Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8437dfe7864ddf27…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 75d761aab1a185be5734758eccc98823 SHA-1: 121b7c1d7f06480cc74ff6b725cd828d87ef2f18 SHA-256: 8437dfe7864ddf27591e7a21a9970f5a136e069be0c3926be4370a04ea7cd5a1
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 its nature as a Qbot dropper. The primary function of such documents is to execute malicious code, likely via embedded macros, to download and run a secondary payload. This aligns with common Qbot distribution tactics.

Heuristics 1

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