Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 42b9fbd7350284d3…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: bf6b424c864401824e5235ac8fa3e239 SHA-1: 8c7590bc4333d3597c8d7d12e85f4bbcbae6bd13 SHA-256: 42b9fbd7350284d333eb5a50f72d790721658de2eff16fef9eba2139f94b71c7
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 95%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment T1105 Ingress Tool Transfer

The file is identified by ClamAV as 'Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0', strongly suggesting it is a Qbot variant designed to drop a secondary payload. The Office (OOXML) file type indicates it likely uses macro execution to achieve this, fitting the typical Qbot delivery method.

Heuristics 1

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