Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4e8cf1af0aceef90…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 75d2dbafac859559b95946d417145823 SHA-1: 7a696f6960e9ff62e1ac29e2c729bbc75e8ea32a SHA-256: 4e8cf1af0aceef902d74db0a9ff9a703d43849f94bf313aa68397087ac19bf90
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 is a Qbot variant. As a dropper, its primary function is to download and execute a secondary malicious payload. The file's structure and detection name indicate a phishing or social engineering lure, likely delivered as an attachment to achieve initial execution.

Heuristics 1

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