Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b6698ffe10c5c496…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

23.6 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 47a7cd078dedae001eef833e2c883fa6 SHA-1: d43af1698390339f33867bdec2af691bdcb92c01 SHA-256: b6698ffe10c5c496d20baf65a68dde7684b88e2a8c15de395fd0d57e07b5b156
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 95%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment

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. This points to a spearphishing attachment attack pattern where the Excel file serves as the initial vector.

Heuristics 1

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