Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a00dd185b357c005…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: dbe4cbe65d7d100c76cf37850abaca91 SHA-1: 5e0a7d7409dd9db4c78b4101c0dd62732b5a139e SHA-256: a00dd185b357c005b5b638d14cd3d2b3fd9f35b24619198a2acbc55c587e80fc
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 an Excel spreadsheet identified by ClamAV as Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0, strongly indicating Qbot malware. Its primary function is to act as a dropper, initiating the execution of a secondary malicious payload. The file's metadata and heuristic detection point towards a malicious dropper designed for initial infection.

Heuristics 1

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