Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3d59f5c9a6874112…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

23.6 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 2d9a25b88217314607bf9f1b45bc8853 SHA-1: 77735089c421434d706c43ac618a6d1101617b75 SHA-256: 3d59f5c9a687411280e8d6b3a71cb8c1a94e0208e9f6e3220bcb47802403438c
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 functions as a Qbot dropper. This type of malicious document typically relies on social engineering to trick users into enabling macros, which then execute to download and run the Qbot malware. The primary attack vector is likely spearphishing attachment.

Heuristics 1

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