Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 475f0253e80e16d9…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: a6e77ad529ba9778fd7cb1ff66690a25 SHA-1: bb5aadde4d35fd77a8adcbc344ac577414cf8e46 SHA-256: 475f0253e80e16d968e87e80f75d5777dd4ce0c23b21b342d781a7f87eeb47af
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 indicating it functions as a dropper for the Qbot malware family. The primary attack pattern involves delivering a malicious payload via a seemingly benign Excel file, likely through a phishing or social engineering tactic. The heuristic firing directly points to its role as a dropper, aiming to execute further malicious stages.

Heuristics 1

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