Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 925c3ef62e86189a…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: c19dc5a8f8cab75b31b2935306010606 SHA-1: 901aa96a861bb8830f835e6fe18aaaac09dd0aaa SHA-256: 925c3ef62e86189a907fa3e341a5d972e2e1375f601cf7589ede09a8e5df346e
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 an Excel spreadsheet identified by ClamAV as 'Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0', strongly indicating it's a Qbot variant designed to deliver a payload. The detection name suggests it functions as a dropper, likely leveraging embedded macros or exploits to execute malicious code. This points to a spearphishing attachment attack pattern aiming to compromise the user's system.

Heuristics 1

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