Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 54229f2707a1370d…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

23.6 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 4d4060abe9d07bf368bd4ac7543e6c99 SHA-1: 138027276864a7088875fbbb24733732c4155e75 SHA-256: 54229f2707a1370d3f55bce3d6a9ccebfdfad6a58629bf63add803de6206558f
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 its role as a dropper for the Qbot malware family. The primary function of such documents is to execute malicious code, typically via macros, 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