Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3af6bb4e3b3fbe01…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

23.6 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 2afc1e0da4ccfa9f341ea8e1354792d9 SHA-1: a9e6ea3bc3ec07af82b14785f6ab33c8e73f1ba5 SHA-256: 3af6bb4e3b3fbe011adf357aa190ee223c92d94e61bce13fa2f322c113a91d2b
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 95%

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 variant designed to download and execute a second-stage payload. The detection name itself suggests a dropper functionality, implying the primary purpose is to deliver other malware. 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