Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ce148284d3f50b89…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: b0cf5b1e9412b46d992e592f183e00af SHA-1: cb03e5a8317220b6a0c7f74efb3e8d1afb752f6a SHA-256: ce148284d3f50b897277ee2a0e4714bf55951dfa4db1e9806ac8237d6d68f352
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 90%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204 Malicious File Execution

Static analysis identified the file as a malicious Excel document. The CLAMAV_DETECTION heuristic specifically names it as 'Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0', strongly indicating it is a Qbot (also known as Qakbot or Pinkslipbot) dropper. Qbot is known for its ability to download and execute further stages of malware.

Heuristics 1

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