Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 46e68ec88d04f2c2…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

23.6 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 6ab946bfbc930c07be350cd243448be4 SHA-1: b2c39fa873e1a1381ca8ac93598924164dad1bf5 SHA-256: 46e68ec88d04f2c229929e5142185c3d08257b2627e9c68afe71c6f05c61dc5d
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 90%

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 indicating it is a Qbot variant designed to deliver a secondary payload. The file's nature as an Excel document suggests it was likely delivered via spearphishing. The primary function is to execute malicious code, leading to the infection chain.

Heuristics 1

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