Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b92358a88d069074…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 0f7469c57b5e34d7c4505ced397e4e22 SHA-1: 0ec340c11845b9a5af4df8dbe8286554abf66768 SHA-256: b92358a88d069074b224f448d421dc315904db3548e871597b15562ff0ab5373
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 suggesting it is a Qbot variant designed to drop further malicious content. The detection name implies macro-based execution, a common Qbot delivery method. The sample's nature as an Excel file further supports this, as these are frequently used for macro-based attacks.

Heuristics 1

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