Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e427f67c8162ae2e…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 509bee958cc993c895e30f5cfaeac645 SHA-1: e19bf9f575b7cb9d0067db1ee568152b1ad46f61 SHA-256: e427f67c8162ae2ea202f095cc5e3175eb995bd5bf2e1584254ea4332d8ed397
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 primary function is to download and execute a secondary malicious payload. The detection signature 'Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0' strongly suggests a Qbot family infection. The file's nature as an Excel document points towards a phishing or social engineering vector to trick users into enabling macros, which would then initiate the payload execution.

Heuristics 1

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