Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 20d8ab8e8234b5d7…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

23.6 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 3dd6ad6b8111aa5e9d74d8888643eed4 SHA-1: 2c7917cc058436ccc37dfdff6fd41b387b7ca486 SHA-256: 20d8ab8e8234b5d7528278dd1bf43dc13c075949bbcc3d34c71c58c69d81fa9f
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 95%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious File Execution: Malicious Code

The file is identified by ClamAV as 'Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0', strongly indicating it is a Qbot dropper. This type of document typically uses macros to download and execute the main Qbot payload. The heuristic firing directly points to its malicious nature and likely family.

Heuristics 1

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