Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1e6a9ec08c640e20…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 646f485b80bbe51dae9e3665fba2fa10 SHA-1: 9378b2cffceac9cee7d8579c7424aca190822405 SHA-256: 1e6a9ec08c640e2024fa315ec9fb6419d8371b18a2c46393846504d5d3440ccc
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 90%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment T1105 Ingress Tool Transfer

The file is identified by ClamAV as 'Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0', strongly suggesting it is a Qbot variant designed to deliver a secondary payload. The detection name implies a dropper functionality, likely executed via macro or other embedded code within the Excel file, to download and run additional malware. This aligns with common Qbot distribution tactics.

Heuristics 1

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