Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 918fb3c7cceb1657…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 53e06958ade8e38888b591937b343f6f SHA-1: 3280725e4b000e888695830a5bb15ab76e6099d3 SHA-256: 918fb3c7cceb165702e475f9d6028ef21827d447db33e42e92dd4d7afef2520e
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 functions as a Qbot dropper. This type of document typically lures users into enabling macros, which then execute to download and run the Qbot malware. The heuristic firing is critical and directly points to the malware's function and likely family.

Heuristics 1

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