Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b3012062a11e7626…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: be9a4b0c56fe40914addd83da34ac3fa SHA-1: db4a0a9291563ae90fd7375b861694935c58af33 SHA-256: b3012062a11e76262318eb2e1fe603208e168fd9e9e45731fca7f09ee8a52e3e
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 drop a secondary payload. The file type is an Excel spreadsheet, a common delivery mechanism for macro-based malware. The primary attack pattern involves tricking the user into enabling macros to initiate the malicious execution chain.

Heuristics 1

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