Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 98f28b12e6907851…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: b4bf4a24bf97b581ab7c51798c401931 SHA-1: 6b98f1f4ddf682e7e6834efe6022ef3119066ad0 SHA-256: 98f28b12e6907851a5d1a7655081167c64b137fe038ccc3ffbf685e83c3f9978
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 90%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment

The file is an Excel document flagged by ClamAV as 'Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0', strongly indicating it is a Qbot dropper. This type of file is typically used to lure users into enabling macros, which then download and execute the Qbot malware. The detection name itself suggests a Qbot family association and a dropper functionality.

Heuristics 1

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

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