Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f90fc8659a051d5f…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 424992a46190ccea7a319c5d6272491a SHA-1: 838dde3c2bb3467aaa44d8a6f4193202314f6851 SHA-256: f90fc8659a051d5f6e46a72b80a9fa81686d1a5ab42b395bc4d8e77ddedfc589
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 its nature as a dropper for the Qbot malware family. The primary function of such documents is to trick users into enabling macros or exploiting vulnerabilities to download and execute a malicious payload, aligning with common Qbot distribution tactics.

Heuristics 1

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