Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ce278f9ba19727e2…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

23.6 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 4666ab14f0748ed256fff35980d8b33a SHA-1: 2c909b3fd01754b53621a8d5766cdc458716be1b SHA-256: ce278f9ba19727e2c5c733d1e6bc08079d184206046d71c6da6c2a8b3dc216f4
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 95%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment

Static analysis identified the file as a malicious Excel document. The CLAMAV_DETECTION heuristic specifically names it as 'Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0', strongly indicating a Qbot family dropper. The file's purpose is to deliver a secondary Qbot payload, likely through macro execution, which is a common technique for this malware family.

Heuristics 1

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