Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2113637eeab138bc…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 9b17d80025d9d4bb3812a12c4c02303a SHA-1: 1d76df292f8e54f89e632d682e10fed5df1353de SHA-256: 2113637eeab138bcd9d475df1b062464b3a0112a8240b3eb6bd37db56f0a43a3
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 95%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment T1105 Ingress Tool Transfer

The critical ClamAV heuristic identifies the file as 'Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0', strongly suggesting a Qbot family infection. This type of dropper typically uses embedded macros to download and execute a second-stage payload, aligning with the Ingress Tool Transfer MITRE ATT&CK technique. The file's nature as an Excel document further supports a phishing or social engineering vector.

Heuristics 1

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