Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e9e00182b460aad8…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 026179ebb0594688e403d3be41622356 SHA-1: f042cbf98cbfc3441b13ec9251ae3dc83eeea4a5 SHA-256: e9e00182b460aad83eb42ebed500641aa812393a57d55ffca2ca47c85b196475
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 95%

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

The file is identified by ClamAV as 'Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0', strongly indicating it is a Qbot variant used for dropping secondary payloads. As an Excel document, it likely relies on macro execution or a vulnerability to initiate the malicious process. The SHA256 hash is included as a primary indicator of compromise.

Heuristics 1

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