Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3b98a68625abb5a0…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 5c812e67c44370555eece6fbac11a746 SHA-1: 14da12226f439d120c6faf06d3f44f8ea289889c SHA-256: 3b98a68625abb5a042c7498eab3a3e4014f7f3e955861a6d10f9a6d974f3f71b
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 95%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious File Execution: Malicious Code

The file is identified by ClamAV as 'Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0', strongly indicating it is a Qbot dropper. The Excel format suggests it likely uses macros to initiate the malicious execution chain. The primary purpose is to download and execute a second-stage Qbot payload.

Heuristics 1

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