Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ccc41dfe788e48c6…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 2b1f0c4ded869eeafba6b7bec609fc92 SHA-1: c1cdd3f469ff7cf006b57674c85721f82d350ad9 SHA-256: ccc41dfe788e48c699395fbbc83a301fb4656cc95d289bf6a7e6ac521f54a53b
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 'Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0', strongly indicating it's a Qbot dropper. As an Excel file, it likely uses macros or other embedded content to initiate the malicious execution chain. The primary function is to download and execute a secondary payload, consistent with Qbot's typical behavior.

Heuristics 1

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