Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ad7de6f99f8ef507…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

23.6 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 5259ac17d15cb04be24a732a5e415055 SHA-1: a74e4425abe2468bcd588485374a1fc98b800b54 SHA-256: ad7de6f99f8ef507a7c0c51bd4586c3ff526003aab2a10efee43e59981e907c9
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 indicating it is a Qbot variant designed to act as a dropper. The Office (OOXML) file type suggests it likely uses macros or other embedded content to initiate the malicious execution chain. The primary function is to download and execute a secondary payload, consistent with Qbot's typical behavior.

Heuristics 1

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