Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b56192abfda569ca…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 1b6db6a256a11ed496605f7b1bd52bf8 SHA-1: 03fe8a6135e9ccdfdcc77b5fad368140ce4a31ef SHA-256: b56192abfda569caf80b15decd5ac414d3a706326b968a7808a497e222239822
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 90%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment T1105 Ingress Tool Transfer

The file is identified by ClamAV as a Qbot dropper, indicating its primary function is to download and execute a secondary malicious payload. The detection signature 'Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0' strongly suggests a Qbot family infection. The file's nature as an Excel document points towards a phishing or social engineering vector to trick users into opening it.

Heuristics 1

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