Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f93c9ac292ed713a…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 270380c3151afdbf84250db2e2e279dc SHA-1: 43f6f91ee0797e73f894848563c0516083f17483 SHA-256: f93c9ac292ed713aef49479e1288240c6fe7f4483f884e32c4c23c0b75b64f3e
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 95%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment

Static analysis identified the file as a malicious Excel spreadsheet. The CLAMAV_DETECTION heuristic specifically names it as 'Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0', strongly indicating a Qbot dropper. This type of file typically uses social engineering within the document to trick the user into enabling macros, which then download and execute the Qbot payload.

Heuristics 1

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