Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 43264519845fee22…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: c58ce36a94be8fecc4ab70c8ba515866 SHA-1: ea77284337701c17f81d5e1e87d4c857d5682178 SHA-256: 43264519845fee228b84968da505f2c741227f5b5f4d33a6a1e6f2cf66e6b21b
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 is a Qbot dropper disguised as an Excel spreadsheet. This type of document typically uses social engineering to trick the user into enabling macros, which then download and execute the Qbot malware. The specific variant suggests a known Qbot delivery mechanism.

Heuristics 1

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