Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ef962e2760ae6e9c…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

23.6 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 94398d7e2821f522d25c1918edaee8e4 SHA-1: 7140b58c26a769b38b96e195778650d1dd69844b SHA-256: ef962e2760ae6e9c7036c672dced6512e96b94e036d0a780d5ac06875e5206d9
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 95%

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

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 function is to execute a secondary payload, likely through macro execution or other embedded exploits within the Excel file. The SHA256 hash is included as a primary indicator of compromise.

Heuristics 1

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