Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dce65547de3a84a1…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

23.6 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: b08b2e7bff5a2b6c2bf38129ecc99805 SHA-1: a57b621c6d76ee5fe7da10561d3df64854e287ed SHA-256: dce65547de3a84a158869d5fe9cbfd7ee6741a1905f53bba3ea7fd2444913faa
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 95%

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

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 malicious nature is further supported by its classification as a malicious Excel document. This suggests a phishing attack where the user is tricked into opening the malicious spreadsheet, leading to the execution of a secondary payload.

Heuristics 1

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