Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c4a25737c59d6b93…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: f3b597a8f7cc459ae30b0f695b4cc0ac SHA-1: d961e989fdc1787156ae47af2458cc83fdbef060 SHA-256: c4a25737c59d6b93a00f52f5bf38ef0749e80f455e261abbf79b745e412a588b
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 95%

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

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 of such documents is to download and execute a secondary malicious payload, often leveraging macro execution or exploiting vulnerabilities within the Office application. 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