Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 41dc07ec217ae1c2…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: de39403ee5af8fe5f98803450c100108 SHA-1: 23988671b406d837c8d652a09a3f6b5029782d19 SHA-256: 41dc07ec217ae1c2750229a43fea12625b67a7fa548a8ebde5855928dbbf3231
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 90%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment

Static analysis identified the file as a malicious Excel document. The ClamAV heuristic specifically names it as 'Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0', strongly suggesting it is a Qbot dropper. 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