Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a49746952bceb86f…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 0a70fec1af84fd34249cf84f9590fffc SHA-1: 6f39d54830f90553b0d1b362a975571abc9fcf9c SHA-256: a49746952bceb86fcf15749760272fe29cab4e60672ebd068e8c8fad5c8154dd
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 95%

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

The file is identified by ClamAV as 'Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0', strongly indicating it is a Qbot variant designed to deliver a secondary payload. The SHA256 hash is included as a primary indicator of compromise. The attack pattern involves luring a user to open a malicious Excel file, which then executes the embedded malware.

Heuristics 1

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