Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c2576ad7779435ec…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

23.6 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 971c9a3d613cd5fcdaf59e2b746ae579 SHA-1: 1dcefcbece52537bfc7d32226db1422bf290ad56 SHA-256: c2576ad7779435ec1f3944682611a58b4b769f47c6b93ad18973fd249f600345
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 95%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment

The file is identified by ClamAV as a Qbot dropper, indicating its primary function is to deliver the Qbot malware. The detection signature 'Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0' strongly suggests a malicious Excel document used for initial infection. This points to a phishing attack vector where the user is tricked into opening the malicious spreadsheet.

Heuristics 1

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