Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b304b46f070455d2…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: c43bb66020c21bd8025bc08d31c5aded SHA-1: d857e3e1e9276f691a11ce3fddb6fce766e25b46 SHA-256: b304b46f070455d2762ba41fab15792020217a699cd66cc2c87a429adf0f16f8
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 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