Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ded51b97b4952da0…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

23.6 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 77d99488fa8a655d1048c2d5a05dfc5f SHA-1: b20e13f7e94886289fd2444ac859ec9f1a85db01 SHA-256: ded51b97b4952da09dad4ef913bf67f69eda4f6975e8b4151c26b04df73dd524
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 download and execute a secondary malicious payload, likely leveraging VBA macros within the Excel file. The SHA256 hash is included as a primary indicator of compromise.

Heuristics 1

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