Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 edb825463410c4c8…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: e3a0506b6836fcef8381be081750b5b2 SHA-1: 45528af3e9d6654cb893661501ea2d2af2017f91 SHA-256: edb825463410c4c8874ca17938b757a5dabce568f2d87fe08f91352f87e430fd
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 95%

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

The file is identified by ClamAV as a Qbot dropper, indicating its primary function is to deliver the Qbot malware. The detection signature 'Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0' strongly suggests a malicious Excel document intended to execute a Qbot payload. This aligns with common Qbot distribution methods involving macro-enabled documents.

Heuristics 1

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