Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f57e6d48e8869913…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

23.6 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 71ac00afb46c3f08ef7ff14c8ac5cb1b SHA-1: d85c1ae5071aba4cdfb75cccbddddafe836d25eb SHA-256: f57e6d48e8869913406310cb324c916712a65e249267ad62c18dbd0aa031166b
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 95%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious File: User 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 vector is likely spearphishing, leveraging the malicious Excel document to trick users into executing a secondary payload. The document's structure and heuristic firings point towards its role in delivering and executing further malicious code.

Heuristics 1

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