Qbot — Office (OOXML) / .XLSX malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3180b1f8da182e82…

MALICIOUS

Office (OOXML) / .XLSX

21.4 KB Created: 2006-09-16 00:00:00 UTC Authoring application: Microsoft Excel 14.0300
MD5: 776a4fe7a761e04ef765fd4cc6406f9d SHA-1: acb168d1fcba228ce6167c90b6b9666beea888bf SHA-256: 3180b1f8da182e8292d770ffa76e2faf7a2f10c61d2ad49398b1df52fff1cedf
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Qbot · confidence 95%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment

The file is identified by ClamAV as a Qbot dropper, indicating its primary function is to download and execute a malicious payload. The detection signature 'Xls.Dropper.QbotDocu12020-9818439-0' strongly suggests a Qbot family infection. This type of document typically relies on social engineering to trick users into enabling macros, which then initiate the payload download.

Heuristics 1

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