Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 209faf50925008b8…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

29.5 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 7aa6b66c4c1d58ed7d96d27eb2cffb92 SHA-1: 9fe037f308653cde43378e25b6132ea064ae44fd SHA-256: 209faf50925008b843968d561de2e84a0fb6f981ac75cbe9afd03a083c22f9cb
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 95%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment

The file is identified by ClamAV as 'Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0', a known Qbot dropper signature. This indicates the Excel file's primary purpose is to download and execute a secondary malicious payload, characteristic of Qbot distribution methods. The detection strongly suggests a phishing or social engineering attack vector.

Heuristics 1

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