Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 96e4ece41bc418ea…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 06ba1c091142eda3db5aaf76c1ec557c SHA-1: c97c9a66ea442f2786d291b214318f3b577066ce SHA-256: 96e4ece41bc418ea89c688f225e70c9bedcaa0cda96a07dde420fd40aa15b07c
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 dropper. The heuristic firing suggests the document is designed to deliver a malicious payload, likely through macro execution, which is a common Qbot distribution method. The file's metadata indicates it is an older Excel file, potentially leveraging older macro vulnerabilities.

Heuristics 1

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