Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 984272496fe79aa8…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

29.5 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 4c7a7af783f78e23b09b8e185418aeca SHA-1: e02496bf3331515feec18d4f99f2826f219b2643 SHA-256: 984272496fe79aa8ae9921007d98a0f3cd47dc5f86a97e9aa3a098045b88131f
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 90%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment

The file is an Excel document identified by ClamAV as 'Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0', strongly indicating it is a Qbot dropper. The document's metadata shows it was authored by Microsoft Excel, a common vector for macro-based malware delivery. The primary function is to download and execute a secondary payload, characteristic of Qbot's typical distribution method.

Heuristics 1

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