Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e9a8bc99194c7335…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

23.6 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 53b3c1abb64865da38d8627f4d7db2e5 SHA-1: 25c671844a5ec758452696fb4ac049e71a439da7 SHA-256: e9a8bc99194c7335e0f6e281bf0bf53a7cfb80580efa14ee4c76a8c194b7f7ca
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 identified by ClamAV as 'Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0', strongly indicating it is a Qbot variant designed to drop a malicious payload. The detection signature suggests this is a macro-enabled Excel file used for initial infection. The primary attack pattern involves tricking the user into opening the malicious document, which then executes the embedded malware.

Heuristics 1

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