Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 842f2fc9c265eb08…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 8a7db4cef925ac409b0397647c453b12 SHA-1: 8c931bc8a532b87de2419650bfe5dca6c7b4fe2f SHA-256: 842f2fc9c265eb08439d0df8de7a72192ea5211ca8341b280c24ad582edebb52
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 95%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment

The file is identified by ClamAV as 'Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0', strongly indicating it is a Qbot variant designed to act as a dropper. The primary function is to download and execute a secondary malicious payload. The file's metadata and heuristic detection point towards a malicious intent, likely involving social engineering to trick users into opening the document and enabling macros.

Heuristics 1

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