Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 24a5354b15c35221…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

23.6 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 38ca38b78644543967342eb5773ca242 SHA-1: eea8ebc686dd5505661a5d3e2fa4c8fc189e6edb SHA-256: 24a5354b15c35221e9ca01274b20b0404a0d85fccdc4ee32e9cfdc52125b66b3
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 95%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment T1105 Ingress Tool Transfer

The file is identified by ClamAV as 'Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0', strongly indicating it's a Qbot variant designed to deliver a payload. The detection name suggests it functions as a dropper, likely leveraging embedded macros or other executable content within the Excel file to download and run a secondary stage. This aligns with common Qbot distribution tactics.

Heuristics 1

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