Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a44800dbfd4102f7…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

29.5 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 0629e30a16075505b4c0b189cc1a7366 SHA-1: f186e918d57af29aba09f69f478602734a4fd8b1 SHA-256: a44800dbfd4102f71aed008efd6e9d0b8c0b48d9131e531ae915adf179287f54
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 95%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment

The file is an Excel spreadsheet identified by ClamAV as 'Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0', strongly indicating it functions as a dropper for the Qbot malware family. The primary attack pattern involves delivering a malicious payload via a macro-enabled document, which is a common Qbot distribution method. Further analysis of the document's content and any embedded scripts would be necessary to detail the exact execution chain.

Heuristics 1

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