Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d854f3e201046034…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

23.6 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 3b5e9613025538b52c4dc1cd8710d273 SHA-1: ba87fc76cf4eecb23ccc46f968c4a558b10048a3 SHA-256: d854f3e201046034c4a6ebdb353c65f03eef69e540db607eba273d921239f47d
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 95%

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

The file is identified by ClamAV as 'Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0', strongly indicating it's a Qbot dropper. This type of document typically uses macros to download and execute the main Qbot payload. The heuristic firing directly points to its malicious nature and likely family.

Heuristics 1

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