Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2c2890b56c375535…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 31f708a84b40d8725d6232d673ac17e5 SHA-1: 5f54cf2288460e7f854057f285b1c71cca210f84 SHA-256: 2c2890b56c375535aa41978e27f8ecf41dbefa46b00fce5734346588f9fad310
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 indicating its role as a dropper for the Qbot malware family. The detection signature suggests it is designed to deliver a secondary payload, likely through macro execution within the Excel document. This aligns with common Qbot distribution tactics.

Heuristics 1

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