Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b2b18113ba85c04f…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: cb7bd08c527eb03fe84d9c3201587fc5 SHA-1: c32ffb91be7194ae2acb7086203d3dc4a7178f2d SHA-256: b2b18113ba85c04f5274f6b4f3207b8be5e31765cd29c194b42e962167152814
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 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 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