Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9dab94a8f4e25ace…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: ca0388eab88bf451c37990ed629f8ef3 SHA-1: 0ead8d8f2d9159eb0a7595cbf4244c83c2b5974d SHA-256: 9dab94a8f4e25aceb385d8fbf96634d9932ef570605ac91cf2825bdebc27eac0
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 90%

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 deliver a secondary payload. The detection name implies a dropper functionality, which is a common tactic for Qbot to download and execute further malicious components. The file's nature as an Excel document further supports a phishing or social engineering vector.

Heuristics 1

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