Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1f501c9e526d1f89…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

23.6 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: da35cf792f16184f94b205fb40a7cf3b SHA-1: 164814089624ad709edc93b41abd08f7f53cdf9b SHA-256: 1f501c9e526d1f89e656e5b7cd8e4cb808cf0c8577a83a5e78a9e8fd9ccc3283
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 85%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious File: Malicious File

The file is identified by ClamAV as 'Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0', strongly suggesting it is a Qbot variant designed to drop and execute a malicious payload. The detection name implies a macro-enabled Excel document used for initial infection. Further analysis would be needed to confirm the exact execution chain and identify specific IOCs.

Heuristics 1

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