Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8a847e56ef2cea67…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 81a72019535c66ae56417518ec17d5d2 SHA-1: a43d5545377d6a090bb690d896b4baf6f967ec65 SHA-256: 8a847e56ef2cea67c2f1e147f6752658f0f4b17a74a9c9ffa53f534bfa3876aa
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 90%

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

The file is identified by ClamAV as 'Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0', strongly indicating it's a Qbot variant designed to deliver a payload. The detection name suggests it functions as a dropper, likely executing a malicious second-stage file. The primary technique observed is the execution of malicious content within a document, often delivered via phishing.

Heuristics 1

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