Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 aba7c69213ba232e…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 6e085248cc435f2be9f720cbcb912675 SHA-1: 5623b3a142626effc698c90a6b799f6384b30fc1 SHA-256: aba7c69213ba232eb809cc65b1bd6b90888071f12365d7255367910a8247f006
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 95%

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

The file is identified by ClamAV as 'Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0', strongly suggesting it belongs to the Qbot family and functions as a dropper. The primary purpose is to deliver and execute a malicious payload, likely leveraging social engineering within the Excel document to trick the user into enabling macros or opening a malicious attachment. The SHA256 hash is included as a primary IOC.

Heuristics 1

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