Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 23fb1fccad838358…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

23.6 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 6d7634b448973efac767067332cd7236 SHA-1: abdbdbf389bdab6050b8a791f3d5d2945861575f SHA-256: 23fb1fccad838358a5c2aa1b9e1b39cda78d78c7b6bca5f89b28aacfb5d471cf
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 presence of macro-related heuristics further supports its role as a malicious Office document designed to execute code. Its primary function is likely to download and run a subsequent stage payload.

Heuristics 1

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