Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 edf0976044b14f1a…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 705991cc5f2823c59a2c6c4cf2e13329 SHA-1: f55d82117f0ef02a7b19a52c2845ecbd4cfdd436 SHA-256: edf0976044b14f1a8b0a53e5e26f1453f373fa92684e8de10b95591fac8fe6bb
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 85%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment

The file is an Excel spreadsheet identified by ClamAV as a Qbot dropper. Qbot is known for its ability to download and execute further malicious payloads, often through macro-enabled documents. The detection signature 'Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0' strongly suggests this file's purpose is to initiate a Qbot infection chain.

Heuristics 1

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