Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1d24b90331dc5a49…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

23.6 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 8d430e2fe4b902d4dadbde6acc281896 SHA-1: 7657a4887ffd17b99b9a08de7995d78dd380b4c8 SHA-256: 1d24b90331dc5a4947f676e4068e46c688c70d96d994e229e0d7de541d628e76
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 90%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment

The file is identified by ClamAV as 'Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0', strongly suggesting it acts as a dropper for the Qbot malware family. While no specific VBA or script content was extracted, the detection name implies the Excel file's primary function is to download and execute a malicious payload. The file's metadata indicates it was authored in 2006, which is older than typical Qbot activity, but the detection is specific.

Heuristics 1

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