Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 def98bfe9e52a031…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 4d5a4e65cd7ec0916602a039c872c582 SHA-1: afe8f907b7e499147ead1dd738e831d717822ddd SHA-256: def98bfe9e52a0313871e0f2259c5edd17fdb9f0c5cb98e32730405f918e8849
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 a Qbot family infection. As an Excel document, it likely employs macro execution or exploits a vulnerability to download and execute the Qbot payload. 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