Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a8e51db15feaaa41…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 0847f1a6ff96b1eff5b72f6ef1d8e646 SHA-1: dfb28db3ccdf4ea07448916734e951a9651ab30b SHA-256: a8e51db15feaaa41301fb17b79f2f7d793123efa58c2b0388d7ef5ac24351da2
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 90%

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 secondary payload, a common tactic for Qbot to infect systems. The SHA256 hash is included as a primary indicator of compromise.

Heuristics 1

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