Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4b50e81c578e81a8…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 97d871c4295a061933ec96eefd78078b SHA-1: 1fc73aaceb4e1d178bd4b9d3b97ba8c9f2ade81e SHA-256: 4b50e81c578e81a831326258e274aa8f09e3188815ac6ac2f764e74fa679d604
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, commonly used for delivering macro-based malware. The primary function appears to be downloading and executing a secondary stage 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