Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2901421e0cdd4488…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

23.6 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: bd206d3f454914be89772b2ba3dae9ec SHA-1: 0db6c952ff153a2a6dd1932056abec172b79946c SHA-256: 2901421e0cdd4488c123d116fce81bd5d3ee795ab8b5dc96d2707a4d98739ed1
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 95%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment T1105 Ingress Tool Transfer

The file is identified by ClamAV as Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0, strongly indicating it is a Qbot dropper. This type of document typically uses macros to download and execute the main Qbot payload. The presence of the Qbot signature suggests a high likelihood of malicious intent and a common attack pattern for this family.

Heuristics 1

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