Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fbd37539ac465683…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 7f66902f4e6003a5bfb001c7d0c8bcc1 SHA-1: f8b0e3ddbeb4dcb930eedeb61f4ed7ecf9845965 SHA-256: fbd37539ac465683bf56bc058449698a3e6f0812356158f7b54f5595d629eee2
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 is a Qbot dropper. This type of document typically uses macros to download and execute a secondary payload, aiming to infect the user's system with Qbot malware. The detection name itself suggests a malicious Excel document acting as a dropper.

Heuristics 1

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