Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7a662019529f6c3c…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 7f62bc7ac7c6f6d37781f51fd3704d11 SHA-1: 20d31f51dc660f1a5899a2f86697d12b579cc401 SHA-256: 7a662019529f6c3cc2d25852bdb3735cc075068ca9dc2a75bf8a218d4576f0d1
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 used for dropping secondary payloads. The file type is an Excel spreadsheet, a common delivery mechanism for macro-based malware. The primary attack pattern involves tricking the user into enabling macros to initiate the malicious execution chain.

Heuristics 1

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