Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2b79331c37e67d59…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 311105e1698424ebe2f0c77d36df153e SHA-1: 3ded5d4b7f0acba3a5439db15df7ff0f1f95f572 SHA-256: 2b79331c37e67d59df7dfca0bb40d75bd65b1e90999262c069345a2de59de2eb
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 95%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment

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. The detection name implies it likely downloads and executes a secondary payload, a common tactic for Qbot. The file's metadata indicates it is an Excel document, a typical delivery vector for macro-enabled malware.

Heuristics 1

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