Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e467aa31fe7765c2…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

29.5 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: bca15774043e2bfe5b89903ab56029f0 SHA-1: d5da46998283225eb2a510f5dc1a1ef7ca9690f1 SHA-256: e467aa31fe7765c202f7653dd1faa7d6b62c39971786eddf86f93b9ea598ed7c
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 90%

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

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 primary function of this Excel file is to act as a dropper, likely leveraging macro execution to download and run further malicious code. 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