Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d21b109027ef0581…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: f10eeae87c105eca2fb8b443411c319b SHA-1: ad4a8bc3234209c2ecd252b7d6f7b29052fd95ea SHA-256: d21b109027ef0581d9e3d0b8cffdd727c9f261e37f44940aef94f6f498bba3f3
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 95%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment T1105 Ingress Tool Transfer

The file is identified by ClamAV as 'Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0', strongly suggesting it is a Qbot variant designed to drop a secondary payload. The detection name implies macro-based execution, typical for Qbot droppers, which would involve enabling macros to initiate the download and execution of the final stage. The 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