Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e61b46d34831981a…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

23.6 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 23f31a8ab55f21f27f06fdffb8020407 SHA-1: 406590cd35a6eb1f00ff1e9bfbf2086e34026604 SHA-256: e61b46d34831981a1a71ecf29a9c67a2a0dbb56b69d1e6a8bc90f0ff8749cc7c
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 95%

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

The file is an Excel spreadsheet identified by ClamAV as 'Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0', strongly indicating it functions as a Qbot dropper. The primary attack pattern involves tricking the user into opening the malicious spreadsheet, which then executes a secondary payload. 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