Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 43483dc4ae50e3ad…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

23.6 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: ed54051d017bb5f8a8519be11ee4402c SHA-1: 1f02033d711cf98bd7a4ad3b995823b98afadf5e SHA-256: 43483dc4ae50e3adaa669e919f08eb5988ba581204435cd7b43ae8d447651db6
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 functions as a dropper for the Qbot malware family. The detection name suggests it exploits vulnerabilities within Excel documents to deliver its payload. The primary attack pattern involves luring a user to open a malicious Excel file, which then executes the embedded malware.

Heuristics 1

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