Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 be56eb3cde1194c8…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

23.6 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 4553cfe0629807d615cd7cf4ccca8527 SHA-1: bbb887424a2f97083bf20e240765def0b50349fe SHA-256: be56eb3cde1194c8fb32fcb9ddc129a5c52eb2b6fd1406311fc4d7706a02a325
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 95%

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

The file is identified by ClamAV as 'Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0', strongly indicating it is a Qbot dropper. As an Excel document, it likely uses macro execution or other embedded exploits to deliver the Qbot payload. The primary function is to download and execute a secondary stage malware.

Heuristics 1

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