Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4155ced476e5811f…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 2ea5eb857be6c80bc02de8227781c83f SHA-1: 46c7f0a7bcd0e6400448613e124509df5e7cd9b8 SHA-256: 4155ced476e5811f6a8b20a2049a48cbb3ab988670d3b79ad457affd3e8d40d5
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 nature of the file as an Excel document suggests it was likely delivered via a spearphishing attachment, a common initial access vector for Qbot. The primary function is to download and execute a secondary malicious payload.

Heuristics 1

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