Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 508adef331e7542a…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

29.5 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 9dc4a1136049c7201d2e00f6c21d13f2 SHA-1: 7835cd3d6be7e364adb76b82a429a2451267b261 SHA-256: 508adef331e7542a3d8a046c8bae6be604f615c7bbbf9d1fd3551643e979a357
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.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0', strongly suggesting it is a Qbot variant used for dropping secondary payloads. The Excel format and the dropper nature indicate a phishing attack where the user is tricked into opening the malicious document, leading to the execution of the dropped malware. 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