Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2a6c619dd9c0db17…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

23.6 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 5267ecaaf91c6033184a18ff0efcb729 SHA-1: 069e53325737520741c781bb2b0f08e9807f3815 SHA-256: 2a6c619dd9c0db17aadc988ca3a4e1ec56d176b35f53d0850461281521a8daf0
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 90%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment

The file is identified by ClamAV as 'Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0', strongly suggesting it functions as a dropper for the Qbot malware family. The primary attack pattern involves luring the user into opening a malicious Excel file, which then likely executes embedded malicious code to download and run a further stage payload.

Heuristics 1

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