Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 aec8fe5f8ab49274…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

23.6 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 5635676e0134fc0d0d3843c4f30899aa SHA-1: b395074c005acbadb7591c907f922b6cabd63dc2 SHA-256: aec8fe5f8ab49274c62dbfdfdcdddd8e09410f01d35cd6db7a38d6136db9d26e
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 deliver a payload. The Excel format and the dropper nature indicate a typical phishing attack vector where the user is tricked into opening the malicious document, which then executes the embedded malware. 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