Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9d8663f21736f9e8…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 8f2b3533f3a77e9fdcf9d54350c1615c SHA-1: 0a12f8d08003ca5ef35f6b0f2c3b26962b7a7e79 SHA-256: 9d8663f21736f9e8f8ef127aebd7c5c10bf15d58d4dc488e477a0bf4a1e32824
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 suggesting it is a Qbot variant used for dropping secondary payloads. The Office (OOXML) file type and the detection name indicate a malicious macro-enabled document. The primary function is to execute a malicious payload, likely through embedded macros, which is a common Qbot delivery technique.

Heuristics 1

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