Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fc1b7734865a50f0…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: c263e2239a1a90aa6f6006a92fc11b86 SHA-1: d4ebfcab50230e00251636c79bfb8bd1b839abda SHA-256: fc1b7734865a50f04b8753df76b0b3cb39f46f5636339ca80b48c11272f0b53b
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 primary attack vector is likely spearphishing, leveraging the malicious macro to initiate the infection chain.

Heuristics 1

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