Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 868aaefa6b5e6c84…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

23.6 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: ee9c4a4d4e9bbe80011f2772b7c44200 SHA-1: 648dd2287d4ca4ba7094c1c8e3d174d3d3cd1f3a SHA-256: 868aaefa6b5e6c840fbde4a18890ff19c120054a1e11b7a275d59031a4571ec2
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 file typically uses malicious macros to download and execute a secondary payload. The presence of this specific ClamAV signature is sufficient evidence for attribution.

Heuristics 1

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