Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bb4482d378400dc8…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 4abc327e5ac4895e268cc75b6aef58bd SHA-1: ac341d9c24c77d5832b84a29d6f05e5a61112ebd SHA-256: bb4482d378400dc803543217881b542805321393815b0e623e1a580380a427e5
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 95%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment

The file is an Excel spreadsheet identified by ClamAV as Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0, strongly indicating it is a Qbot dropper. The primary function is to deliver a malicious payload, likely through macro execution, which is a common Qbot distribution method. The file's metadata and heuristic detection point to its malicious intent as a downloader.

Heuristics 1

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