Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8512ef6586230cd6…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: e6422acfaaf4fa44531a42c096968692 SHA-1: 83e039ed5808b9562aa74d98455c87acbac5b7c8 SHA-256: 8512ef6586230cd67eb856b6f9b50a6d8eb8173ba7371e4aa51b368eefc2d582
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 95%

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

The file is identified by ClamAV as a Qbot dropper, indicating its primary function is to deliver the Qbot malware. The detection signature 'Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0' strongly suggests a malicious Excel document (Xls) acting as a dropper for Qbot. This points to a phishing attack where the user is tricked into opening the malicious Excel file, leading to malware execution.

Heuristics 1

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