Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 907a210cede2f25e…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

23.6 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: cb1219101afdc24f4e921d89c201b139 SHA-1: 1844089bdb3afb92dae68bdcead0bc8899c2b3d3 SHA-256: 907a210cede2f25ef6a82855deb7250a0265c55b8d291e74f0a13dfe08bc0389
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 95%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious File: Malicious File

The file is identified by ClamAV as 'Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0', strongly suggesting it is a Qbot variant designed to act as a dropper. While no specific VBA or script content was extracted, the heuristic firing indicates the Excel file likely contains malicious macros or embedded objects intended to download and execute a secondary payload. The primary function appears to be initial infection vector for Qbot.

Heuristics 1

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