Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ed5297fb4139318a…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 544729b638555796302eb58e3f727740 SHA-1: 9d7b7a4aae3a655440d295f1a9260215a8f46845 SHA-256: ed5297fb4139318aa43448ab37474eba5d77afe61e46a931c05d68ffcc4dbc39
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 suggesting a Qbot family infection. The primary function appears to be acting as a dropper for a malicious payload, likely executed via macro or other embedded code, which is a common Qbot delivery method. 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