Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 98066202b905c73b…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 9065163fffa8b538209c877cf4be6833 SHA-1: 6795f6e4251c70665c00f18f06f4569174ce0f7c SHA-256: 98066202b905c73b9d0bd22f8e5ddcb957e06a312c8bf57187895f9b67601446
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 85%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment

The file is identified by ClamAV as 'Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0', strongly suggesting it is a Qbot variant designed to act as a dropper. While no specific document body or scripts were extracted, the heuristic firing indicates the primary function is to deliver and execute a malicious payload. The file's metadata shows it was authored by Microsoft Excel, consistent with macro-enabled documents.

Heuristics 1

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