Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ffd8879f74b082d1…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 0968bbaa0a8ad3fa75c20b4b93acc1d4 SHA-1: 6de7a36399e04b4a3b7a24aaa0aaf70af0cb8b0c SHA-256: ffd8879f74b082d16ea09cbd94d5f786cbdb2bf80878bd675b4255623d7db742
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 90%

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's a Qbot variant designed to deliver a secondary payload. The file's nature as an Excel document suggests it was likely delivered via spearphishing. The primary function is to act as a dropper, initiating 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