Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 42208b0e17d99909…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 85714ec046524455c061f49592c9225f SHA-1: 1eae81f474023bfcf1bbdb0526cb459d61351c0e SHA-256: 42208b0e17d99909c4f5574b9e9aceb300823a4c6697aa7321a35adb445da16f
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 90%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment

The file is identified by ClamAV as 'Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0', strongly indicating its role as a Qbot dropper. This type of malware is typically used to download and execute additional malicious stages onto a compromised system. The specific detection name suggests a macro-enabled document designed for initial infection.

Heuristics 1

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