Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1f953df1ade00cfb…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

23.6 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 100a597f4b362268425e712c9031618e SHA-1: 2cb7f4ced84ee9f59671c043da99de33a2d3b3c4 SHA-256: 1f953df1ade00cfb64dce63476e0da3ef7ec3ebddaf25d6f786231b491ec07d8
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 90%

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

The file is identified by ClamAV as 'Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0', strongly suggesting it is a Qbot variant designed to act as a dropper. Such documents typically rely on social engineering to trick users into enabling macros, which then download and execute further malicious content. The primary function is to deliver a second-stage payload.

Heuristics 1

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