Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 40e59140b57b7c19…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

29.5 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 51302c5130ec8c64a4480d58e9d51ebd SHA-1: 7fc05e4e210e09d5ce23d3077c46806b033be016 SHA-256: 40e59140b57b7c1961c9326c6f25cc6a0bd607770614f1f3aa46b38679d2b0cf
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 95%

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

The file is identified by ClamAV as 'Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0', strongly indicating it is a Qbot dropper. The Office (OOXML) file type and the critical heuristic firing confirm its malicious nature as a document-based malware delivery mechanism. It likely exploits user interaction to download and execute the Qbot payload.

Heuristics 1

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