Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c7525a33a4369e80…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

23.6 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 41b917196456d4c73aef47177bbf80bd SHA-1: e90591ebd500c50a6f67656a5dde4436c8b9d487 SHA-256: c7525a33a4369e80c0ef86673c527280b0dbc2bf56b5e4f6b546c3d867e519f4
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 95%

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

The file is an Excel spreadsheet identified by ClamAV as Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0, indicating it functions as a dropper for the Qbot malware. The primary attack pattern involves tricking the user into opening the malicious spreadsheet, which then executes the embedded payload. The SHA256 hash is provided as a key indicator.

Heuristics 1

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