Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 541972165a6f6312…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 3cd4bd89f7fa20a66c5e9e1f123fa01d SHA-1: 5c54439d29e943886eabec8383f06ec240cb206f SHA-256: 541972165a6f6312a5a1b4f4366a62038767fefa0322ed06e769fb417520590d
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 primary attack pattern involves luring the user into opening a malicious Excel file, which then executes the embedded payload. Further analysis of the document body and any scripts would be necessary to detail the exact execution chain.

Heuristics 1

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