Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3fecdb0cf004a62f…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: f8866ed961fecd7a5081faadbb836416 SHA-1: 9dbb2acd29f12ab94db26daf2ebf3c4fe7148f7f SHA-256: 3fecdb0cf004a62f40a008ba777d5a9b915b0fcfb86318e8d90cea01a5216ea8
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 95%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment T1105 Ingress Tool Transfer

The critical ClamAV heuristic identifies this file as a Qbot dropper, specifically 'Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0'. This indicates the Excel file's primary purpose is to initiate the download and execution of a Qbot malware payload. The detection implies the use of macro-based execution to achieve this, aligning with common Qbot distribution methods.

Heuristics 1

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