Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 25db608550708695…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

23.6 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: e5eb06ac1b33efdafabeece7ea4f0b9e SHA-1: 474d27125c1c017ee863a2778fbc6d899e02fa34 SHA-256: 25db6085507086955e99e5d635d198c4e93184a88238f2865abb1d573de19690
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 95%

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

The file is identified by ClamAV as 'Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0', strongly indicating it functions as a dropper for the Qbot malware family. The detection implies the Excel file contains malicious macros or embedded objects intended to download and execute a secondary payload. 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