Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 50a743388ca078ed…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: a2593eb79014e0adc964e2c7eab2dac3 SHA-1: 53b5747b50a378132ca33edc8ca9a8d2dbe20cb7 SHA-256: 50a743388ca078edd8c9b111f6e36377937de6e1746cde60a6efcbe369c702f7
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 detection name implies it functions as a dropper, likely by exploiting macro execution to download and install further malicious components. The primary attack vector is likely spearphishing, aiming to trick users into enabling macros.

Heuristics 1

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