Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c5a76cd9a49ae534…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 69eec0854451974b9a551140157a822e SHA-1: 34f6b7ba4d54922db7b7b4d9161c2339c1f4a46c SHA-256: c5a76cd9a49ae53452c0a023c0c854b041ceb24d965e3f3007fe2a4af578ec77
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 95%

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

The file is identified by ClamAV as 'Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0', strongly suggesting it is a Qbot variant designed to drop and execute a malicious payload. The Office (OOXML) file type and the heuristic firing indicate a typical delivery mechanism for Qbot, which often uses macro-enabled documents to initiate infection chains. 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