Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cb40ec4659f0fbba…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 6820f84e8350c6df80f338e182ec7378 SHA-1: bb602a54773f03d44b9fbeb82cf6bf29e8841aec SHA-256: cb40ec4659f0fbba0494295752c615528e32fb37993f909159b32322a13cbb24
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 identified by ClamAV as a Qbot dropper, indicating its purpose is to deliver the Qbot malware. The detection name 'Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0' strongly suggests a malicious Excel document acting as a downloader for Qbot. This aligns with common Qbot distribution methods involving macro-enabled documents.

Heuristics 1

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