Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 51815f0875ef9ea9…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: b6043819e5d5841e9fe017a4268d0c12 SHA-1: 6b02b0468ed626883767f055d7cdb8a25cdbbe14 SHA-256: 51815f0875ef9ea961046f12c3077031fb697eb0beae1d1c93d39cf82b28fe98
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 90%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204 Malicious File Execution T1059 Command and Scripting Interpreter

The file is identified by ClamAV as 'Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0', strongly indicating its function as a dropper for Qbot malware. The heuristic firing suggests the document's primary purpose is to execute malicious code, likely by downloading and running a second-stage payload. This aligns with common Qbot distribution methods.

Heuristics 1

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