Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 def09fe5bb472542…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: b123e18ecddde657ff676cbbbe6dd9b5 SHA-1: 64f079b4e4f6f429cd87425697158d802e25bdfb SHA-256: def09fe5bb472542d536e307241834e73546d56c2b7e371208caeffacf9dc874
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 indicating it is a Qbot variant designed to deliver a secondary payload. The primary function appears to be acting as a dropper, leveraging the malicious nature of the Excel file to initiate further infection stages.

Heuristics 1

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