Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4a4cef92c7c6a23d…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

23.6 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: b99e3f19243c12e6bff23bf087744df6 SHA-1: df32902848ac5e95dab304bb2d10eba7715363df SHA-256: 4a4cef92c7c6a23d4b7f72874b21ac6eadbd015197e4b4fddde6c49b4940d5e8
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 95%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment

The file is identified by ClamAV as 'Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0', strongly indicating it is a Qbot dropper. The file type is an Excel spreadsheet, a common delivery mechanism for macro-enabled malware. The primary function is to download and execute a secondary payload, consistent with Qbot's typical behavior.

Heuristics 1

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