Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 414c25c931c5935d…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 6b62d8d674f0f4ee7b6921db318281c3 SHA-1: ac09cd78d0c15a2ab1a000a6428cf8edacb19caf SHA-256: 414c25c931c5935dd654e23ba9e59582dbc6b705ce4e1ad23a85511fcb071b9a
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 95%

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

The critical ClamAV heuristic directly identifies the file as a Qbot dropper, indicating its malicious intent. The file's structure as an Excel document suggests it is likely delivered via a phishing attempt, aiming to trick the user into enabling macros or interacting with malicious content to initiate the payload execution. The detected Qbot family points to a known banking trojan.

Heuristics 1

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