Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f231fc7d1d559b10…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

23.6 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 74d472eac49c12b864003a8decead624 SHA-1: 0195f13a51e075c3434120c49c17f79710ed5aae SHA-256: f231fc7d1d559b10c7095669af5d48436df42d572d612b04880503da0294144a
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 90%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment

The ClamAV heuristic explicitly identifies the file as 'Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0', indicating it functions as a dropper for the Qbot malware family. The file type is an Excel spreadsheet, a common format for macro-based malware delivery. The primary attack pattern involves tricking the user into enabling macros, which then execute to download and run a malicious payload.

Heuristics 1

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