Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4acbbe69f4fbcff5…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: ce363d400a5a2a04990d2a80e0722042 SHA-1: 530a516f4acc9198553fd4329e7b30c6e9bd0035 SHA-256: 4acbbe69f4fbcff5108062d0fc253a97aad47c4ccc74d1e2d2d3fb5bc68dd8bf
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 is a Qbot dropper. As an Excel file, it is likely delivered as a spearphishing attachment, intended to trick the user into enabling macros or opening a malicious object to execute the Qbot payload. The primary IOC is the file's SHA256 hash.

Heuristics 1

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