11d9c199f31beff1de3341ee644ebdd9a078907640df4ffe1ca
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 95%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment

The file is identified by ClamAV as 'Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0', strongly suggesting it is a Qbot variant designed to drop a secondary payload. The detection name implies it is a macro-enabled Excel document used for initial infection. The primary attack pattern involves luring the user into opening the malicious spreadsheet, which then executes embedded malicious code.

Heuristics 1

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