Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a663f793b257d2e1…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

23.6 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 9b8769a63e1fe374272dbdf6b7098e26 SHA-1: 59617dac3724d3632b3029747547d22863202392 SHA-256: a663f793b257d2e1a3a218b684209cf1f7b69e359c047b3e361f0efc80d431e0
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 95%

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 act as a dropper. The detection name implies it likely downloads and executes a secondary payload, a common tactic for Qbot. The file's metadata indicates it is an Excel document, a common delivery vector for macro-based malware.

Heuristics 1

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