Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 20bf4cd4a2d9b037…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

29.5 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: f4192b9f73cebf45c6d64847b1725c51 SHA-1: d474b63ffbb4f9368b795ba1b6123195904f8408 SHA-256: 20bf4cd4a2d9b037e375a4c5e5086320a43771a2ca84d8c475c05bd60b403020
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 95%

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 indicating it functions as a dropper for the Qbot malware family. The detection name suggests it is an Excel document (Xls) that drops a payload, and the Qbot attribution is explicit. This type of document typically relies on social engineering to trick the user into enabling macros, which then execute the malicious payload.

Heuristics 1

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