Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e44cec1ed88b9c19…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 6b4526c9a0071cd600fb3b2920690ddb SHA-1: 85117663cbb5438a313ad9b8c22b19acf0bb9def SHA-256: e44cec1ed88b9c1953947ea3afc47c74047e6db4dee4a23be66e1f4bed7c73c7
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 95%

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

The file is identified by ClamAV as 'Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0', strongly suggesting it is a Qbot variant used for dropping secondary payloads. The Office (OOXML) file type indicates it likely relies on macro execution or a similar mechanism to initiate its malicious activity. The primary IOC is the SHA256 hash of the file itself, as no other IOCs were extracted.

Heuristics 1

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