Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3c3df961b3727267…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: ee6d6471447b48f6cbe7db1e1a6b9b24 SHA-1: 51daf6f838565331e17a2a27b27f429830b149a4 SHA-256: 3c3df961b3727267c6b8711b9c85b29c52f9c434329722a58314c5f6c8c2b677
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 is a Qbot variant designed to drop a secondary payload. The macro-enabled nature of the XLSX file suggests it uses VBA to initiate the download and execution process, aligning with common Qbot delivery tactics.

Heuristics 1

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