Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a89a255db7311d05…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

23.6 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 969838f7148ad1586eb22c925788d12b SHA-1: c6c6d31ac65805d29d5afe43b6f5e4c6b3874f64 SHA-256: a89a255db7311d05d8b8fe0fb59fa1722abcbb49bd7649866275a0758c158afb
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 95%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment

The file is identified by ClamAV as 'Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0', strongly suggesting it is a Qbot variant designed to act as a dropper. The primary function is to download and execute a malicious payload, which is a common tactic for Qbot. The file type and heuristic firing indicate a high likelihood of malicious intent.

Heuristics 1

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