Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 43ba9f152ead17d2…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

23.6 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 95511319334f47406d08b65f6c3f8970 SHA-1: 3d699fd7ae7fadb1147f899464516111fdfcd3bd SHA-256: 43ba9f152ead17d210a455818646b3d17aa99339022366edaaf9e1942afb6429
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 variant designed to deliver a secondary payload. The Excel format suggests it was likely delivered via spearphishing. The primary function is to act as a dropper, initiating the execution chain for further malicious activity.

Heuristics 1

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