Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5505d6f646c84e9e…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: ce291c36f357f30a4df34680fbd8d679 SHA-1: 04328102348fc4e1db36bfaa20fc6c334037c3d5 SHA-256: 5505d6f646c84e9e032d0b10cd25dc2d0353da4aaeb7619f75347043ba378595
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 90%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment

The file is identified by ClamAV as 'Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0', strongly suggesting it is a Qbot variant designed to drop further malicious content. The OOXML format indicates it's likely a macro-enabled document, a common delivery mechanism for Qbot. The primary attack pattern involves tricking the user into enabling macros to initiate the download and execution of a secondary payload.

Heuristics 1

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