Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f4e18664570c12f8…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

23.6 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: c2a6c462cd2f02a7168db105722bffa6 SHA-1: 69ae90863a89298652dc6424cbf509c5c727e21b SHA-256: f4e18664570c12f8c2c68cf6b1d01261c0a4363ebc118c69a8e99d81e6c1c721
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 suggesting it is a Qbot variant designed to act as a dropper. As an Excel document, it likely relies on social engineering or user interaction to execute its payload, fitting the pattern of spearphishing attachments. 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