Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 21c4279698f29cc2…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 285699f4ea35726aefcc1090ef59277c SHA-1: d96659b3b1d3a81f1f6ac7182bb47969fc24f72d SHA-256: 21c4279698f29cc2935a65fae71224f29365eafe36e51210e24b4005325a2b10
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 delivered via an Excel document and is intended to download and execute a secondary payload. This aligns with common Qbot distribution tactics.

Heuristics 1

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