Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a94581d34334cf10…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: baad4244f67a974fc3aee7d0e7a789f2 SHA-1: d8d614a78e051ead63bc0fe5064341d240904b13 SHA-256: a94581d34334cf10fcc8fe96313782a3a32846752b089d93951a1a05982c04f2
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 dropper. This type of document typically uses macros to download and execute a secondary payload, aligning with common Qbot distribution methods. The heuristic firing directly points to the malware family and its dropper functionality.

Heuristics 1

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