Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a4db724d992a7f68…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

23.6 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: f5cfff9e8f2ec7251b61f10460c5044a SHA-1: 3e8ecc94a15a1a01b5903dffd7bb059fea16cb6a SHA-256: a4db724d992a7f68b65eb535c8bf863cae53e3e605c3dddbd974cf1719d95430
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 95%

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

The file is identified by ClamAV as 'Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0', strongly indicating it's a Qbot variant designed to deliver a secondary payload. The detection implies the presence of malicious macros or embedded objects within the Excel file, typical for Qbot's initial infection vector. The primary function is to act as a dropper for further malicious activity.

Heuristics 1

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