Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4038fae0324903bb…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

29.5 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: b593a9698cd21512a717c42e04dd00d4 SHA-1: 9aa12fc46d86b6fe426d1b15d5e2560ed3b99b9e SHA-256: 4038fae0324903bbf50c32c883e9687abab64ffa754a38fd6bc506071952d5ec
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 indicating it functions as a dropper for the Qbot malware family. The primary attack pattern involves luring a user into opening a malicious Excel file, which then executes a payload. While no specific script content was provided, the heuristic firing is sufficient to infer the malicious intent and delivery mechanism.

Heuristics 1

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