Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2a4fa1ee6da8641c…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: c16374f83770032feef985dcaadc90f7 SHA-1: 85169cd7e76fcd65eaabbf0b6634f86f487afd23 SHA-256: 2a4fa1ee6da8641cf55b5a8901acaa1d6579ca9703029c7936fcc8d65512c34a
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 90%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204 Malicious File Execution T1566 Phishing

The file is identified by ClamAV as 'Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0', strongly suggesting it is a Qbot variant designed to drop and execute a malicious payload. The detection name implies a dropper functionality, which is a common initial access technique for Qbot. Further analysis would be needed to confirm the exact execution chain.

Heuristics 1

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