Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1a8b4b1ce5d149e6…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 69bfa757d1e3546ec186a8d4b2d5e702 SHA-1: 73e15c8ed180aed663be115c2a16b5dd3d12742a SHA-256: 1a8b4b1ce5d149e69ce3d7305a48532b4c1c308c739c2de9720bde7e7eda8007
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 document. The ClamAV heuristic specifically names it as 'Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0', strongly suggesting it's a Qbot variant designed to drop a secondary payload. The file's metadata indicates it was authored by Microsoft Excel, a common vector for macro-based malware.

Heuristics 1

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