Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 85fd95c84517cc44…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 898b049a3f5ac8374e50ca193972a5b0 SHA-1: a0c19f0c762487ab4ce5b423bf74876597f246a0 SHA-256: 85fd95c84517cc440f4285668271d781f62b1d864760c60c8da3d64314b8bad2
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's a Qbot dropper. This type of malware typically uses malicious documents to lure users into enabling macros, which then download and execute the main payload. The primary attack vector is likely spearphishing attachment, leading to macro execution and subsequent payload delivery.

Heuristics 1

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