Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 525c4e85711d35d3…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

23.6 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: f1d47fe4acad1866599aaaca87af3803 SHA-1: 4a01428bc2a5f2503f835b1c6cf7fbdb565d4182 SHA-256: 525c4e85711d35d344026c2805b0e09415527bb91f1b3fdce99124bd212e1a56
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 90%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment

The file is an Excel document identified by ClamAV as 'Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0', strongly indicating it is a Qbot dropper. This type of document typically uses social engineering to trick the user into enabling macros, which then download and execute the Qbot malware. The specific variant name suggests a known Qbot distribution method.

Heuristics 1

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