Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 54594fbaba1c9a70…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 1bf68b8aeb99577a609ed6a264be00c6 SHA-1: 7a6d4a6d54e40866bddd5690a7ae948319c9a3bf SHA-256: 54594fbaba1c9a7056a72d8885199e217acff420c7218bfe23a8558b0732c509
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 95%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment

The file is identified by ClamAV as a Qbot dropper, indicating its purpose is to deliver the Qbot malware. The detection signature 'Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0' strongly suggests a macro-enabled Excel file used for initial infection. This points to a phishing attack vector where the user is tricked into opening the malicious spreadsheet.

Heuristics 1

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