Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d7dd16a57d45717b…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 0051a2115348aa2d775f0d2ef6494aea SHA-1: df9bff72b0195b18c5679d0c7dd7734f1126f8cf SHA-256: d7dd16a57d45717bb633a3310b4701c9fa801127805f7d7a5be0c7e49de748ef
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 95%

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

The file is identified by ClamAV as a Qbot dropper, indicating its purpose is to deliver the Qbot malware. The heuristic firing directly attributes the file to a known malware family and its dropper functionality. This suggests a phishing attack vector where the user is tricked into opening the malicious Excel file.

Heuristics 1

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