Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9a28d9848d9c3179…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: ea78c9805be11bb53bf2cfa2200e4bca SHA-1: b35c196076e28a6f3e4360874e84d6d6775ab95f SHA-256: 9a28d9848d9c31792fda5281bdc14a4d0bbe3d227913d522c1c1914a09c5f33b
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 90%

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 suggesting it is a Qbot variant designed to act as a dropper. The primary function is to download and execute a malicious payload, which is characteristic of Qbot's initial infection vector. The SHA256 hash is included as a primary indicator.

Heuristics 1

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