Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 57c26510187afb53…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: dfea99e55d6a3f79d45f6fea738b415f SHA-1: 1f99e125b91fdbd9575027105d951e7c0e679717 SHA-256: 57c26510187afb53924602687092187ee92acf08af0943062c89ec1a9248e7f3
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 is a Qbot dropper. This type of document typically uses macros to download and execute a secondary payload, aligning with Qbot's known distribution methods. The heuristic firing directly points to the malware family and its dropper functionality.

Heuristics 1

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