Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 78db6e5b4eb98de6…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

23.6 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: dc427a4f1a6a2ce5f3f0733269e4b24a SHA-1: 1615f4b60ad2d8a18f4f01d8c7eb6cbe306f075c SHA-256: 78db6e5b4eb98de6acddd52ffb3474c6ed345b988f125903e2bbde2a72e119f5
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 additional malware. The Excel format and the 'Dropper' classification indicate a likely attack pattern involving social engineering to trick the user into opening the document, followed by macro execution to download and run a malicious payload. The SHA256 hash is included as a primary IOC.

Heuristics 1

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