Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 25694eef8811408d…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

23.6 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: ffb4802b40ff33173b8015d09e3b72d0 SHA-1: b40d56936f0e98097d34de076ad43a6b268fb1f7 SHA-256: 25694eef8811408dd975aeaffba2a54fa9a4b51eeb80a1910cf2c7d2ee5d2d92
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 is a Qbot variant designed to act as a dropper. While no specific VBA or script content was provided, the heuristic indicates the file's primary purpose is to download and execute a secondary malicious payload, a common Qbot tactic. The SHA256 hash is included as a primary IOC.

Heuristics 1

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