Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 59c8e1961b00c7f3…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: b5a970eb28281498354aea2b426a845d SHA-1: 323cb844e5c79930749dabea0b27a2803847f81a SHA-256: 59c8e1961b00c7f3d00a4899b40c975adfb30c51dc37908cd80576932114c036
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 95%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious File Execution: Malicious File

The file is identified by ClamAV as 'Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0', strongly indicating it functions as a Qbot dropper. The malicious nature is further confirmed by the verdict. The primary attack pattern involves luring the user into opening a malicious Excel file, which then executes the Qbot malware.

Heuristics 1

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