Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b4a786cb4047c777…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

23.6 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 5ad71047a42eb62046c3c071299e6078 SHA-1: c0bd1416d9d6dab57c3729f2d1fb70e0d70c3771 SHA-256: b4a786cb4047c7776b0f6bc70f339012627d8d09b57c30b59c57358926807269
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 95%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment T1105 Ingress Tool Transfer

The file is an Excel spreadsheet identified by ClamAV as 'Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0', strongly suggesting Qbot family involvement. Its primary function appears to be acting as a dropper, designed to download and execute a secondary malicious payload. This aligns with common Qbot distribution tactics.

Heuristics 1

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