Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4495e095cb1cfec4…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: cc327924bb5e9f5e790a23734dee3169 SHA-1: b8f1c89b4968b7342b9876ec6d98cb4d90670e10 SHA-256: 4495e095cb1cfec40cda3cbde1f5e74f816698f8aacd390c69cfe9f7b8954261
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 90%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious File: User 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 payload. The primary attack pattern involves tricking a user into opening a malicious Excel file, which then likely executes a secondary stage. The SHA256 hash is included as a primary indicator.

Heuristics 1

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