Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9d60700706970150…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: e14bad70cdbee06a203ad25947b2992e SHA-1: 855bb0981bd393a6010f14375b3f628be8175d76 SHA-256: 9d60700706970150c949f971adc11ae0accb172f324b97f10e22978705f7164b
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 90%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment T1105 Ingress Tool Transfer

The file is identified by ClamAV as 'Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0', strongly indicating it's a Qbot variant designed to deliver a payload. The detection name suggests it functions as a dropper, likely leveraging embedded macros or exploits within the Excel file to download and execute a secondary stage. The primary attack vector is likely spearphishing, with the spreadsheet serving as the initial lure.

Heuristics 1

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