Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3d5082ae0c875803…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 60969d07e629a977f2654415155c1a50 SHA-1: fb5fa44c35a30d0e2675710088e93dcacb9717f2 SHA-256: 3d5082ae0c8758035cddb7df991951482a748a5c0935f1156c7fa0b56d17d62c
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 Office (OOXML) file type indicates it is likely delivered as a macro-enabled document, a common initial access vector for Qbot. The primary attack pattern involves tricking the user into enabling macros to execute the malicious code.

Heuristics 1

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