Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e0d541a8378b492a…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 290351e58ddac23aaa2f609d34c63893 SHA-1: 26a149861e86d0851654ffd31e3e8ca8a489835d SHA-256: e0d541a8378b492aab5a43048efcdc72f39e26f1586be5e11d1d145aa60e7382
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 95%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment

The file is identified by ClamAV as a Qbot dropper, indicating its purpose is to download and execute the Qbot malware. The detection name 'Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0' strongly suggests a macro-enabled Excel file used for initial infection. This points to a phishing attack where the user is tricked into opening the malicious spreadsheet.

Heuristics 1

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