Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c9bcdfeaec8c2657…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 701f512c8c3a787a86374ede0a2f783b SHA-1: f63c2506c80633ac01e425e04841d3eeac0c4ceb SHA-256: c9bcdfeaec8c26573a108b4899e8d90dfcb73e8174534bd5c7e5e4b14c1e72d0
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 used for dropping secondary payloads. The Office (OOXML) file type indicates it was likely delivered as an attachment in a phishing campaign. The primary function is to execute malicious code, likely through embedded macros, to download and run further malware.

Heuristics 1

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