Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1bef6aa21acf8ce2…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 7fc975bb897a55898f76d8085f6ccb06 SHA-1: c65455c6818f85785f281e90ad9a8f185141de22 SHA-256: 1bef6aa21acf8ce27e35ab2f8ef3a0c22e551d9f16b5c7af08ad884d3ef7a5d4
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', strongly indicating it is a Qbot variant designed to act as a dropper. The Office (OOXML) file type suggests it likely uses macros to initiate the malicious execution chain. The primary function is to download and execute a secondary payload, consistent with Qbot's typical behavior.

Heuristics 1

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