Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1f045af785d45685…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 214131a6d590fe0f9be368f6dae38e8c SHA-1: 8b8f37b021a8d34d920d1fe3c61731765a2fffc8 SHA-256: 1f045af785d45685a217a8be6ced80fa15d63a60673cb81f9c5bbf3c4e84256d
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 90%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment

The file is an Excel document identified by ClamAV as 'Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0', strongly indicating it is a Qbot downloader. The document's metadata shows it was authored by Microsoft Excel, a common vector for macro-based malware delivery. The primary attack pattern involves tricking the user into opening the malicious document, which then executes the embedded Qbot payload.

Heuristics 1

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