Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 28c59323f659b7a8…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

23.6 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: bdb7b5f77420b8b18d98dd349d525e0f SHA-1: eb9dfc0454f39b2f7866ff3d5b585ee99bc9c60b SHA-256: 28c59323f659b7a899b7a46de0a7d1221144757718d823732f1b99a72f1b47b0
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 85%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment

The critical ClamAV heuristic identifies this XLSX file as 'Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0', strongly suggesting it is a Qbot dropper. Qbot is known for its ability to download and execute further malicious payloads, often through macro-enabled documents. The file's metadata indicates it is an older Excel file, which is a common format for macro-based malware delivery.

Heuristics 1

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