Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8082974251c82043…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

23.6 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: f95e901e6b329ea5575d244fcdd9f10a SHA-1: ed9d4d2356ad5e09e90e8fd14a9c480f4d5b2e83 SHA-256: 8082974251c82043779d308fea8a51ea8ebf7c105454adc4e5b9f2380cd3a313
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 95%

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

The file is identified by ClamAV as 'Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0', strongly indicating it is a Qbot dropper. This type of file typically uses macros to download and execute a secondary payload, aiming to infect the user's system with Qbot malware. The presence of macro-related heuristics further supports this attack pattern.

Heuristics 1

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