Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a1ddd8d9a96253d3…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

29.5 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: bd57661f2e38074db13e9e1cf9512911 SHA-1: ff6829936d7ca7e93e696b7fbe9610f03ed26280 SHA-256: a1ddd8d9a96253d3a167c283e3add2b44fb53d07f4981d9d2cd96809aaec7a9f
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 95%

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

The file is identified by ClamAV as 'Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0', strongly suggesting it is a Qbot variant designed to act as a dropper. The primary function is to deliver and execute a secondary malicious payload, likely through user interaction with the Excel file. The SHA256 hash is included as a primary indicator.

Heuristics 1

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