Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cef044289210f24d…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 3d8071d5fea128966a3d9394ad21c951 SHA-1: c49c1913d0f5c7ce6f34e674b96cb58fae8d431e SHA-256: cef044289210f24d0749573475936c6425bb9ff8d596e19cc5d075c49559c5a4
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 an Excel spreadsheet identified by ClamAV as Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0, indicating it functions as a dropper for the Qbot malware family. The primary attack pattern involves delivering a malicious payload via a spreadsheet attachment, likely through spearphishing. The file's SHA256 hash is included as a primary indicator.

Heuristics 1

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