Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c6af657c537199f7…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

23.6 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: d90c3d23c23b8fceb3303b9c3c917c1f SHA-1: e6d32a529b20aa90dd37f2a9055c6e15bc238e6f SHA-256: c6af657c537199f7308b4104249bdc5dc98b753da53f7a718cb627e7f6bc6d91
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 90%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment

The file is identified as a malicious Excel document by ClamAV with a specific detection name indicating it's a Qbot dropper. This suggests the primary function is to download and execute a secondary payload, likely leveraging VBA macros for execution. The SHA256 hash is included as a primary indicator.

Heuristics 1

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