Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1a8ffd0f9186d3cf…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

23.6 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 8a55aac71d9f32f26daaf1b891c98cf6 SHA-1: e3e09b9f0252c8f9a17fa1476319e2eb3d43446d SHA-256: 1a8ffd0f9186d3cf770026e4d1c73441d7f19a97fb6bf798544168168025ca44
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 90%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment

The critical ClamAV heuristic identifies this XLSX file as a Qbot dropper, a known banking trojan. Qbot typically uses macro-enabled documents to deliver its initial payload, which then downloads and executes further stages. The file's metadata and detection name strongly suggest this malicious intent.

Heuristics 1

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