Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b58219378743c040…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: dba1121e537e24568c869989cf97e9f2 SHA-1: 1c19bd9ed893269b49bd610911c0e599d20961a0 SHA-256: b58219378743c040e60dd3e0acd577739bfae122e930b1749843167dfcd255be
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 90%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious File Execution: Malicious Shell Script

The file is identified by ClamAV as 'Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0', strongly suggesting it is a Qbot variant designed to act as a dropper. As an Excel document, it likely uses macro or other embedded exploits to download and execute a secondary payload, a common tactic for Qbot.

Heuristics 1

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