Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a35aeb55e56b89bc…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

23.6 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: a30835762d40be581222e5a0303763a3 SHA-1: 3739b289ff065cdc88a1f6669ddd969186ca4756 SHA-256: a35aeb55e56b89bc08f74f5cb131c2e9233597425558664f83b6056aa2a0e1d6
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 95%

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

The file is identified by ClamAV as 'Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0', strongly indicating it's a Qbot dropper. This type of document typically uses macros to download and execute a secondary payload, aiming to infect the user's system with Qbot malware. The primary attack vector is likely spearphishing, leveraging the malicious Excel file as an attachment.

Heuristics 1

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