Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2a0885526e66a67a…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 23e64746be86ed098caf678444294ff5 SHA-1: e7fccd411d8fe234b2af92658a1e1c6b74526b4b SHA-256: 2a0885526e66a67a4f4eb4847a6adbc8de24df9b622b30b2236ba13c1cc0247e
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, a known Qbot variant. This indicates the Excel file likely functions as a dropper, intended to download and execute a secondary malicious payload. The detection signature suggests a common attack pattern for Qbot, involving spearphishing attachments to deliver malware.

Heuristics 1

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