Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 42212c3121dce181…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: c5e3dffdef53f0e85bac1c336fa23f1a SHA-1: 0b06a1196e0ddf48b944d500018683b6a2a50d18 SHA-256: 42212c3121dce18160b5a252268f87b71e4a4569ee273212321ae45d5ab37aec
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 95%

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

The file is identified by ClamAV as 'Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0', strongly suggesting it is a Qbot variant designed to drop a secondary payload. The file type is an Excel spreadsheet, commonly used for macro-based malware delivery. The primary attack vector is likely spearphishing attachment, leading to malicious file execution.

Heuristics 1

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