Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2a51db7a0c254568…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 7a2f3cd28bf88b6ba600bd859544e90d SHA-1: 1cb658071146c9cf80a4a1b4b39dfeef171372dd SHA-256: 2a51db7a0c254568659666a65e5f1adcb8f6c84d34498c06ad5be854c0b3a42b
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 95%

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

The file is identified by ClamAV as 'Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0', strongly suggesting it is a Qbot variant designed to act as a dropper. As an Excel document, it likely uses social engineering or exploits to trick the user into enabling macros, which then execute the malicious payload. The SHA256 hash is included as a primary indicator.

Heuristics 1

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