Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e555278d4cd4238c…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

23.6 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 7e9f5c5fedd8dd30529848cc18f94430 SHA-1: ff6b9af5408876f077ed1810301379c2c221c91b SHA-256: e555278d4cd4238c9f098d9c98141c39af0f4383699462117f369b47312f5d15
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 purpose is to deliver the Qbot malware. The detection name 'Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0' strongly suggests the malware family and its function as a dropper. This points to a phishing attack where the user is tricked into opening the malicious Excel file.

Heuristics 1

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