Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c9ca0b524b60db31…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

23.6 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 65f11b8994f877006834d10d2386a4ac SHA-1: b632a038f38af5c82642b33c8dfced6ef0e4ae8d SHA-256: c9ca0b524b60db3166ad480a53cdc14e140431e33f9c3ff14ed9b592d255833d
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 suggesting it is a Qbot variant designed to act as a dropper. As an Excel file, it likely uses macro-based execution to download and run a secondary payload, a common tactic for Qbot. 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