Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b71d6372608474e8…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 56e3970141f38db2d8f3a6e8280d0471 SHA-1: 3125c690ab696e84d69303c3d48f5079eefc7122 SHA-256: b71d6372608474e89ff7c757751fa2e3717e0d583c2c034e6d50c0117fee9d15
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 90%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment

The file is an Excel document identified by ClamAV as 'Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0', strongly suggesting Qbot malware. The detection name implies it acts as a dropper, likely initiating a malicious chain of execution upon user interaction, such as enabling macros. This aligns with common Qbot distribution methods.

Heuristics 1

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