Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1a50281274d1bd44…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: f959496ae19cd86c9228aa59cc585388 SHA-1: bd81e948d96a5635e4a7a8da78ae1dab1f93f856 SHA-256: 1a50281274d1bd442ac55d893a468904a98e39b7de30c4c679d8a57f95516af1
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 85%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204 Malicious Link T1059 Command and Scripting Interpreter

The file is identified by ClamAV as 'Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0', strongly suggesting it is a Qbot variant designed to drop additional malware. The Office (OOXML) file type indicates it is likely delivered via a macro-enabled document, a common Qbot distribution method. The primary function is to act as a dropper, initiating a malicious chain of execution.

Heuristics 1

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