Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b15ede5a07030e89…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 3701a0cb49666e7ddee6eaf7c8402fb2 SHA-1: 1658264fe034d00a5f6b38f662165b4dfb0c7c82 SHA-256: b15ede5a07030e89f3406db6ab24041534d88dc833dd8aebdc3d29b88993475f
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 indicating it functions as a dropper for the Qbot malware family. The primary attack pattern involves luring a user into opening a malicious Excel file, which then executes embedded malicious code to download and run a secondary payload. This aligns with typical Qbot distribution methods.

Heuristics 1

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