Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3ead18a6da59aea3…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 9d324833b940ac40a14b1b613b28f900 SHA-1: 5f8ad19ffeb5f9cd6076a89177d00d19a5da3a6c SHA-256: 3ead18a6da59aea3df1d639c9cfee31099a28a34bf2f30c4aa9f198abcbdb70c
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 95%

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

The file is identified by ClamAV as 'Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0', strongly indicating it is a Qbot dropper. This type of document typically uses macros to download and execute a secondary payload, often leading to further system compromise. The presence of this specific ClamAV signature is sufficient evidence for attribution.

Heuristics 1

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