Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5129e83b23faf1a5…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: aea6e8bc52eafae9edbf5d96cf100e8d SHA-1: 47b6249bb0bdf6c0ca9cc141a2a379e95fdc05e5 SHA-256: 5129e83b23faf1a5b15c5760bfb7cf4b02ce750f682c7b5022a287f9808ea1f8
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 95%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious File: User Execution: 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 primary attack pattern involves luring a user into opening a malicious Excel file, which then likely executes a payload to download and run further malicious code. This aligns with typical Qbot distribution methods.

Heuristics 1

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