Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 90d9426532f28cc0…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: b101f370bbc7f7e7d4fdf55355430f22 SHA-1: 752d4ec1f115f57bb2f354f4495c9fa2868211d7 SHA-256: 90d9426532f28cc0278efe576a854fde8bf161a792d5160e4ced1381f66f2345
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 90%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204 Malicious File Execution

The file is identified by ClamAV as 'Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0', strongly suggesting it functions as a dropper for the Qbot malware family. The primary attack pattern involves tricking the user into opening a malicious Excel file, which then likely executes a payload. Further analysis of the document body and any scripts would be needed to confirm the exact execution mechanism.

Heuristics 1

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