Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c1372016feed072b…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 98bcfa3e28be137de8e994dcd51cc571 SHA-1: 39b1d1606599ab33f5bac1f9e194f4bd55daa567 SHA-256: c1372016feed072b5f237a318f3f77f07cddc13ae26396f67b61aed51b84ce39
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 95%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious File Execution: Malicious 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. The primary function is to download and execute a secondary malicious payload, likely leveraging macro execution within the Excel file. The SHA256 hash is included as a primary indicator of compromise.

Heuristics 1

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