Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b654767208449f72…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 5d622cd0708f8feb8cb37723edf5afe3 SHA-1: c0cc2b1bd73066ecba81fdbf702e993c9d9c130a SHA-256: b654767208449f72561b78fa95268ca8807d89ce006320f0bba21689e791bdbf
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 a Qbot variant. As an Excel macro-enabled document, it likely employs social engineering to trick the user into enabling macros, which then execute a payload. The primary function is to act as a dropper for further malicious activity.

Heuristics 1

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