Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 85bc5522ece156a0…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

23.6 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 57940fb479611688d3cb54c165820176 SHA-1: 41205a45bafbe921a132201ba480a15d8bce89f9 SHA-256: 85bc5522ece156a09a170a1849dbecb6bc8e10ab094b1aef4903d451a8dcf1c3
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 suggesting it is a Qbot variant designed to drop a secondary payload. The detection name implies it's a macro-enabled Excel document used for initial infection. The primary attack vector is likely spearphishing attachment, leading to macro execution.

Heuristics 1

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