Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 260fc4e272eabcba…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 3775c20b3423378ae23ce5e688ebbf88 SHA-1: 5a5054ad746ed6ade669cddb45c9eb5b273dab17 SHA-256: 260fc4e272eabcbac2673246cb77ac6138b1d8b8665a7abe679dbf925dcd2dc2
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 90%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204 Malicious File Execution T1566 Phishing T1059 Command and Scripting Interpreter

The file was detected by ClamAV as 'Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0', indicating it functions as a dropper for the Qbot malware family. The primary attack pattern involves tricking the user into opening a malicious Excel file, which then likely executes a payload to download and run further malicious code. This aligns with common Qbot distribution methods.

Heuristics 1

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