Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4821241dfcc1f7b3…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 606f7fc32c3dadf15df4cd0fb8453dc6 SHA-1: 7491d3279ab86e2c791c8f8ab7aa3c4dc432275b SHA-256: 4821241dfcc1f7b3e96e3ef13d586ca8b5310e2959f39bd84bf24b32054f6af6
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 95%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment

The file is identified by ClamAV as 'Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0', strongly indicating it functions as a dropper for the Qbot malware family. The presence of macro-related heuristics further supports its role in executing malicious code, likely to download and run a secondary stage payload. This aligns with common Qbot distribution tactics.

Heuristics 1

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