Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 45cac2a5892eb8a1…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

23.6 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 790562dbd3c9b8865a18520f5ba6ad0f SHA-1: b69e6e69e53917d47558a3429b0fd129d5a7da73 SHA-256: 45cac2a5892eb8a1f0cac089949ce633a1fafba615ebe69ece53959a9a785918
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 95%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment T1105 Ingress Tool Transfer

The file is identified by ClamAV as 'Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0', strongly indicating it is a Qbot dropper. This type of document typically uses malicious macros to download and execute a secondary payload, which is characteristic of Qbot's distribution methods. The primary attack vector is likely spearphishing attachment, leading to macro execution and subsequent payload delivery.

Heuristics 1

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