Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a8299c8e15d96ff4…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

29.5 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 7009db5f24723a24ae9f1acb34403e0c SHA-1: 1f6d002fff5ee1caa2fff87f03bc44543f5aaf4f SHA-256: a8299c8e15d96ff4665a547e284684f8eae805c4fc7659e71362db1457cabb34
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 is a Qbot variant designed to deliver a payload. As an Excel document, it likely uses macro execution or an embedded exploit to achieve this. 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