Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f71d6bbdebabe758…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 4386b7a465ef6278c7d7c95b65805c87 SHA-1: b6a0eb8175058b0eb0d777e923aa7f7f46ea0089 SHA-256: f71d6bbdebabe758782b0e2a36f7fda4eeccb6f543c4357ac26da909ddcbac90
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 a secondary payload. The Office (OOXML) file type indicates it is likely delivered as a macro-enabled document, a common initial access vector for Qbot. The primary attack pattern involves tricking the user into enabling macros to initiate the infection chain.

Heuristics 1

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