Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8cdc5ba25f9a1024…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: e22ea24c305da437365f59b8ccebee87 SHA-1: 9ad3df4b60bdf56cd2faddce5d5a2c9c1631896b SHA-256: 8cdc5ba25f9a10249cdb07ef91282961289ed2b26457e064b734c75364736100
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 macro-enabled execution.

Heuristics 1

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