Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 491aeed8cda2477e…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

23.6 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 8e5f5945a4d8771b990b0f3170e94fb5 SHA-1: 2fd8f5f202e8980039535945ccedb08d6be1a0de SHA-256: 491aeed8cda2477e60472ca23551e99011ac5e3020f1357826c007a703ad398d
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 95%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment

The file is identified by ClamAV as a Qbot dropper, indicating its primary function is to download and execute a secondary malicious payload. The detection signature 'Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0' strongly suggests a Qbot family infection. The file's nature as an Excel document points towards a phishing or social engineering vector to trick users into enabling macros, which would then initiate the payload execution.

Heuristics 1

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

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