Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 496e2b213ea65ff6…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

23.6 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 2b2d693887dad9e73ca53c9a6bd8d922 SHA-1: 72fe4cbcb1f73441233759324668e2955c7d1097 SHA-256: 496e2b213ea65ff65a0a0bbb7a9b5cf0cda4bc1b3c4b3c988dfef29817deb0b4
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 detection name suggests it leverages Excel macros to initiate the malicious execution chain, likely downloading and running a further stage. 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

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