Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 249292564bb55a10…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

23.6 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 3151015f9f168dbbb6c335aa4144a2dc SHA-1: 6ac61cf4b3cc4d9f60f0a3a1b74782d29713204c SHA-256: 249292564bb55a10e7c6464498af43c1e1eb5a0a7037aa15016461e7e944a7b8
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 90%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204 Malicious File T1059 Command and Scripting Interpreter

The ClamAV heuristic explicitly identifies the file as 'Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0', strongly suggesting it functions as a dropper for the Qbot malware family. The file type is an Excel spreadsheet, a common delivery mechanism for macro-enabled malware. The primary function is likely to download and execute a secondary stage payload.

Heuristics 1

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