Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dcbd46ee6a63c570…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

23.6 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: e1b3374d19a8df1521f3cd452226b5f1 SHA-1: fad10493e5378cf749396585d9ea03746b439793 SHA-256: dcbd46ee6a63c57035028c3e295d173ff511f3fdc518cc34542c68e55d3210a6
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. This aligns with common Qbot distribution methods.

Heuristics 1

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