Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 76e6be963e1f4fdd…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 78c71801f3815ea20c5e9eef35908d84 SHA-1: c9cf58e4e145381b520177d67e32b74c76aa1fab SHA-256: 76e6be963e1f4fddce4acbc0909c18d278e8eb31cc84a66cb009b307cb83d56f
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 90%

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

The file is identified by ClamAV as 'Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0', strongly suggesting it is a Qbot variant designed to act as a dropper. The primary function is to download and execute a secondary payload, a common tactic for Qbot to establish a foothold and further compromise the system.

Heuristics 1

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