Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 462d8ff4c1e657af…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

23.6 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: cbef02f3374304156d49ba76e7e202ba SHA-1: 49d91c65ac5960c4084a5889ed2e6ab4fd0c3fbd SHA-256: 462d8ff4c1e657aff299863b5eeb17e33228e72c4b8826f1f2c75070c103b976
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 act as a dropper. Its primary function is to download and execute a secondary malicious payload, which is a common tactic for Qbot. The SHA256 hash is included as a primary indicator of compromise.

Heuristics 1

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