Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ffb798fe5aa1bbd8…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

23.6 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 55e4a109de8238cdf94b373275e3cda3 SHA-1: 394783b905250b6b5c18eb1fe6c4c6d148815b1b SHA-256: ffb798fe5aa1bbd845165d96c25748dab96a3b04b443a981e3fb0488eaa9f488
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 95%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment

The file is identified by ClamAV as 'Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0', a known Qbot variant. This indicates the Excel file functions as a dropper, likely leveraging embedded macros to download and execute the Qbot malware. The primary attack vector is spearphishing attachment, leading to macro execution and subsequent payload delivery.

Heuristics 1

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