Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9fd1c9355744da58…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: dbb70be1e822a3c458ede6770075c79b SHA-1: abf97720fbb4c43ad8eae9ec4a4f593f87b4841a SHA-256: 9fd1c9355744da5807b9e6aa3b21977847b5a3a9612239c5f036ff6426840bc8
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 95%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204 Malicious File Execution T1566.002 Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment

The file is an Excel spreadsheet identified by ClamAV as 'Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0', strongly indicating it functions as a dropper for the Qbot malware family. The primary attack pattern involves tricking a user into opening the malicious spreadsheet, which then executes the embedded payload. Further analysis of the payload's behavior would be required to detail specific execution techniques.

Heuristics 1

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