Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1c586979fdf3c420…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 2d5c18e461dd3722f7cd715b634da9af SHA-1: 6ab62e9ea9c5602c9c18bd808f8bfdbf7f702310 SHA-256: 1c586979fdf3c42075100aefb8ea849643dd01fe75fafe9cfae3b2ef345e99ab
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 95%

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 is a Qbot variant designed to drop a malicious payload. The Office (OOXML) file type suggests it was likely delivered via a phishing attempt, leveraging social engineering to trick the user into opening it and enabling macros.

Heuristics 1

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