Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 937167ca20405a7c…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

23.6 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 36671fb5914ae1f0172ebc9faf4344e8 SHA-1: 297d76ce31c610b2fb066ad9b0d031ebfea1e5e7 SHA-256: 937167ca20405a7c50100938a23aac17cebd21994c94c3c34e1f5749836cabb7
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 95%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204 Malicious File Execution 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 the Qbot malware family. The Excel format suggests it is delivered as an attachment, likely via spearphishing, to trick users into executing a malicious payload. The primary function is to download and run a secondary stage.

Heuristics 1

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