Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 597a21eea4ab3c85…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: c58b1815c3322cceae20df946e39b48d SHA-1: 4f30799db1f8675ee903c034375878656fdbe6dc SHA-256: 597a21eea4ab3c8521d26baa98aed89cf6f27f6c15cddf6c28baf8820be59aa4
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 90%

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 suggesting it is a Qbot variant designed to drop a malicious payload. The Office (OOXML) file type indicates it was likely delivered as an attachment, a common tactic for Qbot. The primary function appears to be the execution of a secondary stage malware.

Heuristics 1

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