Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ffea8a700a0b5807…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: a212eec7e8f1ffe5b118f796ac0519c7 SHA-1: 6b2133f2d792bf02da081ac01b4a1610d5e4a79b SHA-256: ffea8a700a0b5807c9c04c470b2a1faa67cbafd63837195ff3828fc3d7912938
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 95%

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

The file is identified by ClamAV as 'Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0', strongly suggesting it is a Qbot variant used for dropping malicious payloads. The primary function appears to be the execution of a secondary stage, likely initiated by user interaction, aligning with common Qbot distribution methods.

Heuristics 1

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