Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7aea3f2b3e7ae0ed…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 7eaa047872ee4aadfd6973f59b8afccf SHA-1: d6494e25f8c1277d20c3bdd0a25941e066a3ca0e SHA-256: 7aea3f2b3e7ae0edbae0e8d3c33eac473ec527d6523e7f3959b182852382e167
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 variant designed to deliver a secondary payload. The Office (OOXML) file type and the critical heuristic firing suggest this is likely a macro-enabled document used for initial infection. The primary function is to act as a dropper for further malicious activity.

Heuristics 1

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