Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d5a51c3cf6085dc4…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

29.5 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 9f1e97aba6b4ce9e99baf99884527607 SHA-1: b934f1097ba4781f1d64b8006b02895256b77f4c SHA-256: d5a51c3cf6085dc4c620c82bc7d56958480de67149061e57c912e09ad71d830f
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 95%

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

The file is identified by ClamAV as 'Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0', strongly indicating it functions as a dropper for the Qbot malware family. Its primary purpose is to deliver and execute a secondary malicious payload, likely exploiting user interaction with the spreadsheet to initiate the infection chain.

Heuristics 1

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