Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 438a5180430bacf2…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 3e3ac2e0d8dd408254c10933a1a58546 SHA-1: 5e3255ba474810907e69696394ac13720fc5fbb7 SHA-256: 438a5180430bacf223a5256e7784a78cad93545628f8103fae97fe5748590588
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 95%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File

The file is identified by ClamAV as 'Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0', strongly suggesting it is a Qbot variant designed to drop a secondary payload. The heuristic indicates a macro-enabled document, which is a common delivery mechanism for Qbot. The primary attack pattern involves tricking the user into enabling macros to initiate the download and execution of the malware.

Heuristics 1

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