Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f8b24348c39cf66c…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 1f0f87d5933dd6493cf08c114766eb13 SHA-1: a9e9db770da18f242ee134799fff300a81cfc8b2 SHA-256: f8b24348c39cf66c9efaf75b749bab4eee7a25824e7d2223b16ed48ce0626e8d
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 95%

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

The file was detected by ClamAV as 'Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0', indicating it functions as a dropper for the Qbot malware family. The primary attack vector is likely spearphishing, leveraging the malicious Excel document to deliver a secondary payload. The heuristic firing strongly suggests the presence of malicious VBA or XLM macros designed to execute this payload.

Heuristics 1

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