Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c69951eb4b3c6819…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 633f6e17610240162c45c6a7c5014f06 SHA-1: 7aee25d3fe8cfd19b808136061e41c26c3dfc007 SHA-256: c69951eb4b3c68199654b00627c703e730ce04c7612abdbd853874ead71d4829
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 purpose is to deliver the Qbot malware. The heuristic firing strongly suggests a malicious intent, likely involving the execution of a secondary payload. The file's nature as an Excel document points towards a phishing or social engineering vector to trick users into enabling macros.

Heuristics 1

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