Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2b1f855af531e561…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: afa25b45f7f5dd7bc4128b397c5fa11b SHA-1: 8aa04c410313b484cb9474955e333e626438e5aa SHA-256: 2b1f855af531e561ce0d2427795b1602edfdb688396ce72b276c6e81135fde29
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 95%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment

The file is identified by ClamAV as a Qbot dropper, indicating its primary function is to download and execute the Qbot malware. The heuristic firing strongly suggests a malicious intent to deliver a second-stage payload.

Heuristics 1

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