Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 23810fdeafe87ed6…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 4b55bce737d6c698f132aaf3607f84c5 SHA-1: e87086fe85ee66606ebaca878c47fbc2158085c5 SHA-256: 23810fdeafe87ed6e3e97f0173cb539359911d477daae172fadf9d2bf9c8f928
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 95%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious File Execution: User Execution

The file is identified by ClamAV as 'Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0', strongly indicating it functions as a dropper for the Qbot malware family. Its primary purpose is to deliver and execute a malicious payload, likely exploiting user interaction to achieve initial compromise. The detection signature suggests a common attack pattern involving malicious Office documents.

Heuristics 1

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