Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c06c96b13791eae8…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: ef3bcca85272f6c4d12bbdb13bbd4486 SHA-1: 0d6150de60126f632b440e6dff5f0541211513d3 SHA-256: c06c96b13791eae8ddde0556a0477f985768551545a3d8692d19f8fdefdd3c20
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 and execute a malicious payload. The presence of macro-related heuristics further supports its role as a downloader. The primary attack pattern involves luring the user into opening a malicious Excel file to initiate the infection chain.

Heuristics 1

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