Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d06ff4c219837fb8…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

23.6 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: a9697b2574acb8b9feade7d049cf75dd SHA-1: 9be356b35018f00772943c0f688dc80381bb72e2 SHA-256: d06ff4c219837fb8a2e3f55de8aba5f10a11a99711347a05197bdde7dc54819a
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 90%

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

The file is identified by ClamAV as 'Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0', strongly indicating it's a Qbot variant designed to act as a dropper. The malicious nature suggests it attempts to download and execute a secondary payload, a common tactic for Qbot. The SHA256 hash is provided 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