Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 79d23673e984c300…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 97fc153ae46619b9910d85157ea2cddd SHA-1: 7b600634b86c828fe853a3e134882d0b9e4b5bdc SHA-256: 79d23673e984c300f3d3e5ef08871a75bdc2ecc1680bdee07c2f01740f1f21ab
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 85%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment

Static analysis identified the file as a malicious Excel spreadsheet based on ClamAV heuristics. The detection name 'Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0' strongly suggests the file is a Qbot dropper. The file's purpose is to deliver a secondary payload, typical of Qbot distribution methods.

Heuristics 1

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