Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4d89702f488e929c…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 9f2b95d4bbf111a67fd3ef9cc2fd4dd4 SHA-1: 2c1fd2583435bc59b6c1046a0fc9619619b0d333 SHA-256: 4d89702f488e929c5c8c63d27b47d5042d5fdbb0219e9e926035f0d493a86e2b
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, strongly indicating it is a Qbot variant. Its primary function is to act as a dropper, likely executing a secondary malicious payload upon opening. The SHA256 hash is included as a primary IOC.

Heuristics 1

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