Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4e7faaa5b42664b2…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 7a2162d7088e608c4760fb73d04f7269 SHA-1: 22469970cd89f0c5254ee7cc492d149cac3532fb SHA-256: 4e7faaa5b42664b2fadd8db45648cf208512d8aaee73e5473eb211399b6ab6f7
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 suggesting it functions as a dropper for the Qbot malware family. The primary attack pattern involves delivering a malicious payload via a Microsoft Excel document, likely through spearphishing. The heuristic firing is critical and directly indicates the file's malicious intent as a dropper.

Heuristics 1

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