Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 59831861305e8bd4…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

29.5 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 64f7ba52acf6a023092fc8c9d656328e SHA-1: a670e49d18fe4b37611a3bccc6f561a6f7326052 SHA-256: 59831861305e8bd46742069395f8d5b241e962dfd80926fc659ad27178be2963
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 suggesting it functions as a dropper for the Qbot malware family. The document's purpose is likely to trick users into enabling macros, which would then initiate the download and execution of a malicious payload. This aligns with common Qbot distribution tactics.

Heuristics 1

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