Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a726b9d98f4c4468…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 402a7bf4fff253bdfdb886c10dba6f0b SHA-1: c873d0b8373113eac60cad37221c81440c56749c SHA-256: a726b9d98f4c4468377ae8c5eae69dff7e99854698e7a40e7a606e92ddb4d503
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 85%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment

Static analysis identified the file as a malicious Excel document. The CLAMAV_DETECTION heuristic specifically flags it as 'Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0', strongly suggesting it's a Qbot dropper. The document's purpose is likely to trick the user into enabling macros, which would then execute 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