Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ce5cff36991a5721…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

23.6 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 525176e0009ce8e5fcb05e03a37eefea SHA-1: 6f9bdb04b2ebd0dd4e36826e6acf08c91615c0ea SHA-256: ce5cff36991a57219dcb4a989495a3cbff15b51d81562ecfac29eca4e4c8e42a
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 90%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment

The file is identified by ClamAV as 'Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0', strongly suggesting it is a Qbot variant designed to act as a dropper. The primary function is likely to download and execute a secondary payload, a common tactic for Qbot. The SHA256 hash is included as a primary IOC.

Heuristics 1

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