Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7ae4d2adcb933603…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 37faeb5d42a996cfc13c3383d6c5bfaa SHA-1: 7e2d45f03ac68727314662f786ff39b31c93aeb5 SHA-256: 7ae4d2adcb9336033ea2d267ddb79390858e8517a857555e189dfbf4c02689cb
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 95%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File

The file is an Excel spreadsheet identified by ClamAV as 'Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0', indicating it functions as a dropper for the Qbot malware family. The primary attack vector involves tricking the user into enabling macros, which are then used to download and execute a secondary payload. This aligns with common 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