Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 57ea23531f316848…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: afb38b354ce9a24e05f4c50811662d45 SHA-1: d335af3e758b33e3d4ea9dcfe521b1194e8cad75 SHA-256: 57ea23531f316848959a26941841139ecb850d5dbb4756b05a76c2d530641c22
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 functions as a dropper for Qbot malware. The detection suggests the Excel file is designed to execute malicious code, likely through macro execution, to download and install the Qbot 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