Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2296af0fa4c197a3…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

23.6 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: f98aab44381729f033c992a9d5ac8980 SHA-1: 4dc6e004b3578765a61ee584b64818003252c454 SHA-256: 2296af0fa4c197a3527f7db0c4dd50fbc47d235dafac00c02c93b4e94fb28dd8
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 malware family. The detection name implies the Excel document is intended to download and execute a malicious payload. No document body or scripts were extracted, but the ClamAV signature is sufficient for attribution.

Heuristics 1

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