Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d1818c4f32a00895…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: c7e79b83710383d0bbe16a7112c8acac SHA-1: fe0bdd24c8c89890fd36d59160952f6a75ac6b18 SHA-256: d1818c4f32a00895b546801aadf68c256f1cbf46571e0a12dcb0d08eb50526a1
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 90%

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

The file is identified by ClamAV as 'Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0', strongly indicating it's a Qbot variant designed to download and execute a secondary payload. The file's nature as an Excel document suggests it was likely delivered via a phishing email, leveraging social engineering to trick the user into opening it and enabling macros. The primary IOC is the file's SHA256 hash.

Heuristics 1

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