Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 42fe8cd8f503565f…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

23.6 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: a60b5b8f81cbed0f6222e57ebfcf935f SHA-1: 75c59813b64a29aea510dd6d797fa02f76b449e7 SHA-256: 42fe8cd8f503565fc08b0e9982182fb3ab251afc27fdeb8f985044e48d5ad526
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 90%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File: User Execution T1566.001 Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment

The file is identified by ClamAV as 'Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0', strongly indicating its role as a dropper for the Qbot malware family. This type of file typically relies on user interaction to execute, often through social engineering within the document itself, to download and run a malicious payload. The detection name suggests a direct link to Qbot's known dropper capabilities.

Heuristics 1

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

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