Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 39ff26e45cf0b118…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

23.6 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 28b3965fb977cc400aa19e699e1d7c72 SHA-1: db18ec494ac24cf657d8978382787d970ea31723 SHA-256: 39ff26e45cf0b118afed3816b39b14bbd76cfa8d862a7250bb91ac947734ae81
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 95%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious File Execution: Malicious File

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. While no specific VBA or script content was extracted, the heuristic firing indicates the Excel file likely contains malicious code intended to download and execute a secondary payload, a common tactic for Qbot.

Heuristics 1

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