Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a6357a818134b99d…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: be876dd3330ffe4f799c4f2856b01f01 SHA-1: e1b66bc346c573522f495e8a1c4e6a8bb754466c SHA-256: a6357a818134b99d3c301d0d87e20aa6e976f032ad34fb70f41319f9698965c7
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 is identified by ClamAV as 'Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0', strongly indicating it is a Qbot dropper. This type of document typically uses macros to download and execute a secondary payload, aligning with the T1566.002 (Spearphishing Attachment) and T1059.005 (Visual Basic) MITRE ATT&CK techniques. The primary function is to deliver the Qbot malware.

Heuristics 1

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