Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fd52232343378923…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

29.5 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 343451427afffce4470e0cba4653b0fb SHA-1: 3f2debc79c330b449de7e1aa47f042fd36a846b8 SHA-256: fd52232343378923184dac0df8e57a90f77a815c2842d387d5ae3b120c83dfc4
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 95%

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

The file is identified by ClamAV as 'Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0', strongly indicating it functions as a dropper for the Qbot malware family. Its primary purpose is to deliver and execute a malicious payload. The heuristic firing suggests the presence of malicious VBA or macro code within the Excel file, which is a common delivery mechanism for Qbot.

Heuristics 1

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