Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3c14d37a3dcc5577…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

23.6 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 01c37347e8998ef4c703cf0bca7eb979 SHA-1: e2f253d01de83fac69fec3304ac464e35d54a79e SHA-256: 3c14d37a3dcc557750b8440b67cb2d46611a1a534be382d14a908a969de48604
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 suggesting it is a Qbot variant designed to deliver a secondary payload. The Excel format indicates a likely phishing lure, where the user would be tricked into opening the document and enabling macros. The primary function is to act as a dropper for further malicious activity.

Heuristics 1

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