Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e108e684c51979c1…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: f98f07a0c96ab53055cbf3044f3206f7 SHA-1: 6e9d3bfa4df77c9b7ae9930d9d23d2e260bd50e8 SHA-256: e108e684c51979c125338e6cb0e5d8929c7256f8b44a5954a370249cad21a8e2
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 95%

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

The file is identified by ClamAV as 'Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0', strongly suggesting it is a Qbot variant designed to download and execute a secondary payload. The primary function is to act as a dropper, leveraging social engineering within the Excel document to trick the user into executing the malicious content. The SHA256 hash is included as a primary indicator.

Heuristics 1

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