Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ee68cecef2268188…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: dd89b7dbd48af2e5be94a000f10c460b SHA-1: 64117d6a867b77ba9a4e8fb38730791ae30c4c7d SHA-256: ee68cecef22681889c3262742c2450e830504c645a4f92ce25b543770d666c46
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 95%

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

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 detection implies the Excel file contains malicious macros or embedded objects intended to download and execute a secondary payload, a common tactic for Qbot.

Heuristics 1

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