Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ab8d61919384c2c2…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: c9eb41a1c02ebaaad533d5f30ce3efd7 SHA-1: ae38053666fbee3f7ceea58f90b2f7afc8b497bd SHA-256: ab8d61919384c2c260c964e74b1331304dfd03d141908ec9d2739142d089afd5
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 95%

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 used for dropping malicious payloads. The primary function appears to be the execution of a secondary stage, typical of Qbot's dropper behavior. 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