Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 979ea7af5637d8fa…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

23.6 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 6c97ae9ed267c340d50b31f6eebf2fcb SHA-1: d3d1e5e35e41388212368d44c712a1ede816a102 SHA-256: 979ea7af5637d8fa3b1499384e0d9613b1524484f8e385552adaee3d59c92ab9
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 95%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File

The file is identified by ClamAV as 'Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0', indicating it functions as a dropper for the Qbot malware family. The primary attack pattern involves luring the user into opening a malicious Excel file that, upon execution, likely downloads and runs a further stage of malware. No scripts or document body were extracted, but the ClamAV signature strongly suggests Qbot's typical downloader behavior.

Heuristics 1

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