Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d39fa5b5e143f155…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

29.5 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: c219f494710edddddbe461777df1340d SHA-1: 1597651fa42eb9ea742301755bb99c0245df4ebe SHA-256: d39fa5b5e143f1557a45338401482f94be3cebc89ffed84d518fd7fcb74a01f1
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 95%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment

The file is identified by ClamAV as a Qbot dropper, indicating its purpose is to deliver the Qbot malware. The detection signature 'Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0' strongly suggests a malicious Excel file used for initial infection. This points to a spearphishing attachment attack pattern, likely leveraging macros to execute the payload.

Heuristics 1

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