Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a87f9230532bf425…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

23.6 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: fd05996accd95fb5ace4f225e5956d7b SHA-1: a539601e0a851a39a0d563989a5e6c050814cdf6 SHA-256: a87f9230532bf425bf1696d8a4583dcce43372a53f0ac9fd69633d609b457cb2
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 an Excel spreadsheet identified by ClamAV as Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0, indicating it functions as a dropper for the Qbot malware family. The primary attack pattern involves luring the user into opening the malicious attachment, which then executes the embedded payload. The SHA256 hash is provided as a key indicator.

Heuristics 1

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