Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f2225c44c488968b…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

23.6 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: f54e6d5075547ea0a15c9e0585b924df SHA-1: 81dce7e8094140e796d87567a276645385123c1f SHA-256: f2225c44c488968b9828884813cd7379fec6098c117c49c605490e4dac751e20
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 90%

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 designed to drop and execute a malicious payload. The presence of macro-related heuristics further supports its role as a downloader. The primary attack pattern involves luring the user into opening a malicious Excel file, which then executes embedded code.

Heuristics 1

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