Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d8d5c8a75f5f6a81…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

23.6 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 48e8eaa1953daff2f61f4a3ea4753089 SHA-1: aa7e9b6148b16c56485b0434e271c3de886718ed SHA-256: d8d5c8a75f5f6a8136f2f9694d6dfee94746f62bc8714204c6a00eb1860c0848
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 suggesting it is a Qbot variant designed to act as a dropper. The primary function is to deliver and execute a secondary malicious payload, likely leveraging the macro capabilities inherent in older Excel formats. The SHA256 hash is included as a primary indicator.

Heuristics 1

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