Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8d9ab5b7a970b26d…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

23.6 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: a6be339addfbb2c783cdbc8ef0b8ab7a SHA-1: 7523063f07439024512f14daa8467656b073e6cf SHA-256: 8d9ab5b7a970b26dd543d84ea9a3de662a536bc489635b05a8e00700ba9fa279
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 95%

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

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 malicious Excel document acting as a downloader for Qbot. This aligns with common Qbot distribution methods involving macro-enabled documents.

Heuristics 1

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