Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a2b01703ea2160cf…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 91c2ffbeb148ed51083c066481e904c1 SHA-1: 1193d511a5434ece504d8db58c9b82e5c6818bca SHA-256: a2b01703ea2160cf406cd0aa988a03abd92044bb8f697b0ba41b0255e183568d
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 95%

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

The file was detected by ClamAV as 'Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0', indicating it functions as a dropper for the Qbot malware family. The primary attack pattern involves luring the user into opening a malicious Excel file, which then executes a secondary payload. This is a common technique for Qbot distribution.

Heuristics 1

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