Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4fa4ee2388f982f4…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 5c1e496e6e4f2badb4016e057a6be4d8 SHA-1: 3f4906576aef69afe9ea81d57dd02e13ac150f3e SHA-256: 4fa4ee2388f982f403f01b6912871a3614ae87f4ef141a02e31a9c782462d51e
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 95%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious File: Malicious File

The file is identified by ClamAV as 'Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0', strongly indicating it functions as a dropper for the Qbot malware family. The detection name suggests it is designed to deliver a secondary payload, likely through macro execution or exploiting a vulnerability within the Excel document itself. The primary attack vector is likely spearphishing, leveraging the document as an attachment.

Heuristics 1

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