Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8de4969861ae50fe…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 74b09ef01a0f03588d3854b220078428 SHA-1: 006eafcfc0eef2356e051eead08ce761d536641e SHA-256: 8de4969861ae50fe0f71977060166b7d85235149a03d421179de437c535fe705
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 'Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0', strongly indicating it is a Qbot dropper. The detection name suggests it is an Excel document (Xls) used to drop a Qbot payload. The file's structure and detection name point towards a phishing attack where the user is tricked into opening the malicious Excel file, leading to the execution of Qbot.

Heuristics 1

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