Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4b4d02a22d70dd0b…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

23.6 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 3c8495b8d3441297625c6b9691a8cf2c SHA-1: b8f886f9da7f514c0c82a90b1a3faa55f97b87d0 SHA-256: 4b4d02a22d70dd0b0c82073c5b58c3d86caea4523f9c0d6a44c0a9bcd8d7b13e
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 purpose is to download and execute the Qbot malware. The detection signature 'Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0' strongly suggests this functionality. As a dropper, it likely uses embedded macros or exploits to achieve initial execution and payload delivery.

Heuristics 1

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