Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 504bc248d438638b…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

23.6 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: a9ab23bca392469fa78f071af03a94f1 SHA-1: 783aa8bfe5a02efee51f49fc7f116d443d22d40e SHA-256: 504bc248d438638b102104fbda8dee374c3f362473a4adaa2a9b9f8a7c3bbe5c
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 90%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment

The file is an Excel document identified by ClamAV as 'Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0', strongly suggesting it is a Qbot variant. The primary attack pattern involves tricking the user into enabling macros, which would then likely download and execute a malicious payload. The heuristic firing directly indicates a dropper functionality associated with Qbot.

Heuristics 1

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