Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9e208281eafd8823…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: e619020d2a9d11207b1f8309b747b92d SHA-1: d0b60286bce9aeaa7ec451c4250af7eaa444ec3e SHA-256: 9e208281eafd88232f84f94925c5c2b259292ec41d0e61df7e9b26935b434e98
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 95%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious File Execution: Malicious Applet

The file is identified by ClamAV as 'Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0', strongly indicating it functions as a dropper for the Qbot malware family. The detection name suggests it exploits vulnerabilities within Excel documents to deliver a malicious payload. This aligns with common Qbot distribution methods involving 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