Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4bf2d5c062667ab4…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

23.6 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 9ae2d41db5e94901a1b1fd1cf5c9faf9 SHA-1: 7a079cdbc536c37ddc314e4cad79d233b48222e1 SHA-256: 4bf2d5c062667ab4dbf3209c79f0ce5714e1ffb5cf3e303aac4b30e74e4a2274
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 90%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment

The critical ClamAV heuristic identifies this file as 'Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0', strongly suggesting it is a Qbot variant designed to drop additional malware. The file is an Excel document, a common delivery mechanism for macro-based malware. The primary attack pattern involves tricking the user into enabling macros, which would then likely execute a script to download and run a secondary payload.

Heuristics 1

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