Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cf5259b4abb370c9…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: b109fea07bd0e0e88c6e3800a9442ec2 SHA-1: 34837c1fcb0e23bb9ae0ddbbf85d2d6c8fa43606 SHA-256: cf5259b4abb370c921794bcb7834172155196646fc91e2ee3ba18604ef3cfa48
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 95%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious File: User Execution: Malicious File

The file is identified by ClamAV as 'Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0', strongly suggesting it is a Qbot variant designed to drop and execute a malicious payload. The primary attack pattern involves tricking the user into opening a malicious Excel file, which then likely initiates the download and execution of further malware. 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