Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e17a2422cc37d57a…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

23.6 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: a64995b30faf6ab94cfb3fa356c94193 SHA-1: bda8c7d5c6e277cf14e7833f31cd5d7b2ead0a95 SHA-256: e17a2422cc37d57a801ce7fdbb00834a8f9cfb25ca750ae3dc3e87ab146cd6b5
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 95%

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

The file is identified by ClamAV as 'Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0', strongly suggesting it is a Qbot variant. As an Excel dropper, its primary function is to execute a malicious payload, likely downloaded from a remote source or embedded within the document itself. The presence of macro-related heuristics further supports this, indicating the use of VBA or similar scripting to initiate the malicious execution chain.

Heuristics 1

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

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