Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 432a236bdd6629a9…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: d66e6e5e4c29610a763b9581153d570e SHA-1: 360f83905208936d36a0199a5d7286fd992b54a3 SHA-256: 432a236bdd6629a9d3e7390650cee8e1764e3cde1388b4f939521a92a777c025
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 95%

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

The file is identified by ClamAV as 'Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0', strongly indicating it is a Qbot dropper. This type of document typically relies on social engineering to trick the user into enabling macros, which then execute the malicious payload. The primary function is to download and run a second-stage Qbot component.

Heuristics 1

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