Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8a46d8d299f8d95b…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

23.6 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: a749596b3234337e442af9a1e85f6317 SHA-1: 043ccc8a103784066b0a88dd4d7a004fc2d2a37e SHA-256: 8a46d8d299f8d95b7da8474a15010df00eeeb6afc09adddebd4d70b48ab58de1
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 is a Qbot dropper. This type of document typically uses macros to download and execute a secondary payload, aiming to infect the user's system with Qbot malware. The primary attack vector is likely spearphishing attachment, leading to malicious file execution.

Heuristics 1

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