Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a96bd79fc5811336…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 0602610d9ab9040f304c0651613ecdce SHA-1: fdb1167757aa95564f5440605b050e1005c696c8 SHA-256: a96bd79fc581133667e2295141a9fcdfaf91830472a729cc5c170a84e51a885c
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 95%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious File: Malicious File

The file is identified by ClamAV as a Qbot dropper, indicating its primary function is to deliver the Qbot malware. The detection signature 'Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0' strongly suggests a malicious Excel document (Xls) acting as a dropper for Qbot. This points to a phishing attack where the user is tricked into opening the malicious Excel file.

Heuristics 1

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