Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5201c9a450a683ff…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

23.6 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 4b97d33c3cede1f2de93b741bb703459 SHA-1: dc42db3b82ff291cd0dafd0ed58db9bc0fe58262 SHA-256: 5201c9a450a683ff6f40653f63b8053cac84eebd6d940e4d1f0431506bfc6eeb
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 95%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204 Malicious File Execution 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 primary attack pattern involves tricking a user into opening a malicious Excel file, which then executes a secondary payload. The detection signature itself serves as the primary IOC.

Heuristics 1

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