Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c5c4d35524fcc049…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

23.6 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 7885ba58e3170a956062bea31765e64c SHA-1: 94715e69e6a1252ac6d54a63febd51fdcfae38e3 SHA-256: c5c4d35524fcc0491b79da01fb1a03cc65c5dc9ebb573ae9d527f93548d906c4
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 95%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment

The file is identified by ClamAV as Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0, indicating it functions as a dropper for the Qbot malware family. The primary attack vector is likely spearphishing, with the Excel file serving as the initial lure. The dropper's purpose is to download and execute a secondary payload, which is characteristic of Qbot's infection chain.

Heuristics 1

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