Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 45a8e479d72ba7d6…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 275d0c5774a4391bafdea41fdf7df249 SHA-1: 28688d12c06c856f5f01e02fa0ebe3659c84f309 SHA-256: 45a8e479d72ba7d6ddba72e9a740a7f989e0ae7f6b640e2365b480828174d6b0
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 95%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious File: Malicious File

The file is identified by ClamAV as 'Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0', strongly indicating it is a Qbot dropper. The heuristic firing suggests the Excel document's primary purpose is to deliver a Qbot payload to the victim's system. No document body or scripts were extracted, but the ClamAV signature is sufficient for attribution.

Heuristics 1

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