Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 43e49a9094fbd5b5…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

23.6 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 8fc438c706173b0fa8e80828590245f0 SHA-1: 8ecdaa9f1bd882339b1cf076903075da3344c9da SHA-256: 43e49a9094fbd5b5bb2a919347b095d22f3e13ae95fc3a47d14599170025aa10
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 suggesting it is a Qbot variant designed to deliver a secondary payload. As an Excel file, it likely uses macro-based execution to achieve this, fitting the pattern of spearphishing attachments used to initiate malware infections.

Heuristics 1

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