Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 54f5682a97a5390a…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 6cbe83ba8cd141e684664a726fda10f9 SHA-1: dc165371f25b53d69aa3d3d99494569ca66ad7f0 SHA-256: 54f5682a97a5390a0d55451cd59031265bb81a3beb6fadca23cf3f02e7b2e1d1
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 95%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment

The file is an Excel spreadsheet identified by ClamAV as 'Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0', strongly indicating it's a Qbot dropper. The primary attack pattern involves using this malicious document as an attachment in a phishing campaign to lure recipients into opening it. The file's purpose is to download and execute a secondary stage payload, consistent with Qbot's typical behavior.

Heuristics 1

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