Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c6fc9014e77b1f7c…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

23.6 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: fd35a9e5f0a9ea59ed3f4818f6993825 SHA-1: 72c4d586dac1e3b35a88775682b1130163d5c3fa SHA-256: c6fc9014e77b1f7c688ae712ff0731dce7b11155f8a2b59043f67e2c0d286b15
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 95%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious File Execution: Malicious File

The file is identified by ClamAV as 'Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0', strongly indicating it functions as a dropper for the Qbot malware family. The primary attack pattern involves luring the user into opening a malicious Excel file, which then executes a secondary payload. This aligns with common Qbot distribution tactics.

Heuristics 1

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