Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dc5588c156dad915…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 24845eea6909a24e8bdac8d5bb7f483a SHA-1: 8a060460f1fbadcfe0bdc084b0b98993f5641027 SHA-256: dc5588c156dad9159276835b50811cb46b0387631f719de81ec3022b7a892a3a
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 95%

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

The file is identified by ClamAV as 'Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0', strongly indicating it functions as a dropper for the Qbot malware family. The primary attack pattern involves tricking a user into opening a malicious Excel file, which then executes a secondary payload. The specific detection name suggests a dropper functionality, aiming to download and run further malicious components.

Heuristics 1

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