Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 265a990fe057d814…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

23.6 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 146843668cab2e0e1b7cda49d11fd756 SHA-1: 330af4a17bdaee271203f608958e7e998327b2d6 SHA-256: 265a990fe057d81421f4b5a7f6c7f5fde1f27982e7b58034536b289e333ea835
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 95%

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

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 primary function of such documents is to trick users into enabling macros, which then execute malicious code to download and run 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