Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fe5582103aca4906…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: f6cf0e7aa57303c3bcaca579e317a79b SHA-1: 42b4b6ab2a1eeca0ef9028cda32569ecac1f8dd2 SHA-256: fe5582103aca490699e2b676bc5773da16621093d7bee8e4acf0b91bee41beaf
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 95%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment T1105 Ingress Tool Transfer

The file is identified by ClamAV as 'Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0', strongly suggesting it is a Qbot variant. As a macro-enabled Excel file, it likely uses embedded VBA macros to download and execute a secondary payload, a common tactic for Qbot droppers. The primary IOC is the file's SHA256 hash.

Heuristics 1

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