Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4409b8918a124812…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 46c1642e994e07028a096e34a3d6734f SHA-1: 98889f75bbff70eb40999dfa7109dc2e5fdd0f72 SHA-256: 4409b8918a124812af49cec9d68338bca48c5174780d10041e4873266f82731f
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 95%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment

The file is identified by ClamAV as 'Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0', strongly suggesting it is a Qbot variant. As a dropper, its primary function is to download and execute a secondary malicious payload. The file's structure and detection name indicate a phishing or social engineering attack vector, likely delivered as an email attachment.

Heuristics 1

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