Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 417cbb8218cd7d18…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

29.5 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: fb781e7f53c717a0df633420f300816c SHA-1: 63eb5fbbf614e983fa03faade8453e7a4ef016e9 SHA-256: 417cbb8218cd7d18df610ccff3205a67be23a4bca377fed956b08e8ecdf7de35
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 95%

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

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 secondary payload. This aligns with typical 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