Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3fe8a20be39db798…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: fa69f0d763360b7efc8d595c70ca1b98 SHA-1: 61b639a931c7e5faaadf16dc87cadd71d7ba632a SHA-256: 3fe8a20be39db798dfc779c54471111f9d80b5783039dc0f79f354641eb67292
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 95%

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

The file is an Excel spreadsheet identified by ClamAV as Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0, strongly indicating it is a Qbot variant. Its primary function is to act as a dropper, initiating the execution of a malicious payload. The presence of Qbot-related heuristics suggests a sophisticated attack aimed at compromising the user's system.

Heuristics 1

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