Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 926b96977cf11102…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 1e03a57c8e3c46c53d8729d076503745 SHA-1: ac0951bf19f63d11ee14875c6071081ee3462c3d SHA-256: 926b96977cf1110277303551f8162bf5a175232e3bc4740b7858808aa32121bc
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 90%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment T1105 Ingress Tool Transfer

The file is identified by ClamAV as 'Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0', strongly indicating it functions as a dropper for the Qbot malware family. Its primary purpose is to download and execute a secondary malicious payload, likely leveraging embedded macros or exploits within the Excel document. The detection signature suggests a common Qbot delivery method.

Heuristics 1

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