Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 228b700e80206f92…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 5f6c0f4297a00b371bf835a2da0e0c67 SHA-1: 88bfc3ed8fbf150ebbb6700ecfb47e805f388717 SHA-256: 228b700e80206f924cd86b6bd5b62c9216bf3b4d309174f90448fe0e1c154ae5
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 90%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment

The file is identified by ClamAV as 'Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0', strongly suggesting it functions as a dropper for the Qbot banking trojan. The detection name implies the document is intended to deliver a malicious payload, likely through macro execution, which is a common Qbot delivery vector. The file's metadata indicates it is an Excel document, consistent with macro-based malware delivery.

Heuristics 1

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