Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a7435b8f41817a67…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

23.6 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 07817890a4ad537bf4a0e5bf0f7e2b65 SHA-1: 448d6e2b9d69649c9b8cf2e33ae04aa581ae5caf SHA-256: a7435b8f41817a67164d9d3119457086d6440b1d96a7af1cd585a2dd83e37c87
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 95%

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

The file is 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 luring a user into opening a malicious Excel file, which then executes a secondary payload. This aligns with common Qbot distribution methods.

Heuristics 1

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