Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2d79b9fad1891139…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

23.6 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: b24324995df8c760a134367287ec91f6 SHA-1: f31fb26ab251c12571a1cf6e9e8742c158032b0b SHA-256: 2d79b9fad1891139350c0c8110fd84381e7eab8474a5d0a948dffe373a5f4cd3
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 90%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment

Static analysis identified the file as an Excel spreadsheet with a critical ClamAV detection for 'Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0'. This strongly suggests the file is a Qbot dropper, a type of malware commonly distributed via malicious Office documents. The file's purpose is to download and execute a secondary payload, characteristic of Qbot's typical infection chain.

Heuristics 1

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