Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c2cfe65287e34c0c…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 5b5ac304c834a0046c18d4f5cc63726b SHA-1: a57db7d7b58d3a8d175d83ca15588627ff494692 SHA-256: c2cfe65287e34c0c66a0883690b533b36d31771b5dc65deb91d556d18cbc0983
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 85%

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 it is a Qbot downloader. The document's metadata indicates it was authored by Microsoft Excel, a common vector for macro-based malware delivery. The primary attack pattern is likely spearphishing attachment, aiming to trick users into enabling macros to download and execute the Qbot malware.

Heuristics 1

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