Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d5b5b0b4db5af83e…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

23.6 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 30d071965481767b4e46f1873b3f0a3e SHA-1: 1a1b56c0e0eecb4464b10e47d47b2ada1bc13d55 SHA-256: d5b5b0b4db5af83ee7e5e8d0f830b1cdb476554a6ef56fb72a6a8670b8c13a9c
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 90%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment

The file is identified by ClamAV as 'Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0', strongly suggesting it is a Qbot variant designed to act as a dropper. The primary function is likely to download and execute a secondary malicious payload, a common tactic for Qbot. The file's nature as an Excel document points towards a phishing or social engineering vector to entice users into opening it.

Heuristics 1

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