Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 432c2889fb5088aa…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

23.6 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 24e1acfb4b6dade2a60b62689a565f21 SHA-1: dbc49b813c4da083359de57b2cb9425e4b991dad SHA-256: 432c2889fb5088aab8ec9f5b732ce63791168f7529380000e4fc20964a5a0d1f
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's 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 attack vector is likely spearphishing attachment, leading to the execution of a Qbot variant.

Heuristics 1

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