Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c1270032fe64f29f…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

23.6 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: d49b6d7cc05c77e1017135398c53643a SHA-1: 127b193dba089743ced08ac72ea6cc934b3d68bc SHA-256: c1270032fe64f29ffced82dffc477ef48e3b1da40564d4689cd3eb0ffce6ceb7
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 95%

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 act as a dropper. The Office (OOXML) file type indicates 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