Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f4722e5d0048d1c5…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 1c924c76d1334c106fa4455a34f1e99a SHA-1: 36905b2764483c8847826349f0f25687593d01bf SHA-256: f4722e5d0048d1c500ebd1d6e84718516e916ceb640e57c1d05432b57825fc89
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 functions as a dropper for the Qbot malware family. The primary attack pattern involves luring a user into opening a malicious Excel file, which then executes a secondary payload. This aligns with common Qbot distribution methods.

Heuristics 1

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