Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ff5a2c488701b4bb…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 7c971b1b1e8f376077b1362c18de823c SHA-1: 4aa5a396499df803259a17cea742e16e38b0e88c SHA-256: ff5a2c488701b4bb7c575690e9db78edd486fa97a5a0b9a92c2e32849fd5e845
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 95%

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

The file is identified by ClamAV as 'Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0', strongly indicating its function as a dropper for the Qbot malware family. The primary attack pattern involves luring a user into opening a malicious Excel file, which then executes a secondary payload. This is a common technique for Qbot distribution.

Heuristics 1

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