Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8a8c678d4abd4b4d…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: fec9b7829ec20f60fd0febedb3bd83a2 SHA-1: 8f1af730871e5c4a15e83c4b88dd77ab55237d16 SHA-256: 8a8c678d4abd4b4d2444c63fba263ff143f840db3376550d97ec2fb96eca1ad3
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 95%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment

The file is identified by ClamAV as a Qbot dropper, indicating its primary function is to deliver the Qbot malware. The detection signature 'Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0' strongly suggests a macro-enabled Excel file used for initial infection. This points to a phishing attack vector where the user is tricked into opening the malicious attachment.

Heuristics 1

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