Malicious Office (OOXML) / .XLSX — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ca1658720ba391d0…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 7226db80e3982f58c346fbd8541315e8 SHA-1: c36e368984a808583542b7636f4f01c677c38f1e SHA-256: ca1658720ba391d0764c94719add1dccf89ea32c571c865e2fba64b3af180876
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment

The file is an Excel spreadsheet identified by ClamAV as a dropper. The detection name 'Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0' suggests it is used to download and execute a secondary payload, likely Qbot. The file's structure and detection indicate a phishing attempt to trick users into enabling macros, which would then initiate the malicious download.

Heuristics 1

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