Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fae7b1e4b9c2cbf9…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

23.6 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: b06aa57e187d74fc1adea8f7b0250ba0 SHA-1: b78cf9beabbb6c555291870c390f51ba7922f809 SHA-256: fae7b1e4b9c2cbf9fb4e43524d74693822922f4e7c6502f648715a6396845b43
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 95%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment

The file is identified by ClamAV as 'Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0', strongly indicating it is a Qbot dropper disguised as an Excel spreadsheet. This type of document typically relies on social engineering to trick users into enabling macros, which then execute the malicious payload. The primary attack pattern involves spearphishing attachments to deliver the initial malware.

Heuristics 1

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