Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a239e33b8e4b246c…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 5404c1759e1439b6484c064e64461b3a SHA-1: 2fedf0497013aa72ae6c4db6cdf4078c225d7d6c SHA-256: a239e33b8e4b246c4fabcf07f20df77c1990f620422b5070e53f73635274709f
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 indicating it is a Qbot variant designed to act as a dropper. The primary function of this malicious Excel file is to download and execute a secondary payload, likely contributing to the Qbot malware's overall infection chain. The SHA256 hash is included as a primary indicator of compromise.

Heuristics 1

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